Human sensitivity to wetness plays a role in many aspects of daily life. Whether feeling humidity, sweat or a damp towel, we often encounter stimuli that feel wet. Though it seems simple, feeling that something is wet is quite a feat because our skin does not have receptors that sense wetness. The concept of wetness, in fact, may be more of a "perceptual illusion" that our brain evokes based on our prior experiences with stimuli that we have learned are wet.
From The Science Daily
original source The American Physiological Society
IT'S WET
Stop telling me it's going to rain all week!
I know. Lets go look for alligators in the
backyard swamp. Check out the pond's
cold, brown water rushing the path.
I know. There's flooding on Highway 52.
Still. Lets get into it.
Eat spicy food, drink hot, black coffee
Sweat. Sweat. Sweat. Make paper fans. Get wet
walking in the rain. Look up at the trees
unseen grasp of droplets. The Woodpeckers
are singing. The Great Blue Heron looks
irritated, as usual.
Thats right. Its so green. It hurts the eyes.
Breathe in that watery air. Drink it like soup.
We are made of water. We can thrive.
Not just survive.
From The Science Daily
original source The American Physiological Society
IT'S WET
Stop telling me it's going to rain all week!
I know. Lets go look for alligators in the
backyard swamp. Check out the pond's
cold, brown water rushing the path.
I know. There's flooding on Highway 52.
Still. Lets get into it.
Eat spicy food, drink hot, black coffee
Sweat. Sweat. Sweat. Make paper fans. Get wet
walking in the rain. Look up at the trees
unseen grasp of droplets. The Woodpeckers
are singing. The Great Blue Heron looks
irritated, as usual.
Thats right. Its so green. It hurts the eyes.
Breathe in that watery air. Drink it like soup.
We are made of water. We can thrive.
Not just survive.
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