The thing about physical abstractions (like gestures) versus visual abstractions (like buttons) is that physical actions can be absorbed into muscle memory.

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Your body must get the muscle memory of standing, walking, and talking in the ways that it will during the real event or occasion.

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Writing out physical checks keeps the hand muscle memory active.

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"He had a muscle memory, " McKenzie said.

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