Knh 184 miami university Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Motor learning - How do we acquire movement skills? Motor Skills - Movements are the component parts of... To produce adaptable and complex movements - According to Daniel Wolpert, what is the reason we have a brain? Cerebral Cortex - Which part of the brain initiates voluntary movement? Brainstem - In which part of the brain do the sensory and motor neurons cross from one side of the body to the other? Frontal - In which part of the brain does motor cortex exist? Reaction Time - The tim...

Two fundamental Questions - Answer-How do we acquire movement skills? How do we control movement skills? Three sub disciplines of motor behavior - Answer-1) motor learning 2) motor control 3) motor development Motor Behavior - Answer-people do things by exerting muscular contractions Motor Control - Answer-examines the control mechanisms for movement Motor learning - Answer-set of internal and mental processes associated with practice or experience leading to relatively permanent gains in...

Reaction Time - Answer-Time it takes to respond and initiate movement (average is 120-280 ms) Movement Time - Answer-Time from initiated movement until the end of the movement Response time - Answer-Time it takes to respond until the end of movement (Reaction time + Movement time) Stimulus Identification Stage - Answer-The stimulus is recognized and identified-- sensory stage (vision, audition, touch, kinethesis, smell) Parallel processing usually occurs during this stage Response Selectio...

Motor Behavior - Study of movement and processes that underlie motor performance Motor Control - Examines control mechanism of movement Motor Learning - Learning movements through practice History of Motor Skills - WWII- need for trained military with skillful movements Fritts' Law (1954) - Speed accuracy trade-off Dr. Franklin Henry - University of California Berkley, Father of motor behavior research Movement - Change in position of a body segment. Are a component part of motor skills ...

Two fundamental Questions - How do we acquire movement skills? How do we control movement skills? Three sub disciplines of motor behavior - 1) motor learning 2) motor control 3) motor development Motor Behavior - people do things by exerting muscular contractions Motor Control - examines the control mechanisms for movement Motor learning - set of internal and mental processes associated with practice or experience leading to relatively permanent gains in the capability for skilled perform...

Reaction Time - Time it takes to respond and initiate movement (average is 120-280 ms) Movement Time - Time from initiated movement until the end of the movement Response time - Time it takes to respond until the end of movement (Reaction time + Movement time) Stimulus Identification Stage - The stimulus is recognized and identified-- sensory stage (vision, audition, touch, kinethesis, smell) Parallel processing usually occurs during this stage