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automatic performance

automatic performance Automatic performance is action carried out with little attention to its separate movements, so that attention is directed to the act as a whole rather than to each step.

Automatic performance is action carried out with little attention to its separate movements, so that attention is directed to the act as a whole rather than to each step. In this state, trying to consciously monitor the individual parts of the movement can interfere with smooth execution.