Senses

1. senses!!!!?

This is pretty much an impossible question to answer, is it isn't really known how much information each of our senses actually receives and transmits. However, it can be estimated that our brain receives and processes around 72 gigabytes of information every second from our eyes alone (calculated from the number of pixels [photoreceptors] in each retina, and the firing rate of the retinal nerves). Also - there are many more than 5 senses. For example: 1. photoperception (vision) 2. audioperception (hearing) 3. chemoperception (smell and taste) 4. mechanoperception - pressure (an aspect of touch, which can possibly be subdivided into high and low intensity pressure perception) 5. mechanoperception - vibration (another aspect of touch, which could also possibly be further subdivided into high frequency and low-frequency vibration sensing) 6. thermoperception (heat) 7. cryoperception (cold) 8. kinesthesia (sensing our limb positions) 9. proprioception (the balance sense in our inner-ear) 10. hunger 11. thirst 12. nociception (pain)

2. If it is possible to reduce aggravation to our senses then what will be the result?

The seers of yore have described that just as fire can not be extinguished by pouring ghee into it but would only make it burn more severe, so would be the attempts to satiate sensory impulses. So, it is necessary that one should not alow the senses to become master of the person. Shunning may corrupt thought process. so, a middle path , Madhyam Panthaa is needed to be adopted, as neither too much of indulgence nor too much of abstinence. A contented state would emerge wherein much larger goals can be pursued.

3. What is the difference between the soul and the senses? Can any exist without the other?

Don't confuse interdependency with identity. There are many different views on what, if anything, the soul is. I developed my view while passing notes with a friend during high school philosophy class over the course of a few months. We eventually agreed that the soul is the complex phenomenon that emerges from the chaotic human brain and it's interdependent systems, including the sensory ones. I'm not sure whether or not a soul could exist without the senses on that conceptions, but certainly your soul is dependent on your senses. Without them it would, at the very least, be quite different. Similarly, without your soul, your senses would be more like sensors, like an electric eye or a chemical detector without the fullness of the sensory experience that defines the beauty of a painting or makes a plate of food smell delicious. A similar view was developed by the atheist character and the Devil in the film Book of Life by Hal Hartley. When the devil asked if the atheist's girlfriend had a soul, he said She's soulful, full of soul. The devil then described a view of the soul as something we acquire, rather than something we're born with. I haven't read Dorian Gray, so I'm not sure what that character meant, but I hope this helps put this thought in a different perspective.

4. How do animals use their senses different than humans?

I'm not sure what you mean. Dogs use their sense of smell to smell things, so do humans. Humans, by the way, are animals, too.

5. What is the relationship between curiousity and our 5 senses?

Our brains our constantly searching for more information. If we see something we've never seen before like a green cloud we stare at it and wonder whats in it or what it smells like what it feels like. Or something colorful that smells nice, that's two things our brains our attracted to good smell and lots of color so we want to learn more about this object that looks so appealing. So yeah maybe it is curiosity. Our most basic program to learn that makes us act in this way.

6. Will virtual realities in the future allow us to experience senses currently unknown to us?

No person on Earth, not even the most brilliant of neuroscientists, can give you a certain answer to this question based on current knowledge of the brain. One thing for certain is that we're not close.

7. Is it possible for there to be other senses in the Universe than the five that are found on Earth?

They may be universal. However, keep in mind all of the senses listed are primarily electrically based. There is nothing known to prevent the experience of the world in another fashion. In fact animals do it all the time. Some do not see the world based on the full spectrum of light; some do it with sound, some with different wavelengths of light. Some animals taste the world with their feet. Others feel electronic impulses with their skin. These are many variations. Unfortunately, they are all classified as the same senses we have; sight, touch, etc. What does it mean to see the world in infrared? Is that the same experience as seeing the full spectrum? How about seeing with sound? Is that seeing or hearing?

8. How does the Moon and gravity affect our senses?

Well, this is not the answer that's going to win the prize, as you clearly want to hear why, and not whether - and the answer to whether is not. The Moon is a lump of rocky material orbiting the Earth at an average distance of approximately 384,399 kilometers. It has precisely the same effect on human senses as the Martian moon, Phobos. Remarkably, that effect is also the same as various New Age crystals, mantras, and the Boogeyman. The effect of these things can all be fairly easily Googled, if you don't know the answer already.

9. What hobbies can help improve one of the five senses?

Bird Watching it will help your sight and sound

10. Which of the senses is the most important to the polar bears survival?

smell

11. Is it possible to strengthen your other senses without actually being blind?

Blind people don't use their eyes at all, so you would have to keep them shut all day for a long period of time. And once you start using your eyes again, then you won't be as good with the other senses anymore.

