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Human Senses and Their Limitations: A Study

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This article discusses the limitations of human senses in comparison to other animals. It explores how better senses of vision and hearing could enhance human experiences, but also how better chemical senses could limit food intake. The article concludes by discussing how human senses are balanced and how they may evolve in the future.

Human Senses and Their Limitations: A Study

   Added on 2019-09-23

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Psychology Assignment 5.1Human SensesThough considered the best of natural creations, human beings lack some specific qualities that are constituted in other animals. For an instance rats can see more clearly than humans at night; eagles have a clearer distant vision, whereas horses have a wider visual field. Being a human being right now I am unable to see through dark nights the beauty of my natural surroundings. But if my sense of vision would have been better, I would have seen through the darkness and observe how in darkness the natural aspects seem thoroughly different than what they look like at day time. I would have been able to see the reflections of physical objects at night clearly than ever (“Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception”, 2017). Enhancement in my vision would have enabled me to increase that sensation of mine that is used for the detection of physical energy emitted or reflected by physical objects both during day and night (“Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception”, 2017). Like lacking in terms of better eyesight, human beings also lag behind some other specific animals in terms of the listening capabilities. If I would have been provided with a better auditory sense I would have listened to the high frequency sounds that are usually heard by bats. Moreover, I would have been able to listen to my professor’s lectures without entering the class; on my way to college as my capability of hearing conversation occurring in distant places would have been magically increased. But I must confess that if I would have been gifted with better chemical senses, including taste and smelling, I would not have been able to eat certain foods due to actual smells of the
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