Lecture 1 - What is Motor Control?

Question 1

what is motor learning

Answer 1

refers to change in the processes that govern how movement is produced

Question 2

what is motor control

Answer 2

refers to the processes that govern how movement is produced

Question 3

motor behaviour

Answer 3

study of variables and processes that contribute to skilled movement in humans i.e. physical, psychological, neural

- > motor behaviour is the outcome of motor control and learning

Question 4

internal factors of motor control

Answer 4

internal factors

• > neural, psychological and physiological mechanisms of control of movements and postures
• > organization of CNS to produce coordinated actions

Question 5

characteristics of motor learning

Answer 5

permanent change in the ability to perform a motor task as a result of practice or experience

• > NOT growth, fatigue, ect

Question 6

what does motor refer to?

Answer 6

movement

Question 7

what is necessary for movement to occur

Answer 7

muscle, it’s control of the muscle by the CNS that produces the movement that we see

Question 8

explain how our focus on human motor control/learning can relate to motor control/learning across all animals

Answer 8

• > the scientific principles should apply across all animals
• > there is a reciprocal information exchange between the human(animal) and the environment/ reciprocal information exchange between action and perception

Question 9

why do we study motor control/learning

Answer 9

to increase our understanding of how action is produced

Question 10

practical uses of motor learning

Answer 10

industry

• > production line, robots, ects

rehabilitation

athletic/artistic performances