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The Four Lobes · Brain

How do I know where my limbs are without looking?

Touch, body position, and where things are in space.

The simple answer

Close your eyes and touch your nose. Something had to know where your finger was without looking. That's largely the parietal lobe — handling touch, temperature, pain and your sense of where your body is.

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