Humans only have five senses
Aristotle listed sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch as the complete set over two thousand years ago, and the number has stuck in schoolbooks ever since. Is five really the full count?
Myth or fact? Reveal
Myth. It's a myth. Beyond Aristotle's five, humans also rely on proprioception (sensing your body's position), the vestibular sense (balance), thermoception (temperature) and nociception (pain), among others, most sensory scientists now count well over a dozen distinct senses.