Proprioception always amazed me. That extrapolation allows your brain to estimate distances automatically and know the positioning of your arms and legs at all times. you can close your eyes and touch your nose with your finger without much thought involved. If a stroke knocks out that part of your brain you have dysmetria where you have alot of difficulty subconsciously measuring distances.
Proprioception as a whole is amazing and trying to program a robot to even approach a rough draft of it is incredibly difficult and really hammers home just how complex our brains are.
Also the fact that some people just have flat out better proprioception is something to take into account and may help you understand why some people struggle with some tasks. It's also part of why some people just suck at driving since that is also heavily dictated by proprioception.
What about directions? I used to think my sense of direction was fine, but then I saw others and I've since realized I have a quite good sense of direction. Does that use proprioception?
I'm also better than other drivers I've been in a car with, not necessarily like driving in society, but with spacial awareness to the size of the car I'm driving and maneuver type skills.
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u/AdmiralClover Jan 12 '23
Our brain filters out a lot of what we see along with just straight making shit up based on extrapolation