Muscle Memory

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Muscle Memory


An idiom referring to a maneuver that is repeatedly executed the exact same way until it becomes repeatable spontaneously and without much thought.

 

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Muscle Memory differs from Stages of Internalization in that it is typically associated with a single maneuver in isolation; and that Stages of Internalization of a maneuver does not have to be enacted the exact same way each time.

 

Muscle Memory differs from Conditional Response in that Muscle Memory does not have the requirement of have been spurred on my an external stimuli.

 

Muscle Memory is usually not (but may be) related to a Deceptive Action.

 

See the subject of Neuro Muscular Memory for more information.

 

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