How does your brain know where your limbs are without looking at them?

Question

As an example, if you or someone else randomly moves your arms you know exactly where they are relative to other parts of your body, how does the brain know this?

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Answer 1

Further reading: “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,”

If you can look past how sad some of the conditions are it’s pretty frigging hilarious and fascinating how complex the human brain is.