In a quiet room, the sound of someone chomping on a meal or continuously sniffing instead of blowing his or her nose can be irritating and slightly awkward. But for some people, it’s way more than ...

Nick Haslam receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that language is “fossil poetry”. It is made up, he said, of images which “have long ceased to remind ...

My father used to induce sneezing during the cold season by tickling his nasal passages. Presumably, he hoped that this would help displace viral particles from his nose into his handkerchief. I ...

Assistive technology that helps severely paralyzed people navigate the world and communicate with others often taps into whatever abilities the disabled retain, such as blinking or moving the mouth ...