kontiki
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My other hobby is folk dancing. The dances we do are not memorized. Couples form long lines. The caller walks you through a series of moves that ultimately progress you and your partner down the line.
The basic moves are common, but no two dances are ever alike, it is very athletic, many of the progressions are complicated. One of the things I like is the challenge of learning the progression in the first minute.
It's not uncommon for experienced hard dancing dancers about 1/3 of they way through the dance to just forget the progression they were successfully cranking out for the last 5-6 minutes. Everyone involved experiences it sooner or later.
My guess it that there is a temporary slip in focus (for flirting or something) at the same time there is less blood to the brain. The dances involve a lot of spinning and I suspect when the blood flow to the brain is temporarily reduced, it easy for this short-term memory lapse to occur.
My question: is there something like this that happens to aerobatic pilots? If so what's it called? Is there a way to prevent it? Anything I can adapt to the dance floor?
The basic moves are common, but no two dances are ever alike, it is very athletic, many of the progressions are complicated. One of the things I like is the challenge of learning the progression in the first minute.
It's not uncommon for experienced hard dancing dancers about 1/3 of they way through the dance to just forget the progression they were successfully cranking out for the last 5-6 minutes. Everyone involved experiences it sooner or later.
My guess it that there is a temporary slip in focus (for flirting or something) at the same time there is less blood to the brain. The dances involve a lot of spinning and I suspect when the blood flow to the brain is temporarily reduced, it easy for this short-term memory lapse to occur.
My question: is there something like this that happens to aerobatic pilots? If so what's it called? Is there a way to prevent it? Anything I can adapt to the dance floor?