Sense
![Five senses and the respective sensory organs inherent among Homo sapiens](/Images/godic/202501/11/Five_senses5208.jpg")
![An allegory of five senses. Still Life by Pieter Claesz, 1623. The painting illustrates the senses through musical instruments, a compass, a book, food and drink, a mirror, incense and an open perfume bottle. The tortoise may be an illustration of touch or an allusion to the opposite (the tortoise isolating in its shell).](/Images/godic/202501/11/Claesz.,_Pieter_-_Still_Life_with_Musical_Instruments_-_16235208.jpg")
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![In this painting by Pietro Paolini, each individual represents one of the five senses.[2]](/Images/godic/202501/11/Pietro_Paolini_-_Allegory_of_the_Five_Senses_-_Walters_3727685208.jpg")
A sense is a physiological capacity of organisms that provides data for perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology (or cognitive science), and philosophy of perception. The nervous system has a specific sensory system or organ, dedicated to each sense.