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21: Make It Stick Author Peter Brown

The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast

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Muscle Memory Is a Muscle Member in the Brain

The same principles apply for your tennis serve as for the non motor skill. When we first encounter something we encountered in a different part of the brain and then where our long-term memory is stored. It takes hours or more for learning to go from the hippocampus into the other parts of the brain where it's stored for long- term memory. Even though that practice whether it's a motor skill you think I don't think I'm getting this I'd be better at it if I was getting it it's not so, says Dr Mertens.

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