{"id":15550,"date":"2023-09-26T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edu4kid.org\/?p=15550"},"modified":"2023-10-06T16:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T20:25:18","slug":"proprioception-our-bodys-sixth-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edu4kid.org\/zh\/proprioception-our-bodys-sixth-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Proprioception – Our Body’s Sixth Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We use our five senses to feel and understand the world: taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing. But inside, your body uses proprioception<\/mark>, another sense which keeps track of each part of your body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When we move our bodies, joints change their position, and the brain keeps track of this movement. This tracking happens constantly<\/mark> without us realizing it!
Another part of proprioception is knowing how hard your muscles must work, like lifting a bucket of water. Your eyes see that the bucket looks heavy and signal the brain to tell your arms how hard to pull so you raise the bucket just right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When we age, our proprioception seems to worsen. Signals between nerves in the muscles and the brain are not as healthy in older people as in younger people. Occupational therapy<\/mark> can help all aged people cope with this issue with tasks such as adding weight to a person’s arms when they move to give extra feedback from the muscles to the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Proprioception Facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n