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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Your question has already been answered, but I’ll add to it by saying I have a coordination disorder called dyspraxia, and my proprioception and general spatial awareness are busted. I’m a bull in a china shop 😩 I run into things and knock things over all the time because I didn’t realize where in space my arm was, for example; my hand-eye coordination is laughably bad, and I would likely fail every field sobriety test when sober (I worry about this often!). Some other struggles I have that you might not realize are related are • I had to give up piano lessons because I can’t hit the right keys without looking, but as soon as I glance away from the sheet music I completely lose my place (same with general reading) and take too long to relocate it • I’m extremely right handed, and the only way I can distinguish left from right is to consciously remember my right hand is dominant, that must be the right side, and depending on what I’m doing, I might have to physically turn my body to figure it out; if I’m reaching behind me, bent down, or otherwise “tangled up”, I wouldn’t be able to figure it out without first untangling myself, and mirrors confuse the fuck out of me! • I can’t climb stairs without looking at the ground and walking in general is difficult without doing so • my casual handwriting is atrocious and illegible when I try to write with my finger on my phone, and I can’t draw letters in the air • despite being musically inclined, I have no rhythm and can’t clap along with a song very long, and not at all if any other part of my body is moving/dancing (and I hate that so much!!!). It’s crazy what our bodies do so seamlessly
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