What Makes People Tick?

 Traditionally, we think of ourselves as having five senses. Sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste. However, what about other senses? What about that elusive 'sixth sense' or other senses that we don't usually count? Apart from being a well-known movie, the sixth sense is sometimes named as proprioception, sometimes as sharper intuition and sometimes simply as a way of getting more in touch with your other regular senses. If you're not entirely keen on seeing dead people but would like to figure out more about the ways in which you experience the world, then this article is for you. How many senses do we have, really? And exactly what is our sixth sense? Have you ever considered balance as a sense? How about the before-mentioned proprioception, or the ability to know where your body is. Think about walking in between two parked cars and knowing you won't hit either. What about sensing things like pain, wetness, heat, air temperature? While perhaps pain or feeling i...