I wonder what happens when a batter tries to check his swing. — Patterner
And they usually fail, it seems to me. The large muscles that are in motion can't be stopped sufficiently by the smaller ones. Still, they are able to try.I assume it takes practice to get very good at that. — punos
Difficulty to test it. If I know I'm on the wrong screen, I don't commit myself in the first place.I'm also sure you can train yourself to be more conscious about taping that icon. It's probably a good idea to at least run that experiment on yourself. See how it goes, and see what you learn. — punos
Difficulty to test it. If I know I'm on the wrong screen, I don't commit myself in the first place. — Patterner
I'm reminded of the Gom Jabbar test in Dune: — punos
Dogs seem to be able to suppress desires -- like not lunging forward to grab the treat dangling in front of it until an OK is registered. — BC
...agents are normally embodied in their own body with all its neural processes. However, this feeling of embodiment can also be interrupted if neural processes accompanying an earlier action intention cause a muscle contraction that does not conform with the agent’s current action intention. This non-conformity, in turn, is grounded in the delay of those neural processes that accompany the agent’s earlier action intention and the slowness of her current intention’s neural processes. — Robert Reimer
I was just thinking that knowing I was doing something I didn't want to be doing, but being unable to stop, is very interesting. — Patterner
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