Automaticity is the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required. It is usually the result of learning, repetition, and practice.

Examples of automaticity are common activities such as walking, speaking and driving a car. After an activity is sufficiently practiced it is possible to focus the mind on other activities or thoughts while undertaking an automaticised activity (for example holding a conversation or planning a speech while driving a car).

LaBerge and Samuels (1974) helped explain how reading fluency develops ^*. Automaticity refers to knowing how to do something so well that you don't have to think about.

See also

• Habituation

External links

• Automaticity at Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
• Automaticity and Processing Without Awareness

Cognitive science