266: Hot, Cold, or Wet?!?

While there are lots of other animals that feel wetness; buckle up, friends, humans can't. When you spill a glass of water on yourself, you are feeling something, but it's not the water. We don't like it either, but it seems to be true. Show Notes: 257: Pruney Fingers 2014 NIH reprint of Journal of Neurophysiology Why wet feels wet? A neurophysiological model of human cutaneous wetness sensitivity IFL Science version Science Daily: Understanding the Illusion of Wetness YouTube of The rubber fake hand experiment! Scientists having to pay to publish Want to get really mad? Try A Little Wordy