today, i realized that one cannot recall a past action unless it is dusted off well and there is negative correlation between dusting-off and the level of expertise/experience on that specific action. let me clarify that.
when a person frequently practices a motor, emotional, or a mind action it becomes an _almost_ automatic task reaching to the level of unconscious execution. we can say one becomes an expert at it. efficiently speaking a language that is not your mother tongue, riding a bike, swimming, chatting with your best friends, thinking about your own research are only a couple of examples. then a certain amount of time passes during which one ceases to practice the (habitual) act. say, you did not talk about your research in a professional setting for the last 4 months. following this dormant phase, if you are required to carry on with the same action as capable as before...you need to dust-off the smut on those files. and the time it takes you to get back to your old self is negatively correlated with your prior expertise on the subject. in other words, the more you had high self-esteem and the more comfortable you were with the research 4 months ago, it will take less time for you to wrap your head around it and emerge from the dust. depending on how efficient you were with X, the dusting-off period will lie on a continuum from trice to eternity.
to sum up my friends, i hereby, coin a phrase for our community..
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