motor memory
Body remembers movements
Motor memory is the body's ability to remember and reproduce physical movements without conscious effort.
Once you learn to ride a bicycle or type on a keyboard, the skill becomes automatic—stored not as facts but as patterns of muscle coordination.
Also called muscle memory or procedural memory.
After years away from the piano, her motor memory kicked in and she played the piece flawlessly.
- muscle toneResidual tension in fibers
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- practice makes perfectEffort improves skill
- repetitionAct of redoing
learning curve · automatic · second nature · reflexes · coordination · hand-eye coordination · skill · habit · training · rehearsal · cerebellum · fingers · typing · piano · playing by ear · dance · swing · stroke
- motor skillswalking, riding a bike, hand-eye coordination, coordination, eye-hand coordination
motor memoryfactual knowledge
True, verified information
verbal memory · encyclopedic knowledge · book learning · working memory
motor memoryabstract reasoning
Thought using concepts alone
conceptual understanding · cognitive learning · classroom learning
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