3 Senses You Didn’t Know You Had
At some point, you've probably learned about the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. However, the classic list doesn't account for all the ...
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At some point, you've probably learned about the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. But these five don't explain all of our sensations. How can we tell how hot or cold we are, or keep ourselves balanced? Now, scientists are beginning to add more senses to that classic list. Here are three of them. It's probably no surprise that sensing temperature is pretty important, which we call thermoception. It helps us keep our body temperature constant, and lets us know when our environment is too hot or too cold, so we can avoid tissue damage like from burns or frostbite. So, how do we do it? Scientists have found a couple of potential mechanisms connected with the Transient Receptor Protein channel, or "TRP" family. There are lots of these channels, and they r...
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At some point, you've probably learned about the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. But these five don't explain all of our sensations. How can we tell how hot or cold we are, or keep ourselves balanced? Now, scientists are beginning to add more senses to that classic list. Here are three of them. It's probably no surprise that sensing temperature is pretty important, which we call thermoception. It helps us keep our body temperature constant, and lets us know when our environment is too hot or too cold, so we can avoid tissue damage like from burns or frostbite. So, how do we do it? Scientists have found a couple of potential mechanisms connected with the Transient Receptor Protein channel, or "TRP" family. There are lots of these channels, and they r...
