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From: Doug
Date: 10/15/03
Time: 11:20:27 AM
Remote Name: 147.129.18.202
Rosemarie, Thanks for your comment. I agree completely. Sensory-motor (movement) memory is a critical feature of all coordinated movement patterns. All one has to do is look at the sports/performance based literature to understand the implications for producing highly coordinated movements under stress. The literature also suggests that the right side of the brain (if I can be so crude) is more involved in this type of sensory-motor recall and integration than the left. Under stress, the left side of the brain tends to mess things up, segmenting and fragmenting (analyzing?) until the natural timing and rhythm is diminished. Truly effective fluency clinicians teach clients to "feel" the pattern rather than "remember" specific "targets". This is not a new concept but one that many fluency clinicians seem to ignore or have difficulty applying in therapy.
What is your area of work? Doug