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nter-disciplinary course introducing biomechanics and neuro-motor behaviour. It describes how humans control the position and movement of their....
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KPE 160 Final Uoft Exams
Subdivisions of motor behaviour — ANS—motor control, motor learning, motor development Goal of motor control — ANS-to understand the set of cognilive and neural processes involved in the planning and execution of individual actions Goal of motor learning — ANS—to understand the set of challenges and proc of improving and perlecting a performance Goal of motor development — ANS-Lo understand the set of processes and factors leading lo changes in performance and learning across the lifespan Cognilive/reduclionist approach — ANS—funetlions can be derived from understanding the characteristics of the clements Complex/dynamical systems approach — ANS—functions cannot be derived from understanding the characteristics of the elements, bul rather the whole system Focus of information processing approach of reductionism — ANS-the focus is on the manner in which stimulus information is used to bring about behaviour Neuroscience approach of reductionism — ANS-the focus is on the neural events underlying movement Active/endogenous movement — ANS-movement resulting from muscular contractions Passive/exogenous movement — ANS—movement resulting from forces that are external to the body Reflex action (motor responses) — ANS~involuntary and relatively stereotyped responses lo specific stimuli — the resull of a specific, unchanging neural network Characteristics of reflex action — ANS—short latency, generalized/stereotyped, conscious awareness does not. precede response involuntarily, response is generally determined by stimulus, innate