What's the strongest sense?

[northwind]

I was thiking about this earlier... Took a fax off the machine, and smelled the fresh ink, and it immediately took me back to when I was about 13, 14, playing tabletop wargames with my brother... The smell of the paper and ink was exactly the same as the paperwork we used to get my dad to copy for us. Just for a moment it was like being there...

I get that quite a lot, smells can totally cross my brain up and suddenly give me memories strong enough to be almost flashbacks... I can't smell Tommy Girl perfume without thinking of a girl I was in love with once- another ex wore it once and it totally freaked me out.

But then, just now I was listening to a Muse track and I could almost see the stage and crowd from the Earl's Court gigs last year. First time I've had that with any other sense... And it was powerful, y'know, almost as real as it was that night.

So, what sense do you reckon has the strongest effect on you?

[Captain Nemo]

,so far everyone agrees with my vote, cool, oh hang on im the only one whos voted :oops:,

deffinately smell,i know what you mean about smells binging bsck old memories instantly, theres prticular type of car air freshener/polish that intantly takes my back to 1976

[amarko5]

Smell Deffo as i can Smell northwind when the wind direction changes south :P :lol:

nah seriously more smells seem to invoke memories rather than sight or touch ,or taste however hearing sounds can also invoke long lost memories (like a noisy neigbour having $ex ) that invokes a memory of when i was courting :P :lol:

[Drunk Mike]

Evidence seems to suggest that smell is the only sense directly "connected to your memory" whatever that means. It certainly seems to be the one that most easily triggers memories.

[Peter Henry]

I guess smell ,oddly enough just the other day I was pondering if I had to forfeit one of my senses which one would I most hate to lose? Hmmmm

(Sorry Northy not intending to do a shameles hijack...I'll shut up!) :?

[keithd]

apparently there are as many as 20 senses.

proprioception (or sense of position), pain, hunger to name but a few.

sorry. carry on

[carelesschucca]

apparently there are as many as 20 senses.

proprioception (or sense of position), pain, hunger to name but a few.

sorry. carry on

I'll second that, my sense of balance always seems to leave me on a Friday night... I just don't understand why either!!!

[Anonymous]

sense? I dont have any of that :lol:

[northwind]

I guess smell ,oddly enough just the other day I was pondering if I had to forfeit one of my senses which one would I most hate to lose? Hmmmm

(Sorry Northy not intending to do a shameles hijack...I'll shut up!) :?

No, that's a good 'un. Smell, if it could be done without affecting taste, I reckon.

Saw about the 20 senses thing once, half of them are subdivisions of the classic 5 and the other half seemed to be not senses at all, but just normal mental processes- sense of position? Not a sense in the classic, er, sense is it?

[Dicky Ticker]

As bikers I think a sense of self preservation should come high on the agenda

[Peter Henry]

Something getting overlooked is common sense which ever more appears to be lacking in so many people these days! :?

[mysteryjimbo]

Isnt smell directly connected to taste in that you can almost taste some smells and if you've a cold your sense of taste goes out of the window.

I'd say touch, you may not be able to associate touch to memory as such. BUT touch is relied on for a great many things and is far more sensitive than sight and hearing.

[keithd]

Something getting overlooked is common sense which ever more appears to be lacking in so many people these days! :?

Common sense is the sound judgment not based on specialized knowledge. It's basically the ability to solves puzzles with the presence of ignorance.

IMHO

[Balky001]

Pride

[Sid Squid]

Meant in this way, then smell definately.

There are certain smells that are wondefully evocative for me, just a whiff and I'm immediately transported to another time and place.

[Ed]

Touch does it for me.

But I've recently discovered that I'm alive to sixth sense. It's happened twice now: FIL visited me again. This time I knew it was him.

[Iansv]

sense? I dont have any of that :lol:

So true.. :lol:


but back on topic... Smell is strongest for me

[Drunk Mike]

Isnt smell directly connected to taste in that you can almost taste some smells and if you've a cold your sense of taste goes out of the window.
What you think of as taste is in fact your sense of smell. The actual sense of taste only applies to salty, bitter, sweet and sour flavours. Anything specific you think you're tasting is in fact being smelt.

[northwind]

How does that work? The olfactory sense hardware is in the nose, you can eat things with your nose covered and still taste various things...

[kwak zzr]

my mom's slowly loosing her sight and she tells me how bad it really is when you cant see :( i couldnt evan begin to imagine. :( she's a star! i dont know how she copes everyday, she never moan's just get's on with it!

[chutz]

smell is transmitted straight in to the subconscious part of the brain and stimulates all sorts of response...powerfull sense indeed

[Richie]

I'm lacking in a sence of Direction at the mow. :oops:


OR
ever wanted to overtake on a blind bend, Then you think no...
Just as a lorry or a JCB looms round the bend....
6ixts sence no... survival sence...maybe...