{"id":125,"date":"2022-06-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/?p=125"},"modified":"2023-05-01T17:37:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T00:37:57","slug":"deans-message-fall-22-winter-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/deans-message-fall-22-winter-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Deans Message Fall ’22 – Winter ’23 – Making Sense of It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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< Back to Fall 2022 \/ Winter 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Making Sense of It<\/h1>\n

\"AAs humans, we construct our reality through an intricate, subconscious balancing act between biological sensory perception and prior knowledge. That balance was impacted over the past few years as many of our interactions shifted to virtual modes of socializing and communicating.<\/p>\n

As this shift took place, it was fascinating to me to see how some people thrived in that recalibrated world, while others found online interaction exhausting and couldn\u2019t wait to return to in-person interactions.<\/p>\n

But it isn\u2019t just the evolving technological landscape and our individual makeup that complicates the ways in which we experience the world. Our sensory pathways are undergoing alterations and recalibration all the time to keep up with an external environment that\u2019s rapidly transforming \u2014 from the increased noise and bustle of growing cities to the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n

Fortunately \u2014 through advances in neuroscience and imaging, along with better understanding of the ways that culture affects our perception of the world \u2014 we can develop strategies to navigate new sensory environments. We can also begin to anticipate what reality might look, feel and sound like in a technologically enhanced future.<\/p>\n

This issue of\u00a0USC Dornsife Magazine<\/em>\u00a0taps our academic researchers for insights on a wide range of topics related to the ways in which our senses help us perceive the world. You\u2019ll read about different ways that scent has been conceptualized in India, how taste is a passport to experience Los Angeles, the ways sound shapes our world, touch deprivation in the internet age, and more.<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy the experience.<\/p>\n

Amber D. Miller<\/strong>
\nDean, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
\nAnna H. 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