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From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Subject: Re: propioceptive
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In article <38r0tt$dst@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:

>Proprioception is internal the perception of self.  Even when your
>eyes are closed, you can tell about where your hands and legs are,
>relative to the body, because there are sensory signals throughout
>the body which report this information back to the brain.

Except when you wake up, and have lost calibration, and require to
move your limbs in order to find out where they are. Many robots have
to do this too.
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Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
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"The mind reigns, but does not govern" -- Paul Valery
