How do you feel? Your 'sense of touch' is several different senses rolled into one
- Written by Kate Poole, Associate Professor in Physiology, UNSW
Nick Moore/Unsplash, CC BY-SAWe have more than five senses. What you might think of as your sense of “touch” is actually a range of different sensory pathways that allow you to distinguish various types of mechanical forces, to detect changes in temperature, and to feel pain.
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