Sorry for the confusing title, but earlier when I was sipping some coffee I felt the heat emanating off of the liquid in the cup without touching the cup.

So it made me think, why don’t we treat heat sensitivity as a distinct sense to touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing? I’d love to hear a catchier name for ‘temperature sensitivity’ for its distinct sense as well, since those other ones are less of a mouthful.

Thank you for coming to my shower thought!

  • frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zipOP
    3·
    2 days ago

    So you got your taste, touch, smell, sight, hearing, and thermoception? Assuming we’re treating it differently from touch.

    • Lembot_0005@lemy.lol
      3·
      2 days ago

      You can try adding the vestibular system, which is the sense of balance and spatial orientation, if you want to “catch them all”.

    • Hegar@fedia.io
      6·
      2 days ago

      There are several more. My favourite is proprioception - the sense of where your limbs are. Phantom limb syndrome exists because we have proprioception.