A nervous system circuit in fruit flies toggles between supporting stabilizing body posture reflexes or dynamic voluntary action like walking. In a fruit fly, nerve cells that detect limb movement are ...

Researchers use neural networks to study proprioception, the sense the brain uses to 'know' the body's movement and position. How does your brain know the position and movement of your different body ...

Discover proprioception, your body's hidden sixth sense that guides movement and balance subconsciously. As we age, this crucial ability declines, increasing fall risks and impacting mobility.

How does your brain know the position and movement of your different body parts? The sense is known as proprioception, and it is something like a "sixth sense", allowing us to move freely without ...

From as far back as we can remember, most of us have likely been under the impression we have five senses (and maybe a debatable sixth ). But as it turns out, human perception isn’t really limited to ...

In a fruit fly, nerve cells that detect limb movement are silenced when the insect walks or grooms. This on-off switch may help the nervous system to shift between two states: one helps keep the body ...

The fourth principle of the Feldenkrais Method, “Differentiation: the smallest sensory distinctions between movements build maps,” is a central tenet in understanding how movement, perception, and the ...