As an example, if you or someone else randomly moves your arms you know exactly where they are relative to other parts of your body, how does the brain know this?
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I think the answer is pretty much given in the responses you’ve received so far, but I just wanted to add that the body gets it wrong some of the time, or can be tricked. You can look it up on YouTube as the phantom limb experiment. It’s fascinating and scary at the same time.
I think the answer is pretty much given in the responses you’ve received so far, but I just wanted to add that the body gets it wrong some of the time, or can be tricked. You can look it up on YouTube as the phantom limb experiment. It’s fascinating and scary at the same time.
I can’t explain it myself, but I *can* suggest you go watch [this](https://www.ted.com/talks/vs_ramachandran_3_clues_to_understanding_your_brain) amazing TED talk!
I can’t explain it myself, but I *can* suggest you go watch [this](https://www.ted.com/talks/vs_ramachandran_3_clues_to_understanding_your_brain) amazing TED talk!
Despite the children rhymes and elementary school education, you have much more than 5 senses
Depending on the science and angle you are looking at we have between 5-55 senses
What you are looking for is “proprioception”, the sense of your actions and position.
Here is a little video:
There’s a book, “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” by Oliver Sacks, MD, with stories of various neurological disorders, that has a story about a woman who lost her proprioception.
Despite the children rhymes and elementary school education, you have much more than 5 senses
Depending on the science and angle you are looking at we have between 5-55 senses
What you are looking for is “proprioception”, the sense of your actions and position.
Here is a little video:
There’s a book, “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” by Oliver Sacks, MD, with stories of various neurological disorders, that has a story about a woman who lost her proprioception.
Everyone else has answered that it is proprioception but I just wanted to add that one of the coolest experiences I have had with it is being high on ketamine, closing my eyes, waving my hands/waggling my fingers in front of my closed eyes, and being able to “see” it happen as I did.
Everyone else has answered that it is proprioception but I just wanted to add that one of the coolest experiences I have had with it is being high on ketamine, closing my eyes, waving my hands/waggling my fingers in front of my closed eyes, and being able to “see” it happen as I did.
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