4 - Cognitive Factors of Movement

Question 1

what are the cognitive factors that influence movement? (3)

Answer 1

1. anticipation
2. attention
3. multitasking and movement

Question 2

what are the 2 categories of anticipation?

Answer 2

1. effector anticipation

2. temporal anticipation

Question 3

def: predicting how long it will take the body to make a response and initiating body movement before the stimuli arrives to put them as close to each other as possible

Answer 3

effector anticipation

Question 4

def: knowing when a stimuli is going to occur so you are prepared for it happening

Answer 4

temporal anticipation

Question 5

def: the time between warning cue and the onset of the stimulus

Answer 5

fore period

Question 6

if the fore period is short, it leads to _____ reaction time

Answer 6

slower

Question 7

if fore period is too long, it leads to _____ reaction time if there are not catch trials mixed in

Answer 7

faster

Question 8

def: a trial where the stimuli is with held, makes the reaction time slower when pre cue is present

Answer 8

catch trial

Question 9

def: the information processing capacity of an individual

Answer 9

attention

Question 10

def: type of task where a pre cue indicates where to look for a stimuli, gaze and attention shift together

Answer 10

pre-cue paradigm

Question 11

def: there is a capacity for any individual ability to process information, if 2 tasks performed at the same time go over this capacity, the performance of the tasks diminishes

Answer 11

dual task paradigms

Question 12

def: reaching the cognitive limit of information processing when multitasking

Answer 12

capacity interference

Question 13

def: there is decreased performance when multitasking that is caused by physical structures (making 1 hand do multiple things)

Answer 13

structural capacity

Question 14

cognitive decline is associated with?

Answer 14

• slower gait cycle
• inability to walk and do other things
• scan environment differently

Question 15

def: tests that examine your cognitive processing ability with simple tasks

Answer 15

executive function tests

Question 16

def: having to respond to a “go” or “no go” stimuli

Answer 16

go or no go test

Question 17

def: stimulus is names of colours that are coloured differently to the word itself

Answer 17

stroop intereference

Question 18

def: having to draw lines between an ordered set as fast as possible

Answer 18

trail making test

Question 19

what type of relationship does arousal and performance have?

Answer 19

inverted U with maximum at moderate arousal

Question 20

when is optimal performance? when arousal is at what level?

Answer 20

moderate arousal

Question 21

complex skills require ______ arousal levels than simple skilss

Answer 21

lower

Question 22

def: the stage where the stimulus is identified or recognized

Answer 22

stimulus identification stage

Question 23

def: is the stage where you decide how to respond to a stimuli, is affected by # of response options and stimuli response compatibility

Answer 23

response selection stage

Question 24

what is decision making on whether or not to respond to stimuli affected by?

Answer 24

• # of choices to respond with

- how compatible the stimuli and response are

Question 25

def: stage where a motor program is retrieved. prepared for activation, and executed

Answer 25

• occurs after or at the same time as response selection stage
• reaction time increases when the response is more complex

Question 26

def: the delay period when you can’t select a second movement because the first one is still being processed

Answer 26

psychological refractory period

Question 27

T or F: processing stimuli 1 causes interference with processing of stimuli 2

Answer 27

true

Question 28

def: if SOA(stimulus onset asynchrony) is very small, the two stimuli will be considered as 1 more complex stimuli

Answer 28

grouping effect

Question 29

what can stimuli processing be affected by?

Answer 29

• practice
• complexity of S1
• compatibility of S-R

Question 30

def: temporary storage of spatial info(dog remembering what a log is after its front legs go over it and it can’t see it anymore)

Answer 30

spatial working memory