Body Position Awareness

Body position awareness is the ability to sense where the body and its parts are located and how they are moving, a capacity that supports coordinated behavior and interaction with the environment. It relies largely on proprioception, in which receptors in muscles, tendons, and joints provide signals that the brain integrates with visual and vestibular information to guide posture, balance, and movement without constant visual monitoring. In psychology, studying this awareness helps explain motor learning, spatial self-representation, and changes in body perception, while clinical applications include assessing movement disorders, designing rehabilitation strategies, and improving performance through targeted sensory and motor training.

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JoVE Journal - Medicine

The Lower Body Positive Pressure Treadmill for Knee Osteoarthritis Rehabilitation

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2019

Here, based on a clinician’s point-of-view, we propose a two-model lower body positive pressure (LBPP) protocol (walking and squatting models) in addition to a clinical, functional assessment methodology, including details for further encouragement of the development of non-drug surgical intervention strategies in knee osteoarthritis patients. However, we only present the effect of LBPP training in improvement of pain and knee function in one patient through three-dimensional gait analysis. The...

Education

JoVE Core - Social Psychology

Self-Awareness and Its Effects

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2025

Self-awareness is a psychological state in which the individual becomes the focal point of their attention. This inward focus transforms the self into an object of contemplation and assessment, influencing how individuals perceive their actions and their alignment with personal and societal standards.Triggers and Contexts for Self-AwarenessSelf-awareness can be activated by external stimuli that make individuals visually or audibly aware of themselves, such as mirrors, cameras, or recordings.

Altered States of Awareness

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2024

Altered states of consciousness represent significant deviations from one's normal mental state. These deviations can range from subtle changes in awareness to profound transformations in perception, thought processes, and sensory experiences. Altered states of consciousness can be triggered by various factors, including drug use, meditation, hypnosis, illness, or even intense fatigue. The ingestion of substances like stimulants or hallucinogens leads to chemical alterations in the brain that...

Subconsciousness and No Awareness

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2024

The concept of subconscious awareness refers to the processing of information below the level of conscious thought, which significantly influences both behaviors and decisions. It is also known as waking subconscious awareness. This complex level of cognition operates without the direct awareness of the individual, facilitating rapid and simultaneous handling of multiple information streams. An illustrative example of subconscious processing is its role in problem-solving. Often, individuals...

Investigating the Neural Mechanisms of Aware and Unaware Fear Memory with fMRI

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2011

A methodology to investigate the neural mechanisms that support aware and unaware memory processes during fear conditioning is described. This method monitors blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging, skin conductance response, and unconditioned stimulus expectancy during Pavlovian fear conditioning to assess the neural correlates of distinct memory processes.

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