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Automaticity is the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required. It is usually the result of learning
Learning

Learning is acquiring new knowledge, behaviors, skills, Value s, preferences or understanding, and may involve synthesizing different types of information....
, repetition, and practice.

Examples of automaticity are common activities such as walking, speaking, bicycle riding, assembly-line work, and driving a car (see highway hypnosis
Highway hypnosis

Highway hypnosis is a mental state in which the person can drive a Truck or automobile great distances, responding to external events in the expected manner with no recollection of having consciously done so....
). After an activity is sufficiently practiced it is possible to focus the mind on other activities or thoughts while undertaking an automaticised activity (for example holding a conversation or planning a speech while driving a car).

LaBerge and Samuels (1974) helped explain how reading fluency develops.






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Automaticity is the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required. It is usually the result of learning
Learning

Learning is acquiring new knowledge, behaviors, skills, Value s, preferences or understanding, and may involve synthesizing different types of information....
, repetition, and practice.

Examples of automaticity are common activities such as walking, speaking, bicycle riding, assembly-line work, and driving a car (see highway hypnosis
Highway hypnosis

Highway hypnosis is a mental state in which the person can drive a Truck or automobile great distances, responding to external events in the expected manner with no recollection of having consciously done so....
). After an activity is sufficiently practiced it is possible to focus the mind on other activities or thoughts while undertaking an automaticised activity (for example holding a conversation or planning a speech while driving a car).

LaBerge and Samuels (1974) helped explain how reading fluency develops. Automaticity refers to knowing how to do something so well that you do not have to think about it while doing it.

Some educational software incorporates the concept of automaticity. By measuring the consistency of processing speed and accuracy of students' responses, foundation skills can become automatic. As a result, students can devote cognitive effort to higher order comprehension skills.

See also

  • Habit (psychology)
    Habit (psychology)

    Habits are routines of behavior that are repeated regularly, tend to occur subconsciously, without directly thinking Consciousness about them. Habitual behavior sometimes goes unnoticed in persons exhibiting them, because it is often unnecessary to engage in self-analysis when undertaking in routine tasks....
  • Habituation
    Habituation

    In psychology, habituation is the psychological process in humans and animals in which there is a decrease in behavior response to a stimulus after repeated exposure to that stimulus over a duration of time....
  • Neural adaptation
    Neural adaptation

    Neural adaptation or sensory adaptation is a change over time in the responsiveness of the sensory system to a constant Stimulus . It is usually perception as a change in the stimulus....
  • Brain fart
    Brain fart

    A brain fart is a special kind of abnormal brain activity which results in human error while performing a repetitive task. More generally, a brain fart can be any task-related forgetfulness, such as forgetting how to hold a fork....


Sources

  • PhysioEx 6.0 - Peter Zao - Timothy Stabler - Greta Peterson - Lori Smith
  • Shriffrin, R. M., & Schneider, W. (1977). Controlled and automatic human information processing. II. Perceptual learning, automatic attending and a general theory. Psychological Review, 84(2), 127-190.


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