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  2. Posture (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Open posture is a posture in which the vulnerable parts of the body are exposed. The head is raised, the shirt may be unbuttoned at the neck, a bag is held on the shoulder or at the side. Open posture is often perceived as communicating a friendly and positive attitude. In an open posture the feet are spread and the head is straight.

  3. Orientation (mental) - Wikipedia

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    Orientation is a function of the mind involving awareness of three dimensions: time, place and person. [1] Problems with orientation lead to dis orientation, and can be due to various conditions. It ranges from an inability to coherently understand person, place, time, and situation, to complete orientation.

  4. Sense of balance - Wikipedia

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    The sense of balance or equilibrioception is the perception of balance and spatial orientation. [1] It helps prevent humans and nonhuman animals from falling over when standing or moving. Equilibrioception is the result of a number of sensory systems working together; the eyes ( visual system ), the inner ears ( vestibular system ), and the ...

  5. Vestibular system - Wikipedia

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    Signals sent to the reticular formation signal the new posture the body has taken on, and how to adjust circulation and breathing due to body position. To the spinal cord. Signals sent to the spinal cord allow quick reflex reactions to both the limbs and trunk to regain balance. To the thalamus. Signals sent to the thalamus allow for head and ...

  6. Orienting system - Wikipedia

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    The brain pathway that orients visual attention to a stimulus is referred to as the orienting system.There are two main types of visual orientations, covert (exogenous) which occurs when a salient environmental change causes a shift in attention and overt (endogenous) which occurs when the individual makes a conscious decision to orient attention to a stimuli [1] During a covert orientation of ...

  7. Postural Control - Wikipedia

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    Postural control is defined as achievement, maintenance or regulation of balance during any static posture or dynamic activity for the regulation of stability and orientation. [4] The interaction of the individual with the task and the environment develops postural control. [ 5 ]

  8. Spatial disorientation - Wikipedia

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    Spatial orientation (the inverse being spatial disorientation, aka spatial-D) is the ability to maintain body orientation and posture in relation to the surrounding environment (physical space) at rest and during motion. Humans have evolved to maintain spatial orientation on the ground.

  9. Posture - Wikipedia

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    Posture (psychology) Political posturing "Posture (Interlude)", a song from the EP Preacher's Kid by Semler This page was last edited on 7 ...