A Personal Account: Attaining Muscle Memory and Higher Mental Functioning

Research Journal of Education ◽

10.32861/rje.74.161.167 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 161-167

Author(s):

James S. Payne

Keyword(s):

Conversion Rate ◽

Deliberate Practice ◽

Personal Account ◽

Mental Functioning ◽

Muscle Memory ◽

Level Performance

Many articles have been written about elite performers that attain muscle memory and experience flow and zoneness. This article details how the author personally attained higher level performance and explains the feelings experienced during the process. A one-person study was designed to experience muscle memory and explore the mental aspects of putting. Twenty thousand attempts (strokes) were used. The design included four parts; a) Establish Baseline, b) Master Mechanics, c) Experience Muscle Memory, and d) Explore Mental Aspects. The conversion rate for the first 1,000 attempts during baseline was 58.3 percent and for the last 1,000 attempts was 90.4 percent. The concept of deliberate practice was used throughout the study showing performance increases. When experiencing muscle memory it was found to be boring and far from fun. When the mental aspects were explored the concepts of flow and pre-live generated enthusiasm and joy.

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The Dynamics of TAT Process

Rorschachiana Journal of the International Society for the Rorschach ◽

10.1027/1192-5604/a000056 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 103-133 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Benoît Verdon ◽

Catherine Chabert ◽

Catherine Azoulay ◽

Michèle Emmanuelli ◽

Françoise Neau ◽

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Keyword(s):

Defense Mechanisms ◽

Analytical Approach ◽

Therapeutic Process ◽

Practice Research ◽

Rorschach Test ◽

Mental Functioning ◽

Projective Tests ◽

The Subject ◽

Latent Content ◽

Rigorous Method

After many years of clinical practice, research and the teaching of projective tests, Shentoub and her colleagues (Debray, Brelet, Chabert & al.) put forward an original and rigorous method of analysis and interpretation of the TAT protocols in terms of psychoanalysis and clinical psychopathology. They developed the TAT process theory in order to understand how the subject builds a narrative. Our article will emphasize the source of the analytical approach developed by V. Shentoub in the 1950s to current research; the necessity of marking the boundary between the manifest and latent content in the cards; the procedure for analyzing the narrative, supported by an analysis sheet for understanding the stories' structure and identifying the defense mechanisms; and how developing hypotheses about how the mental functions are organized, as well as their potential psychopathological characteristics; and the formulation of a diagnosis in psychodynamic terms. In conjunction with the analysis and interpretation of the Rorschach test, this approach allows us to develop an overview of the subject's mental functioning, taking into account both the psychopathological elements that may threaten the subject and the potential for a therapeutic process. We will illustrate this by comparing neurotic, borderline, and psychotic personalities.

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