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humans have a 6th sense

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience...DeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdARzbGsDaHVtYW5zbWF5aGF2

Humans may have a sixth sense after all, suggests a new study finding that a protein in the human retina, when placed into fruit flies, has the ability to detect magnetic fields.

The researchers caution that the results suggest this human protein has the capability to work as a magnetosensor; however, whether or not humans use it in that way is not known.

"It poses the question, 'maybe we should rethink about this sixth sense,'" Steven Reppert, of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, told LiveScience. "It is thought to be very important for how animals migrate. Perhaps this protein is also fulfilling an important function for sensing magnetic fields in humans."

Past research has suggested that in addition to helping animals such as sea turtles and migratory birds navigate, the ability to detect magnetic fields could help with visual spatial perception. Reppert said to picture a magnetic-field coordinate system overlaid on objects we view. [7 Amazing Superhuman Abilities]

"It may aid how animals perceive how objects are in time and space in a way we haven't thought about before," said Reppert, who is a neurobiologist
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We already have a sixth sense. It's called "proprioception". A magnetosensor would actually be a seventh sense.
 
jhu said:
We already have a sixth sense. It's called "proprioception". A magnetosensor would actually be a seventh sense.
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If you're going to count proprioception, then why not also count equilibrioception, thermoception, and nociception?
 
From Wikipedia List_of_common_misconceptions

"Humans have more than five senses. Although definitions vary, the actual number ranges from 9 to more than 20. In addition to sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, which were the senses identified by Aristotle, humans can sense balance and acceleration (equilibrioception), pain (nociception), body and limb position (proprioception or kinesthetic sense), and relative temperature (thermoception).[159] Other senses sometimes identified are the sense of time, itching, pressure, hunger, thirst, fullness of the stomach, need to urinate, need to defecate, and blood carbon dioxide levels."
 
BoomerD said:
and/or smell...
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From what I've experienced at various Fry's, MicroCenters, what used to be CompUSAs, etc., smell is definitely the answer. Funny how a bunch of geeks, who are soooo concerned about the amount of dust collecting in their computers, are so lazy about showering daily, esp. in hot weather.
 
KingstonU said:
From Wikipedia List_of_common_misconceptions

"Humans have more than five senses. Although definitions vary, the actual number ranges from 9 to more than 20. In addition to sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, which were the senses identified by Aristotle, humans can sense balance and acceleration (equilibrioception), pain (nociception), body and limb position (proprioception or kinesthetic sense), and relative temperature (thermoception).[159] Other senses sometimes identified are the sense of time, itching, pressure, hunger, thirst, fullness of the stomach, need to urinate, need to defecate, and blood carbon dioxide levels."
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LOL @ Wiki, with their logic I can list 1000 more "senses" humans have.
 
gevorg said:
LOL @ Wiki, with their logic I can list 1000 more "senses" humans have.
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Yeah, that is pretty stupid considering a bunch of those are repetitive. "hunger, fullness of the stomach" Just because it's described in a different way doesn't change the concept.
 
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