Sixth Sense: Ability to Sense Change in Surrounding Environment

Sixth Sense: Ability to Sense Change in Surrounding EnvironmentSubmitted by Neeraj Shahane on Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:22 

A group of researchers from the University of Melbourne has carried out a research on sixth sense. After performing their study on around 50 people, the study researchers have concluded that sixth sense is one's ability to sense about a change that has taken place in surrounding environment.
In order to reach at the above given conclusion, the study researchers said that they showed a pair of pictures of a same woman to the volunteers. The images were shown to them 1.5 seconds each and there was a break of one second between the photos.

After showing the photos, the study researchers asked the participants about the changes in the photos. In certain cases, there was no change and in other photos, change ranged from different hairstyle to change in accessories.
The study researchers noted that the participants were able to judge a change even if they were unable to exactly tell about the modification.
"There is a common belief that observers can experience changes directly with their mind, without needing to rely on the traditional physical senses such as vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch to identify it", affirmed lead researcher Piers Howe from the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences.