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At the limits of perception
Human sensory capabilities are being tested at terraXcube to find out
Laura Battistel, a psychologist majoring in neuroscience at Eurac Research, conducts experiments on human perception in terraXcube’s Small Cube, one of three of its environmental simulation areas. Her study shows that humans are much more sensitive to temperature than previously thought. In fact, on average, experiment participants were able to perceive environmental temperature differences of 0.92 degrees Celsius.
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