The show QI said there are like twelve to twenty depending on definitions. Wikipedia says at least nine. Apart from the usual five it mentions:
Balance and acceleration
Balance, Equilibrioception, or vestibular sense, is the sense which allows an organism to sense body movement, direction, and acceleration, and to attain and maintain postural equilibrium and balance. The organ of equilibrioception is the vestibular labyrinthine system found in both of the inner ears.
Temperature
Thermoception is the sense of heat and the absence of heat (cold) by the skin and including internal skin passages. The thermoceptors in the skin are quite different from the homeostatic thermoceptors in the brain (hypothalamus) which provide feedback on internal body temperature.
Kinesthetic sense
Proprioception, the kinesthetic sense, provides the parietal cortex of the brain with information on the relative positions of the parts of the body. Neurologists test this sense by telling patients to close their eyes and touch the tip of a finger to their nose.
Pain
Nociception (physiological pain) signals near-damage or damage to tissue. The three types of pain receptors are cutaneous (skin), somatic (joints and bones) and visceral (body organs). It was believed that pain was simply the overloading of pressure receptors, but research in the first half of the 20th century indicated that pain is a distinct phenomenon that intertwines with all of the other senses, including touch.
The Kinesthetic sense seems a bit dubious, but I think we can all agree that the other are separate senses.
Edit2: What the hell am I doing I am treating this like D&D
Didn't seem clear to me that it should be considered a sense. If there is a dedicated system in the body that relays information on where body parts are in relation to each other then I would call it a sense. If the body just figures out where stuff is from other senses then it seems more like an innate skill than a sense to me.
hold out both middle fingers facing each other about two feet away
try to make them touch right at the tip
I know my body figures out where my limbs are, I am just wondering if it is a sense.
Example, a ball comes flying towards my face. I see the ball, I register its direction and speed and I can grab it out of the air. I give the order, but my body does all the math involved in figuring out where the ball will be more or less automatically. This is not a sense, it is merely a function of sight.
This "sense" might be the same. I do not consciously keep track of my body part but my sense of touch, balance, and the control I have over my muscles lets my brain figure out where my limbs are.
Edit: This is an issue of classification, I am not questioning if it is real or not.
hold out both middle fingers facing each other about two feet away
try to make them touch right at the tip
I know my body figures out where my limbs are, I am just wondering if it is a sense.
Example, a ball comes flying towards my face. I see the ball, I register its direction and speed and I can grab it out of the air. I give the order, but my body does all the math involved in figuring out where the ball will be more or less automatically. This is not a sense, it is merely a function of sight.
This "sense" might be the same. I do not consciously keep track of my body part but my sense of touch, balance, and the control I have over my muscles lets my brain figure out where my limbs are.
Edit: This is an issue of classification, I am not questioning if it is real or not.
All of those things are based on an subconscious awareness of your weight and external pressure on your limbs and extremeties.
Without the sense of touch, you'd lose all that, and you'd have no comprehension of your body's actual level of strength at any given day, nor any sense of pain and therefore you'd have no way to tell when your body is in bad shape or if you're pushing yourself way too much.
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Damn
Do you have the same sense that a hammerhead shark has?
Edit; Muse, I'm pretty sure he's in his early forties.
I believe technically there's even more than this
WHAT NINE THOUSAND
Would you mind sharing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUn7zy8Ya20
I can't smell anything, and I have this big nose
I've never noticed it before but from the profile its just weird.
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Edit: Beaten so hard it is not even funny.
The show QI said there are like twelve to twenty depending on definitions. Wikipedia says at least nine. Apart from the usual five it mentions:
Balance and acceleration
Balance, Equilibrioception, or vestibular sense, is the sense which allows an organism to sense body movement, direction, and acceleration, and to attain and maintain postural equilibrium and balance. The organ of equilibrioception is the vestibular labyrinthine system found in both of the inner ears.
Temperature
Thermoception is the sense of heat and the absence of heat (cold) by the skin and including internal skin passages. The thermoceptors in the skin are quite different from the homeostatic thermoceptors in the brain (hypothalamus) which provide feedback on internal body temperature.
Kinesthetic sense
Proprioception, the kinesthetic sense, provides the parietal cortex of the brain with information on the relative positions of the parts of the body. Neurologists test this sense by telling patients to close their eyes and touch the tip of a finger to their nose.
Pain
Nociception (physiological pain) signals near-damage or damage to tissue. The three types of pain receptors are cutaneous (skin), somatic (joints and bones) and visceral (body organs). It was believed that pain was simply the overloading of pressure receptors, but research in the first half of the 20th century indicated that pain is a distinct phenomenon that intertwines with all of the other senses, including touch.
The Kinesthetic sense seems a bit dubious, but I think we can all agree that the other are separate senses.
Edit2: What the hell am I doing I am treating this like D&D
Scarab just posted the clip, but thank you for trying to help.
What?
'Cause then I'd be a ninja.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/dec/06/perfume-ingredients
Miracle Fruit
he said it was alright
Didn't seem clear to me that it should be considered a sense. If there is a dedicated system in the body that relays information on where body parts are in relation to each other then I would call it a sense. If the body just figures out where stuff is from other senses then it seems more like an innate skill than a sense to me.
my friend had maynard sours
he said they tasted the same,
except not sour, I kinda know what he means
hold out both middle fingers facing each other about two feet away
try to make them touch right at the tip
well then eff that
Awesome.
stella mccartney's should be pretty easy
I know my body figures out where my limbs are, I am just wondering if it is a sense.
Example, a ball comes flying towards my face. I see the ball, I register its direction and speed and I can grab it out of the air. I give the order, but my body does all the math involved in figuring out where the ball will be more or less automatically. This is not a sense, it is merely a function of sight.
This "sense" might be the same. I do not consciously keep track of my body part but my sense of touch, balance, and the control I have over my muscles lets my brain figure out where my limbs are.
Edit: This is an issue of classification, I am not questioning if it is real or not.
also, for those saying that taste and smell are the same they are not
as wikipedia clarifies, flavor is the result of both taste and smell
however, taste is distinct from smell
super weird
M&Ms were AWFUL, but sweettarts were still absolutely delicious, but a whole lot more sour
No one said that, or at least no one meant that.
Edit: That makes no sense shank. Sourness is detected by your tastebuds. Did the powder just shut down the sweet receptors?
I agree on your reasoning, but I could never go without sight.
I'd have to let go of smell.
It targets the sweet receptors primarily, but there's kinda "collateral damage", so the way everything tastes get's thrown out of wack a bit.
All of those things are based on an subconscious awareness of your weight and external pressure on your limbs and extremeties.
Without the sense of touch, you'd lose all that, and you'd have no comprehension of your body's actual level of strength at any given day, nor any sense of pain and therefore you'd have no way to tell when your body is in bad shape or if you're pushing yourself way too much.