Final: Part 2 Flashcards
Reach and grasp (are/are not) coupled together
are
Maximum grip opening is achieved when ___ to ___% of movement time is completed
75 to 80 %
How do we know that reach and grasp are coupled motions
Disturbance of one will impact the other
What type of practice is very effective for training reach and grasp
part
Should reach and grasp be trained separately or together
both
What is the invariant feature of reach and grasp movement
generalized motor program that can be applied to any limb so it doesn’t need to be re-learned
Reaction times will vary based on what three things
- choice effect
- advanced knowledge of required response
- Complexity of the motor response required
If there are more choices, will a reaction time be faster or slower
slower
If an action if more familiar, will the reaction time be faster or slower
faster
If an action requires a more complex motor response, will the action be faster or slower
slower
In regards to reaction time and its phases, what takes the longest part of reaction time and why
pre motor phase because it is where the decisions are being made
What are the three stages that make up reaction time
stimulus identification
response selection
response programming
Portions of the three stages of reaction time can occur simultaneously as (parallel/perpendicular) processing
parallel
Movement ____ and ____ of the three stages of reaction time can occur simultaneously as parallel processing
direction and amplitude
The greater the number of stimulus response choices and the more difficult the choices, the longer it takes to decide what to do. This describes which term?
hicks law
What is hicks law
The more responses available and the more difficult the choices, the longer a reaction time will be
Describes the significance of the response compatibility of a stimulus
If the choices are not as natural is will take longer. For example, choosing words that say blue but they are written in green or red color
True or False:
practice influence reaction time and decision making
true
As response alternatives increase, reaction times (increase/decrease)
increase or takes longer
Reaction time (increases/decreases) with a predictable stimuli and (does/does not) change with a nonpredictable stimuli
decrease; does not
As distance increases of width of a target decreases, the average movement time between targets increases. This describes what term
fitts law
What is fitts law
the lab activity in class making dots on the lines on the paper
What are the three strategies the nervous system uses to dictate how reach and grasp is coordinated
- muscle coordinate strategy
- joint angle coordinate strategy
- end point coordinate strategy
Which coordinate strategy is used when the sequence of the individual muscle activation dictates how the reach is controlled
muscle coordinate strategy