What are the five senses and how do they help us learn about the world?
Five Secret Doorways
What are the five senses and how do they help us learn about the world?
Right now, without even trying, you are gathering news about the world. The temperature of the air, the smell of dinner, a sound two rooms away — all of it streaming in through five doorways built into your body. We call them the senses, and they are how a brain locked inside a dark skull finds out what's happening outside it.
Start with sight. Light bounces off everything around you and pours into your eyes, where the back wall catches it like a tiny screen. Your brain then reads that screen and turns the light into shapes, colors, and faces. It's the fastest reporter you've got — one glance and you know there's a red apple on the table.
