XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 1/11/2026 12:47 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   
   > On 10/1/2026 11:04 pm, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I'm guessing from your name that you may not be a native speaker and   
   >> thus not familiar with the expression: it means something you are so   
   >> familiar with that you repeat the actions without thinking about them.   
   >   
   >   
   > Then it's just memory! There is no need to attach the word "muscle"!   
   >   
   > Why didn't you call it "action memory" or "finger memory"? Why the word   
   "muscle"??? :)   
   >   
      
   Because it can be done without conscious thought.   
      
   The term is meant to imply a shortened path through   
   the brain, *as if* the response was produced directly   
   by the muscle itself. Maybe the response only takes   
   half the time of a more "thought-provoking" kind   
   of response.   
      
   There is an article in English Wikipedia for "muscle memory",   
   which names the various brain centers.   
      
      Paul   
      
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