Proprioception is the imperceptible and invisible sense, often referred to as the unconscious sixth sense. It relies on mechanosensory neurons located within muscles, tendons and joints and, as such, ...

Understanding proprioception can help to interpret how correct movement requires well-organized, accurate signals from the muscles firing to the brain. These pointers can be easily manipulated simply ...

Have you ever stumbled on uneven ground (or even ground) but somehow caught yourself before you fell? That’s proprioception, your body’s built-in GPS. It’s your body’s ability to sense where it is in ...

Fabrice Sarlegna has received funding from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University. Chris Miall receives funding from the NIH and the Leverhulme Foundation. He has also been funded by the Royal Society ...

Beginning in grade school, most everyone is taught about the five senses: touch, sight, taste, smell and sound. These are responsible for our interaction with the external world around us. Sensory ...

Picture this: it’s a beautiful summer day and you’re following GPS directions to a friend’s barbeque across town. You follow your map’s directions into a tunnel and suddenly both your digital map and ...

Imagine having a super sophisticated internal GPS that tells your brain where every part of your body is at any given moment. That's proprioception! In more technical terms, it's your brain's ability ...

A new study investigated how proprioceptive sensory neurons (pSNs), the cells underlying the “sixth sense”, function. Can you name all your senses? Touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing. What about ...

For kids, proprioceptive activities can also help to calm their nervous systems down. Even if it seems like the opposite when they are jumping on the couch and throwing themselves about the room at ...