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Can Muscle Memory be achieved without repetition & training? In 'The Matrix', Kung Fu, Jujitsu, etc. were uploaded into Neo like loading an application. Will traditional training & repetition be replaced & automated?
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Not without repetition but my english teacher was talking about how if you can dream lucidly you can train in your dreams. But I haven't been able to test it out because I can't remember my dreams FilipinoPower ... Nice find! =0p... If there were computer games/applications to teach new skills while Lucid Dreaming --- What you Dream, you can achieve?! 1
If that were to happen I would go out and buy every single Ninja, Mortal Combat, UFC, and Karate game out there! :Ob... Yuma, I'd like load up and be multi-talented. Why stop at muscle memory? I'd load up intellectually as well. Smart & Strong =0p... |
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Not without repetition. As an experienced guitarist I need to use muscle memory quite often whilst learning a song - if I slip up on a certain bar in a song then I'll do that sequence 12 times and then it's fine. Muscle memory is amazing. |
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Motor Skill Training Lucid dreaming is a great way for an athlete to work on his or her skills, for "imagery rehearsal may work to improve motor skills by strengthening the neural pathways used to elicit the patterns of movement that are required by the skill" (LaBerge 116). Dr. Stephen LaBerge, eminent authority on the study of lucid dreaming, calls this mechanism "cognitive coding" (LaBerge 116), in which the individual makes a conscious map of the skill and its execution.
Lucid dreaming can also help athletes learn entirely new actions. Athletes can "practice performing movements for which their bodies are not yet physically prepared, setting up neural and mental models for skills so that the movement models will be ready when the muscles are" (LaBerge 116). |
| Kevin tags out a runner back in high school. While lucid in a dream, Kevin could place himself in situations where he can hone muscle memory and practice success on the baseball field.|
I just watched the Matrix again last night, and I was thinking about this. Since we're talking about science fiction here, I see no reason why muscle memory couldn't be "pushed" down the nervous system to the nerves that control the appropriate muscles. Muscle strength could be an issue here, but in the movie they used some kind of electric acupuncture to strengthen Neo's atrophied muscles. So, yeah. I can see this all happening eventually. |
