Human skin doesn't actually sense wetness, its more of an illusion created by your brain.

[We Never Know]

I had never thought about it before. A little weird lol

"So how would a person know if he has sat on a wet seat or walked through a puddle? Researchers at Loughborough University and Oxylane Research proposed that wetness perception is intertwined with our ability to sense cold temperature and tactile sensations such as pressure and texture. They also observed the role of A-nerve fibers—sensory nerves that carry temperature and tactile information from the skin to the brain—and the effect of reduced nerve activity on wetness perception. Lastly, they hypothesized that because hairy skin is more sensitive to thermal stimuli, it would be more perceptive to wetness than glabrous skin (e.g., palms of the hands, soles of the feet), which is more sensitive to tactile stimuli."

Why Wet Feels Wet: Understanding the Illusion of Wetness - Neuroscience News

 

[MikeF]

I had never thought about it before. A little weird lol

"So how would a person know if he has sat on a wet seat or walked through a puddle? Researchers at Loughborough University and Oxylane Research proposed that wetness perception is intertwined with our ability to sense cold temperature and tactile sensations such as pressure and texture. They also observed the role of A-nerve fibers—sensory nerves that carry temperature and tactile information from the skin to the brain—and the effect of reduced nerve activity on wetness perception. Lastly, they hypothesized that because hairy skin is more sensitive to thermal stimuli, it would be more perceptive to wetness than glabrous skin (e.g., palms of the hands, soles of the feet), which is more sensitive to tactile stimuli."

Why Wet Feels Wet: Understanding the Illusion of Wetness - Neuroscience News

If you are actually wet, where is the illusion?

 

[We Never Know]

If you are actually wet, where is the illusion?

Read the link. Or this one.

"Though it seems simple, feeling that something is wet is quite a feat because our skin does not have receptors that sense wetness. UK researchers propose that wetness perception is intertwined with our ability to sense cold temperature and tactile sensations such as pressure and texture."

Why wet feels wet: Understanding the illusion of wetness.

 

[The Hammer]

I had never thought about it before. A little weird lol

"So how would a person know if he has sat on a wet seat or walked through a puddle? Researchers at Loughborough University and Oxylane Research proposed that wetness perception is intertwined with our ability to sense cold temperature and tactile sensations such as pressure and texture. They also observed the role of A-nerve fibers—sensory nerves that carry temperature and tactile information from the skin to the brain—and the effect of reduced nerve activity on wetness perception. Lastly, they hypothesized that because hairy skin is more sensitive to thermal stimuli, it would be more perceptive to wetness than glabrous skin (e.g., palms of the hands, soles of the feet), which is more sensitive to tactile stimuli."

Why Wet Feels Wet: Understanding the Illusion of Wetness - Neuroscience News

Anyone that's ever pulled anything out of a dryer knows this. **** is it wet? I can't tell... It's sorta cold-ish. ****.

 

[Luchito Prays]

I understood that sweat purpose is to cool the body. Then, what our skin senses is the change of temperature produced by sweat. Interesting.