AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In his theory Laird quotes research that found out about the majority of our knowledge that is being held by adults; 75% is learned through seeing. Followed by hearing which is effective 13% of the time and later by other senses including touch, smell and taste which accounts for 12% of the time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nerves relay the signals to the brain, which interprets them as sight (vision), sound (hearing), smell (olfaction), taste (gustation), and touch (tactile perception).

Detailed explanation-3: -Professor of psychology Asifa Majid said: “Scientists have spent hundreds of years trying to understand how human sensory organs work, concluding that sight is the most important sense, followed by hearing, touch, taste, and smell.”

Detailed explanation-4: -We all learned the five senses in elementary school: sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch. But did you know we actually have seven senses? The two lesser known senses are vestibular and proprioception and they are connected to the tactile sense (touch). Vestibular sense involves movement and balance.