Thursday, March 18, 2010

Senses Taker (2 of 3)

Touch

Tingling, burning or numb sensation: Unless your arm has fallen asleep from lack of use, any suspicious tingling or burning sensation in your limbs, especially in your fingers and arms, could be an early-warning sign of heart attack or stroke. It tingling skin is accompanied by a feeling of pressure on the chest, call for emergency help trying to single out one instruments in a song—the bass guitar, for example—and follow only that instrument. Doing these exercises regularly will allow you to perceive more details in the sounds you hear every day.

Keep the volume low. Ever spend the afternoon mowing the lawn and notice a ringing in your ears later? That’s the sound of your hearing going away. A good rule of thumbs: If it’s loud enough that you have to shout to be heard over it, you need ear protection. Power tools, lawn mowers, firearms and rock concerts are all good opportunities to protect your hearing with earplugs.

Smell

When it comes to taste and smell, our olfactory sense is arguably the more powerful. The nerves that govern smell are thousands of times more sensitive than the sensory cells in our taste buds. In fact, much of what we associate as the taste of something is really the smell of it. Some ways to enhance what your nose knows:

Hone your honker. To appreciate a scent best, technique is everything. Fremont has used his sense of scent to design such colognes as CK One and Polo Sport for men. Smelling very deeply doesn’t give you the best appreciation of a smell. Instead, it’s better to take several small sniffs-it helps you detect the notes of an aroma better.

Use your mouth. As you sniff, keep your mouth open. You will draw the scent is not our mouth, which gives an extra dimension to the smell.

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