What are the human senses?
world in hands image by Photoeyes from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a05/rj/mo/human-senses_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Senses The physical world is understood by human beings through the information they receive via the sensory organs of the body. Touch, taste, sound, smell and sight are all vital factors to the process of living in and coping with the mass of input that bombards a human being every day. Although must people take them for granted, the importance of the human senses and the critical role they play in a basic existence cannot be overstated. Hearing The sense of hearing is often underestimated among all human senses, yet this sense is at least as important to human existence as sight. In some ways, the perception of sound is more reliable than the visual images that the brain translates in its regular functions. The human ear receives sound as audible wavelengths that are crea