Eli5 – How does muscle memory work ?

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Eli5 – How does muscle memory work ?

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Muscle memory is a misnomer. As you practice things, anything at all, the neural connections related to that thing are reenforced. So if you ride a bike, you become practiced at it and you don’t really forget how. We call that muscle memory, but it’s not. It’s just those nerves that control those muscles got used and became stronger and better at what they do.