12. If humans have 5 senses, how many senses does a fish have?

Fish Have Six Senses: Successful survival in any environment depends upon an organism's ability to acquire information from its environment through its senses. Fish have many of the same senses that we have, they can see, smell, touch, feel, and taste, and they have developed some senses that we don't have, such as electro reception. Fish can sense light, chemicals, vibrations and electricity. Light: photoreception [Vision]. Fish have a very keen sense of vision, which helps them to find food, shelter, mates, and avoid predators. Fish vision is on par with our own vision; many can see in color, and some can see in extremely dim light. Fish eyes are different from our own. Their lenses are perfectly spherical, which enables them to see underwater because it has a higher refractive index to help them focus. They focus by moving the lens in and out instead of stretching it like we do. They cannot dilate or contract their pupils because the lens bulges through the iris. As the depth at which fish are found increases, the resident fish's eye sizes increase in order to gather the dimmer light. This process continues until the end of the photic zone, where eye size drops off as their is no light to see with. Nocturnal fish tend to have larger eyes then diurnal fish. Just look at a squirrelfish, and you will see this to be so. Some fish have a special eye structure known as the Tapetum lucidum, which amplifies the incoming light. It is a layer of guanine crystals which glow at night. Photons which pass the retina get bounced back to be detected again. If the photons are still not absorbed, they are reflected back out of the eye. On a night dive, you may see these reflections as you shine your light around! Chemicals: chemoreception [Smell and Taste]. Chemoreception is very well developed in the fishes, especially the sharks and eels which rely upon this to detect their prey. Fish have two nostrils on each side of their head, and there is no connection between the nostrils and the throat. The olfactory rosette is the organ that detects the chemicals. The size of the rosette is proportional to the fish's ability to smell. Some fish (such as sharks, rays, eels, and salmon) can detect chemical levels as low as 1 part per billion. Fish also have the ability to taste. They have taste buds on their lips, tongue, and all over their mouths. Some fish, such as the goatfish or catfish, have barbells, which are whiskers that have taste structures. Goatfish can be seen digging through the sand with their barbells looking for invertebrate worms to eat and can taste them before they even reach their mouths. Vibrations: mechanoreceptor [Hearing and touch]. Have you ever seen a fish's ear. Probably not, but they do have them, located within their bodies as well as a lateral line system that actually lets them feel their surroundings. Fish do not have external ears, but sound vibrations readily transmit from the water through the fish's body to its internal ears. The ears are divided into two sections, an upper section (pars superior) and a lower section (utriculus) The pars superior is divided into three semicircular canals and give the fish its sense of balance. It is fluid-filled with sensory hairs. The sensory hairs detect the rotational acceleration of the fluid. The canals are arranged so that one gives yaw, another pitch, and the last- roll. The utriculus gives the fish its ability to hear. It has two large otoliths which vibrate with the sound and stimulate surrounding hair cells. Fish posses another sense of mechanoreceptor that is kind of like a cross between hearing and touch. The organ responsible for this is the neuromast, a cluster of hair cells which have their hairs linked in a glob of jelly known as 'cupala'. All fish posses free neuromasts, which come in contact directly with the water. Most fish have a series of neuromasts not in direct contact with the water. These are arranged linearly and form the fishes lateral lines. A free neuromast gives the fish directional input. A lateral line receives signals stimulated in a sequence, and gives the fish much more information (feeling the other fish around it for polarized schooling, and short-range prey detection 'the sense of distant touch'). Electricity: electro reception. Sharks and rays posses special organs for detecting electrical potential [voltage]. A set of pits comprise the electro receptive system called the ampullae's of Lorenzini. These are canals in the skin filled with a gelatin-like material that also contain sensory cells. Movements or disturbances near the shark change the voltage drop along the canals, which allows the shark to sense other organisms nearby. These sensors are so sensitive that if there were not any other distortions a shark could detect the heartbeat of a fish 500 miles away! They can detect muscular contractions of struggling prey and even the earth's magnetic field (which sharks use for navigation).

13. What is it called in psychology when someone mixes up their senses?

Synesthesia Techically defined as when one sensory/cognitive pathway leads to automatic and involuntary in another sensory/cognitive pathway. The word means with sensation in ancient greek, roughly. It's usually neurologically based (and not, in itself, a disorder as it is notg dehabilitating or distressing and actually those who have it often enjoy it immensely). It is also not a common symptom of schizophrenia or delusions; although some drugs can create a similar but short-term effect. Yes, it can be any mix of sense. Even words or numbers (grapheme) can evoke colour/taste. Grapheme-colour (letters/numbers/words) is the most common.

14. What do you know about people and the five senses of the body ?

I see your point. That story just smells like a lie. Her clothes show that she has no taste I feel like going to bed. That sounds like a good idea.

15. How well do we understand thought and our empirical senses?

Empirical senses cannot lie; therefore we understand them well. Perceptions are perceptions OF those senses, not the senses themselves. The perception of a sensation can be incorrect, but only when the epistemology that devises means of identifying the perception for what it is--is wrong. It's easy for epistemology to be wrong. There are 60 ways for it to be wrong and only 12 for it to be possibly right. (Referencing syllogistic logic.) Your perspective is what you come to after your epistemological faculty is done with its identification of the perception.

16. Why are some major issues not considered senses?

A sense is by definition a mean of interacting with the environment and picking up information from the outside. Feeling hot and cold is part of the touch sense. Feeling someone is watching you is the result of subliminal cues usually coming from vision (your eyes picked up some cues, but it was not enough for you to realize it--besides feeling observed is not a very reliable sensation, as any paranoid person would claim they are constantly being watched) Thinking is not a sense, because it is 100% internal; you get your information from touch, smell, vision, taste and hearing; but from then on, it is internal.

17. The forgotten senses - Could you describe your life and emotions only by touch?

18. How can you trust your senses, if they decieve you all the time?

The mind can only use the senses for input to it. What other alternative do we imperfect beings have?

19. How can you know if your dog's senses have been damaged?

You should have him checked by the vet, it could be hearing or eyesight loss. Depending on his age, it might even be a cognitive disorder, for which medication can help. Good luck.

20. Is there a program that senses if u are not using the computer to auto start the downloading of torrent files?

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