Lecture 10 Flashcards
what are the three big headaches for hierarchical theories of motor control
- accounting for our biological bodies
- not relying so heavily on mental representations of our actions and external world
- how detailed / specific motor programs need to be (prescriptive)
what does embodied cognition emphasise
the physical body in creating action
what does embodied cognition mean in terms of cognitive processes
cognitive processes are distributed across brain, body and environment
what are the limitations to embodied cognition
- ignores our different types of receptors
- also ignores the receptors inside of our body emphasising the role of sensory motor experience
what is the positive to embodied cognition
predicting future states based on our bodily interactions with the environment, by incorporating information and past experiences
what are the 4 various factors that determine how fast we can react
- stimulus and different responses (if we had multiple, would be slower)
- number of choices (more we will react slower)
- type of stimulus
- age
what is predictive processing
comparing the predicted future to what we currently perceive
what is active interference
humans move in order to perceive better, as movement sharpens the ability to perceive things around us
what will humans do when balance is challenged to maintain postural control
upweight sensory input
why can motor control break down under pressure due to anxiety
due to predictive processing, we become hypervigilant as we can no longer predict absence of threat confidently
what are the two headaches of hierarchical theories of motor control that are no longer problems due to predictive processing
- accounting for our biological bodies
- how detailed / specific motor programs need to be (prescriptive)
