| This is what happens in your brain. After a lot of practice, you start being what we call an expert. In some professions, some master their job like anyone, and if you ask them " how did you know that", he will be " I just knew it" or he could give you an answer, but it's not actually what happened in his brain. ( They might be able to explain how they figure out things, but some aren't ).
You brain is very flexible and is able to process much more information that you are aware of, and it constantly adapt, your neurons network constantly create or destroy connections. After training a specific set of skills, you might become an expert ( some will never be expert ), you brain will develop new set of rules and automatism. e.g with this kind of input, I have to do this. You will figure out things without being conscious about it, it's like a 6th sense.
In cognitive science they call that the procedural memory ( e.g. you can bike with thinking about it, or breath etc... ), you can learn and store new skills in your procedural memory. There are 3 phases :
(1) the cognitive part, when you read ( acquisition of skills ), break down the skills into part and learn it as a schemas,
(2) associative, the skills become learned, you start to automate and get the ability to differentiate the useful and unimportant information.
(3) expert, you discriminate quicker and with less thoughts. "matrix mode"
( check procedural memory on wikipedia )
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