How many senses human have?
The standard list of five senses doesn’t really give our bodies credit for all of the amazing things they can do. There are at least a dozen different things we can sense. In order for us to have a sense, there needs to be a sensor. Each sensor is tuned to one specific sensation. For example, there are sensors in your eyes that can detect light. That is all that they can detect. To track down all of the different senses a person has, the easiest thing to do is to catalog all of the different sensors. Here is a reasonable list: * In your eyes, you have two different types of light sensors. One set of sensors, called the rods, senses light intensity and works well in low-light situations. The other type, called cones, can sense colors (and actually, there are three different types of cones for the three primary colors) and require fairly intense light to be activated. See this Question of the Day more more information. * In your inner ears, there are sound sensors. * Also in your ears ar
