Automatic actions are used to do most self-care activities. Activities are only done using one well-known method and demonstrations of alternative movement patterns may be ignored.
Gross Eye-Hand Coordination
Simple pinch and grasp positions are used to move objects around without making any, or very few, adjustments.
With a new physical disability, the difference in their movement patterns will probably be noticed but they may not be able to imitate a demonstration of a method for doing the movement differently. Familiar objects may be held and used inflexibly.
People who learned to tie their shoes have a procedural memory for tying a bow. They can untie the black bow, select one head band and retie the bow. Without the procedural memory, they can usually untie the bow but not retie. After Velcro, some children stopped learning how to tie their shoes.
