Sensory Systems

 

Many people grew up learning about five senses grouped into three Sensory Systems. Some studies have estimated Sensory Preference in the general population as follows:

 Visual:  what you take in through the sense of sight. Estimated at 60 percent of the general population. Decoding is believed to occur in the occipital lobes or visual cortex.

 Auditory:  what you take in through the sense of sound, the ears being designed to conduct sound waves. Preference is estimated at 20 percent of the general population. Decoding occurs in the temporal lobes or auditory cortex.

 Kinesthetic:  what you take in through the senses of smell, taste, touch, and muscle perception. Preference is estimated at 20 percent of the general population. Smell is decoded in the mammalian brain layer, while the others are decoded in the parietal lobes.