What is Automaticity? (concept)
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Key ideas
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Automacity is when performers concentrate on the intended movement effect, their motor system uses a more automatic control mode.
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This is in contrast to focusing internally and using conscious control
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It may be about providing a good context where you can learn things and deep remember them
- My Mandarin was a survive environment.
- Can I learn skills in that kind of space?
Examples / Stories
-L-I think of my Mandarin speaking - I learned it in a context, so there’s some second nature to it
See also
-L-I think this links to the idea of Self 1 and Self 2 (concept) in the Inner Game of Tennis, - when Timothy Gallwey talks about how we just have to let Self 1 and Self 2 (concept) get out of the way and then Self 2 will have the room to learn for itself. -L-I find this also related to Connaturality (idea). - The idea that it becomes second nature to you.
- There’s room to link this to habits also