Noun: proprioception
- The ability to sense the position, location, orientation, and movement of the body and its parts
"Proprioception allows you to touch your nose with your eyes closed"
Derived forms: proprioceptions
Type of: interoception
Part of: somaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], somaesthesis [Cdn], somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia [N. Amer], somesthesis [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Proprioception