These experts take a hands-on approach to perfecting skin products. Face Feelers use their tactile senses to observe the effect of personal care products. Tetra Images/Getty Images — -- Are you ...

Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is being used increasingly in the research environment to measure somatosensory responses, both in patients with pain disorders and in normal individuals. A recent ...

New sensory room offers immersive experience for food product research Offers 360-degree view of various environments Allows electronic control of sounds and smells What makes a cup of coffee or an ...

A decade ago, at age 55, Don Lewis suffered a stroke in his sleep. When he woke up, he couldn't move his left arm or leg. Lewis's neighbor realized his truck hadn't moved in two days and called 911 ...

The majority of new food and beverage products fail in their first year of launch. According to Pauline Foster, of Foster and Brown Research Ltd, understanding the neuroscience of flavour can help.

How are we going to make food taste better if we cannot rely on what people say they like? DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences is grappling with this challenge by embracing brain testing techniques, in ...