# muscle memory (automaticity)

*Ordinarily means:* the ability to perform a skill without thinking about it

the self-model's parameter for conscious control drifts past its wall, so the practiced action remains inside the motor window but lies outside the self-model's range

- Computed level: L23 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: self-model drifting

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [self-model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-model.reflexive), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range)

**Through:** the drift of the self-model's control parameter pushes the behavior beyond the wall of its window

**Novel properties:**
- loss of conscious oversight

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-muscle-memory.automaticity*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-muscle-memory.automaticity.json*  
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