Which sensory system enables you to touch the top of your head when your eyes are closed? olfactory sense vestibular sense kinesthetic sense tactile sense

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Tori Watkins

6 September, 05:30

Which sensory system enables you to touch the top of your head when your eyes are closed? olfactory sense vestibular sense kinesthetic sense tactile sense

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Luke Summers · Answer 1

If your eyes are closed, you are missing so me information from the environment about the position of your body. And yet, most people are able to touch the top of their heads. This is because they have a feeling for a position of their body: this is called the kinesthetic sense.