muscle sense

American  

noun

Psychology, Physiology.

1. a sense of movement derived from afferent nerves originating in tendons, muscle tissue, skin, and joints; proprioception.

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muscle sense British  

noun

1. another name for kinaesthesia

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Etymology

Origin of muscle sense

First recorded in 1890–95

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muscle sense

That the chemical sense and touch are valuable guiding senses is evident from even superficial observation, and of the importance of vision and the muscle sense we are certain from the experimental evidence at hand.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg

The muscle sense informs us of movements of the joints and of positions of the limbs, as well as of resistance encountered by any movement.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth

The consistency of the food, soft, tough, brittle, gummy, also contributes, by way of the muscle sense, to the total "taste".

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth

These experiments were valuable also from the fact that here the cutaneous space was estimated by the muscle sense, or active touch, as it is called.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg

This sense accordingly might better be called the "muscle, tendon and joint sense", but the shorter term, "muscle sense", bids fair to stick.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth