Number of Human Senses

How many senses do people have?  In elementary school we are told 5, but is that really true?  The five we are taught are touch, taste, hear, sight, and smell.  But are there others?  The answer is an overwhelming yes.

Although the five senses we all learned in school maybe the most common senses, there are many more.  Some studies suggest humans have at least 20 separate senses.  Other senses humans have that differ from touch, taste, hear, sight, and smell are sense of itch, sense of pressure, sense of temperature.  These are different than the simple sense of touch.

So the next time someone tells you that humans have only 5 senses, you can now tell them otherwise!

Number of Human Senses