5 Extra Senses you didn't know about

5 Extra Senses you didn't know about

Written By

Aditya Shukla, Cognition Today

1

Vestibular sense

Your sense of balance, acceleration, and gravity.  Location: Inside the ear

2

Proprioception

Knowledge of where your body parts are. Location: Motor neurons

3

Nociception

The sensation of pain Location: Skin

4

Kinesthesia

Sensing how your body parts are moving. Location: Muscle spindles

5

Thermoception

The sensation of heat Location: Skin

The obvious 5

Sight - vision Sound - audition Touch - somatoception Taste - gustation Smell - olfaction

The "Sixth" sense

It is a misnomer from before science. It means: Intuition/experience Habit/Instinct Fast cognition/emotion Mixing of senses