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Nature 432, 21 (4 November 2004) | doi:10.1038/432021a; Published online 3 November 2004
Concept Making sense
Victor Smetacek1 & Franz Mechsner2
- Victor Smetacek is at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany.
- Franz Mechsner is at the Institute for Occupational Physiology, Ardeystr. 67, D44139 Dortmund, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany.
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Abstract
Proprioception: is the sensory system that supports body posture and movement also the root of our understanding of physical laws?
Aristotle argued that human beings have five senses at their disposal. Although various other sense organs have come to light since then, this antique dogma still constrains popular imagination.
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