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Procedural Memory |
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(pro-SEE-jer-al MEM-e-ri)
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| The skills and habits stored in your procedural memory may seem like second nature, but in fact they required a lot of practice and repetition to learn. |
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When you learn a motor skill, such as walking, driving a car, or riding a bike, you first practice it over and over until you no longer need to think about the individual steps. As the brain builds new networks of neurons, the movements needed to control the bike are stored in your procedural memory, becoming unconscious - as automatic as breathing or blinking. This information is stored in your procedural memory. Although it begins to feel completely natural to ride a bike or drive a car, it can be difficult to explain the process to someone else. It’s much easier to physically do it than to describe it.
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