Super senses — the heightened sensitivity of any of the five basic senses of taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing — are among the most common comic book tropes. But in the real world, some don’t need radioactive spider bites or alien genes for these superhuman-like abilities.
Super Tasting
Though virtually absent from superhero lore, heightened taste sensitivity is one of the most common real-life super senses — affecting one in four Americans per the latest estimate. These people, termed supertasters, are fine-tuned to detect the slightest differences in flavor, even noticing subtleties in creaminess between similar dairy products.
