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I think that linking skin sensations to proprioception is pretty dubious. Think about walking in a high gale. The air will be pressing your outer layers to your
by camtarn 5y ago
I think that linking skin sensations to proprioception is pretty dubious. Think about walking in a high gale. The air will be pressing your outer layers to your body in a way that adds extra 'weight', but there's not even the slightest sensation of phantom movement in your limbs. Maybe it's a very low-weighted input, but I very much doubt proprioception is 'heavily based' on it as you said earlier.
- ad404b8a372f2b9 5y agoYou don't get phantom movements when you get a deep tissue massage yet the muscles are very much involved. There is also literature on the role of the skin in proprioception in humans. That being said, heavily might be overstated, I wasn't trying to claim an authoritative view on the matter, only reporting what I felt while anesthesia was wearing off.
- camtarn 5y agoHm, yeah, that's a fair point.