Yes, in the embodied cognition view (at least as I understand
it), the process would be akin to "muscle memory" combined with
visual clues. So for example, the body and eyes go go into the
perfect position to make the "jump" in the straightest possible
line, where only the object gets bigger until captured. It kind
of blew my mind really when I found it/read about it. The shift
of perspective is significant; and it's surprising when we
analyze things like movement, purpose, desire, etc, when we do
so mathematically or scientifically, we do so from a 3rd person
persective, always. We take being the "outside observer" for
granted; it's a deep assumption built in.
But when instead one takes the 1st person perspective, and THEN
notices what happens, it rather makes sense, for while launching
a spacecraft may require a bunch of calculations, being a
"being" with consciousness and an internal perspective an
impetus that is *outside* of 3rd party control, affords a
different possibility, that of the subjective point of view.
[then again, I could be entirely wrong. But you can see why
embodied cognition made me jump up and go, "woah... wait...
yeah... makes sense". The theories in it are utilized primarily
in CogSci and AI, particularly robotics, for that's where it's
currently the most useful.]
