The premotor cortex is a part of the brain which controls learned motor skills of a repetitious or patterned nature, such as playing a musical instrument and typing. Think of this region as a memory bank for skilled motor activities.
Human Anatomy & Physiology, E. N. Marieb & K. HoehnThis is the part of the brain that turns all those choppy movements you first learn into one seamless dance. It is breathtaking when you think about it. How something that starts off as requiring so much concentration and mental power can become mindless, ingrained in you like an innate part of yourself.
I love that transition. The moment you realize that what you're doing has become as natural to you as breathing.
Jogging in Paris on Flickr © Shabok
3 comments:
my premotor cortex must be somewhat deficient then, considering how often i bang into walls and stub my toes. or how i have no piano playing skills whatsoever in spite of years of training.
i guess my premotor cortex during my teens have not really developed yet too.. i took Wushu as an cca.. and learn thoes basic basic arts.. alittle more advance and i can't remember them. There was a time when we have to take test and display among the crowds.. When i went on stage.. blanked... i ran out the room, leaving behind bewilderment gazed...
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