Fun Friday Implicit Memory
Here is a fun scientific concept that
most dancers know, but don’t know they know. How’s that for Fun Friday!
The concept is implicit memory. Here is the definition from https://www.livescience.com/43353-implicit-memory.html:
“Implicit memory uses past
experiences to remember things without thinking about them.” See, I told
you that you already knew this.
Implicit memory is involved in many
aspects of our lives, from riding a bicycle to brushing our teeth. Aha! It’s what
dancers refer to as “muscle memory”. Of course it’s all much more complex, and
for those who’d like more detailed information about how the brain learns
movement try this article: https://medium.com/oxford-university/the-amazing-phenomenon-of-muscle-memory-fb1cc4c4726.
Fascinating stuff!
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Ballet Secret #22r:
“Implicit memory is a part
of ballet technique.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“Practicing
is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with
others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the
same neural connections and muscle memory whether you are imagining the task or
actually doing it.”
-
Yo-Yo Ma
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