automaticity

n. the quality of a behavior or mental process that can be carried out rapidly and without effort or explicit intention (an automatic process). In brain imaging studies, automatic processes show dramatic decreases in cortical activity. See also deautomatization hypothesis; habit.

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February 19th 2025

size-invariant neuron

see location-invariant neuron.