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Exam #2 Flashcards

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What are the general categories of measuring motor performance?

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Performance Outcome Measures & Performance Production Measures.

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What does performance outcome measure?

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Measures the result or outcome of a skill.

ex: distance thrown, speed, reaction time.

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What does performance production measure?

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Inform us about how the nervous system, muscular system, & limbs are acting to produce the performance outcome.

ex: EEG, EMG, force, limb kinematics.

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What does Reaction Time indicate?

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How long it takes to prepare & initiate a movement.

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What is Movement Time?

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The interval of time between the initiation of a movement & the completion of the movement.

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What is Response Time?

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The time interval involving both reaction time & movement time.

Reaction Time + Movement Time = Response Time

The time from the onset of a signal to the completion of a response.

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What is Simple Reaction Time?

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The reaction time that involves 1 signal or stimulus and 1 response.

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What is Choice Reaction Time?

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The reaction time that involves more than one signal & each signal requires its own specified response.

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What is Discrimination Reaction Time?

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The reaction time that involves more than one signal but only one response, which is to only one of the signals; the other signals require NO response.

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What is the relationship between Reaction Time & Movement Time?

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RT does NOT predict MT.

MT does NOT predict RT.

Separate motor abilites

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What are the two parts of Fractionated Reaction Time?

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Premotor Time & Motor Time. (Allow researchers to identify if changes in movement RT are due to cognitive processes or mechanical features of the limb(s).)

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What is Premotor Time?

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Time that elapses between the presentation of a stimulus & the first change in EMG activity.

More stimuli, the greater the premotor time.

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What is Motor Time?

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Begins with first change in EMG activity & ends when movement begins.

More body parts, the greater the motor time.

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What are the Error Measures for 1-dimensional actions?

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Absolute error, Constant error, & Variable error.

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What is Absolute Error?

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A measure of error without regard to direction. How far off are you from your target. Always positive.

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What is Constant Error?

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Deviation from the target based on direction. How far to the left or right did the target miss. Can be positive or negative.

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What is Variable Error?

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An error score that represents the variability of performance. How consistent you were performing the task. Always positive.

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What is the Error Measure for 2-dimensional actions?

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Radial error.

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What is the Error Measure for continuous skills?

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Root-mean-squared error (RMSE): indicates the amount of error between the performance curve produced and the criterion performance curve for a specific amount of time.

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What is Kinematics?

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The description of motion without regard to force or mass; displacement, velocity & acceleration.

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What is Displacement?

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Describes changes in spatial location as a person carries out a movement.

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What is Velocity?

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Rate of change of an object’s position with respect to time.

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What is Acceleration?

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Change in velocity during movement.

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What are Kinetics?

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Refers to force as the cause of motion

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What are other measures of Kinematics

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EMG (electromyography): measures electrical activity in muscles
EEG (electroencephalography): measures brain activity
Positron Emission Tomography (PET): used for measuring the concentration of positron-emitting radioisotopes within different body tissues.
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI); visualizes brain function through change in fluid flow (cerebrospinal fluid, blood)
Lesions: remove portion of brain matter to see it effect on function (performed on lab animals)

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What is Action Preparation?

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Involves the events that occur in the nervous system from the intention of an action to the initiation of an action.

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How is Action Preparation related to RT?

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Action preparation is what we called reaction time.

We look at RT as an index of preparation required to produce an action at the cognitive & neuromotor level.

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What is involved in planning an action at the Cognitive Level?

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Making the decision to act
Developing a general plan
Adding details to the plan

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What is involved in Making the Decision to Act?

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Action preparation or planning begins with a decision or intention to act.
This act may be driven by internal goals or response to the environment.

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What is involved in Developing a General Plan?

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How appropriate the action plan is for the situation determined by:
Previous experience &
Evaluation of the situation.

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What is involved in Adding Details to the Plan?

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Selecting various movement parameters (force, velocity displacement).

Which body part will be used.

What environmental characteristics are present.

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How does the number of response choices affect RT?

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The more choices you have the greater your reaction time.

Hicks Law: RT = log (N+I)

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How does Predictability affect RT?

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As the predictability of one of the choices increases, RT decreases.

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How does Precue Correctness influence RT?

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50/50 chance of correct precue: no preference

80/20 chance of correct precue: bias toward the higher probability

35
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How does Stimulus-response compatibility affect RT?

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RT will be faster if the relationship between the stimulus and response are compatible.

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How does Foreperiod length regularity affect RT?

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If the foreperiod is the same for every simple RT task, RT will decrease

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How does Movement Complexity affect RT?

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RT increases as a function of the number of component parts in a movement increases

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How does Movement Accuracy affect preparation time?

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As the accuracy demand for a movement increases the amount of preparation time increases.

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How does Repetition of a Movement affect RT?

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If the same movement is required for many trials, the trials later in the sequence will have decrease RT’s.

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What is affected by the Alertness of a Performer?

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Initiation time is reduced when the performer is alert and attentive.

41
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What is affected by Attentional Focus?

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RT is reduced when performers focus on a signal rather than a movement or set movements

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What are the 4 areas of the CNS that are associated with the Planning & Execution of Actions?

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Limbic system
Association cortex
Protection system
Spinal system

43
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What is the Limbic System?

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Structure that surrounds hypothalamus

Responsible for our intention to act according to environmental demands

44
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What is the Association Cortex?

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Distributed throughout the cortex

Act that is generated in the limbic system is analyzed and transformed into a general plan of action

Function: recognition, selection, and integration relevant sensory input

45
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What is the Protection System?

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Main function – determines how the action should be carried out

Responsible for adding the movement dynamics to best fit the goal & environmental constraints

46
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What is the Spinal System?

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Regulates the timing of the muscle activation patterns; is the “fine tuner” of the systems

Information flowing within systems in not unidirectional

47
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What is Attention?

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The engagement in perceptual, cognitive, and motor activities before, during, and after performing motor skills.

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What is Conscious Attention?

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Conscious engagement in attention activities

Verbally describe the activity

Perceptual attention: “I am looking at…”
Cognitive attention: “I am thinking about…”
Motor attention: “ I am moving…”

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What is Non-Conscious Attention?

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Non-conscious engagement in attention activities:
Cannot or have difficult verbally describing the attention activity

Skill performance shows evidence of attention activity (ex. automaticity)

50
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What is Limited Attention Capacity?

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A key factor that influences the amount of activities people can perform simultaneously

51
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What is Central Resource Theory?

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One “supply store” (central resource) from which all attention activities must be obtained

52
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What is Fixed amount of attention?

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attention capacity is always the same amount

53
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What is Flexible amount of attention?

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attention capacity varies from situation to situation

54
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What is Kahneman’s Theory?

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An example of a flexible central resource theory.

Arousal influences the amount of attention capacity.

Maximum attention capacity = Optimal arousal level for the situation

55
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What is Multiple Resources Theory?

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Most popular has been proposed by Wicken

Resources are available from 3 sources:
1) Input/Output modalities
Vision, speech
2)Stages of information processing
Perception, memory encoding, response output
3) Codes of processing information
Verbal & spatial codes

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What is Dual-Task Procedure?

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Person performs two tasks simultaneously
Primary task: ex. Walking on a pathway
Secondary task: ex. Talking with someone

Person instructed to maintain normal performance on primary task
Secondary task performance assessed to determine attention demands of the primary task

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What were the results of the Research on Cell Phone Use While Driving?

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Missed two times more traffic signals

RT for responding to a red light significantly slower than when not using cell phone

No statistical differences between hand-held and hands-free cell phone use

Missed more traffic signals and had slower RT than when listening to the radio or to a book

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