Freezing and Freeing

The Prompt

Design and conduct a simple motor learning experiment on yourself. Choose a novel movement skill — juggling, a new dance step, writing with your non-dominant hand — and practice it for at least five sessions of twenty minutes each. Document how your body initially "freezes" degrees of freedom (constraining joints, stiffening limbs) and then gradually "frees" them as skill develops. Relate your observations explicitly to Bernstein's framework.

Completion Criteria

A documented record of at least five practice sessions, with specific observations about changes in joint coordination, stiffness, and movement variability over time. The account must reference Bernstein's concept of freezing and freeing degrees of freedom and connect personal observations to the theoretical framework.

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