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Is there a word or a phrase for this phenomenon? When something becomes a habit requiring no thought at all and then, when forced to actually think about it, th
by elliekelly 6y ago
Is there a word or a phrase for this phenomenon? When something becomes a habit requiring no thought at all and then, when forced to actually think about it, the brain draws a complete blank?
- mindfulmark 6y agoPersonally I call this « playing piano », as I’m not sure I’ve ever gotten passed this stage when practicing..
- sixhobbits 6y agoIn classical music at least it's often referred to as a "memory lapse"
- Andrex 6y agoYour comment got me looking into the phenomenon, and I found this great article: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-07-17-1994198196-story.html https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-07-17-19941981... From 1994!
- coyotespike 6y agoWonderful article, great find! And I like being reminded of the great pressure many creative spirits feel. It's serious business, managing pressure and also doing your work.
- ie21 6y agoWould love to read if anyone has it mirrored? Looks like the original article isn't available for EU market.
- nkurz 6y agoMaybe one of these two will work: https://outline.com/SeEEHt https://outline.com/SeEEHt https://archive.is/D05nu https://archive.is/D05nu For the future, you can usually create these for yourself by going to top of the sites that I linked.
- ie21 6y agoWorks great! Also on other sites, thanks for the tip.
- kibwen 6y agoYes, "the centipede effect": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Centipede%27s_Dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Centipede%27s_Dilemma
- sebmellen 6y agoWhat a great poem: “A centipede was happy – quite! Until a toad in fun Said, "Pray, which leg moves after which?" This raised her doubts to such a pitch, She fell exhausted in the ditch Not knowing how to run.“
- davidgh 6y agoCheck out the Backwards Brain Bicycle. Lots of fun. https://youtu.be/MFzDaBzBlL0 https://youtu.be/MFzDaBzBlL0
- __mharrison__ 6y agoEmacs!
- HPsquared 6y agoThat and, apologies in advance, the phenomenon of 'manual breathing'.
- arc-in-space 6y agoSome refer to it as an effect of muscle memory. Something you can do effortlessly, but can't actually describe how to another person.