6 Things You Did Not Know About Touch
Posted by Jason on
December 30, 2007
1.Touch is not a sense, but a complex of senses. It is the last resort, when we want to be sure that the other senses have not cheated us, to see if what we see/hear/smell is really
what it seems.
The touch comprises our whole body, and includes sensation of pain and temperature. Various senses linked to touch have various types of corpuscles or nervous terminations.
2.Touch allows to feel caressing, but also to assess size, shape, approximative weight, texture, temperature and whether they are painful or not without seeing them. Touch is also involved in orientation, especially with the eyes shut down. Read More »
