Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body itself.
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- noun The
sense of theposition ofparts of thebody ,relative to otherneighbouring parts of the body.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts
Etymologies
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Brain Blogger great blog, by the way offers a nice introduction to the notion of proprioception - a very useful concept for anyone who works with bodies, including their own.
Brain Blogger - What is Proprioception? William Harryman 2009
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One of the most important internal senses is called proprioception, or position sense.
Brain Blogger - What is Proprioception? William Harryman 2009
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A case of proprioception occurs when with our eyes shut and without touch we are immediately aware of the angle at which one of our elbows is bent.
The Identity Theory of Mind Smart, J. J. C. 2007
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Using a finely honed psionic talent known as proprioception, the trim, angular-featured Betazoid security guard tapped into the unconscious mind of the semi-conscious Koas.
Small World David Mack 2005
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Using a finely honed psionic talent known as proprioception, the trim, angular-featured Betazoid security guard tapped into the unconscious mind of the semiconscious Koas.
Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005
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Using a finely honed psionic talent known as proprioception, the trim, angular-featured Betazoid security guard tapped into the unconscious mind of the semiconscious Koas.
Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005
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Using a finely honed psionic talent known as proprioception, the trim, angular-featured Betazoid security guard tapped into the unconscious mind of the semiconscious Koas.
Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005
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Using a finely honed psionic talent known as proprioception, the trim, angular-featured Betazoid security guard tapped into the unconscious mind of the semiconscious Koas.
Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005
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Using a finely honed psionic talent known as proprioception, the trim, angular-featured Betazoid security guard tapped into the unconscious mind of the semiconscious Koas.
Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005
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(JPS), also called proprioception, is the body sense which indicates to our brain where our joints are at all times.
Article Source 2009
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For me olfaction works like proprioception, that is, the awareness of the position and movement of the body in space.
Olfactory Overload: Knowing the Neurodivergent Nose Eva Surawy-Stepney 2023
adoarns commented on the word proprioception
Discard all your fanciful notions of there being only five senses. There're at least seven, counting this and balance.
February 18, 2008
thinkingsage commented on the word proprioception
Knowing where you are in the world, where your body stops and everything else begins.
October 11, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word proprioception
Adoarns -- I can think of at least nine off the top of my head (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell, proprioception, balance/gravity, temperature, and pain).
October 11, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word proprioception
There's a good article about proprioception here.
October 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word proprioception
And parking, pterodactyl.
October 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word proprioception
Not to mention rhythm.
October 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word proprioception
Or business.
October 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word proprioception
And snow.
October 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word proprioception
OK, new list. Join me.
October 11, 2008
bilby commented on the word proprioception
What about non? Most of what I sense is non.
October 11, 2008
dontcry commented on the word proprioception
What about sense of humor? Time? Right & wrong?
October 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word proprioception
Follow me!
October 11, 2008
johned commented on the word proprioception
This is an important and useful word especially if contrasted with kinesthesia and understood in the context of conscious and unconscious proprioception. The discussion on Wikipedia is good (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioceptive}
May 4, 2010
qms commented on the word proprioception
Unable to show others affection
Yet self-love he brings to perfection
In the one-person hug
That gift to the smug
That calls only for proprioception.
February 28, 2016