5 Extra Senses you didn't know about

Written By Aditya Shukla, Cognition Today

Vestibular sense

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Proprioception

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Nociception

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Kinesthesia

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Thermoception

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The obvious 5

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The "Sixth" sense

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More on senses

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5 Extra Senses you didn't know about

5 Extra Senses you didn't know about

Source

Vestibular sense

Proprioception

Nociception

Kinesthesia

Thermoception

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