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It's interesting to see this phenomenon appear in gaming. I'm familiar with "listening ahead" or reading ahead while playing music. It probably crops up in sports as well (though I'm not athletically inclined enough to say). Any skillful performance probably involves this kind of anticipation.
I think driving is an obvious example most people experience.
"skate to where the puck is going" in hockey and in business cliche.
> "information you never act on is useless information."

Sometimes the act of processing information is useful in itself, as a mental exercise. It's not just about training your eyes, it's about keeping the gears oiled.