Whether we know it or not, we react to seat of the pants sink. At least, I hope we do. Trees mentioned some posts ago. Hangers, or a mischievous wind, you can't plan for it. A sudden sink towards the concrete would get a power reaction from me, even before it had registered in my higher thinking processes.
As is evidenced by:
Interestingly, you don't see much of this technique in the simulator
My pants never gave me clues in a sim.