I have encountered a person who could not do TAPs before. I may be misremembering exactly. But my impression was they had to consciously do everything. They’d consciously, deliberately move their hand in order to open a door or move their head to look at something. I think they basically couldn’t do things that required muscle memory? Like sports, dancing, juggling, etc.
That sounds somewhat more extreme than my case. But despite a fair amount of practice I can’t do juggling without focusing my attention on my movements, and never keep it up for more than about 30 seconds. I don’t have to pay close attention to the details of turning a door handle, but it definitely feels more like a consciously activated subroutine than a muscle-memory action.
I have not tried to dance partially but not mainly because of fears I would fail in that way. Though I did do fire-dance performance for a while. Notably, when I was on stage and focusing on executing my routine well, I would accidentally hold my breath for two-three minutes.
I have encountered a person who could not do TAPs before. I may be misremembering exactly. But my impression was they had to consciously do everything. They’d consciously, deliberately move their hand in order to open a door or move their head to look at something. I think they basically couldn’t do things that required muscle memory? Like sports, dancing, juggling, etc.
Is it like this for you?
That sounds somewhat more extreme than my case. But despite a fair amount of practice I can’t do juggling without focusing my attention on my movements, and never keep it up for more than about 30 seconds. I don’t have to pay close attention to the details of turning a door handle, but it definitely feels more like a consciously activated subroutine than a muscle-memory action.
I have not tried to dance partially but not mainly because of fears I would fail in that way. Though I did do fire-dance performance for a while. Notably, when I was on stage and focusing on executing my routine well, I would accidentally hold my breath for two-three minutes.