Motor Behavior Flashcards
Why use motor behavior?
Understand the process of skill development, control, and change over time
The three subdisciplines
Motor control, learning, and development
Research methods for motor behavior
Measuring movements, assessing movement task characteristics, and measuring learning
Learning is determined by what?
retention and transfer
Retention
degree to which aspects of skill A can be effectively performed after a period of time with no practice
Transfer
degree to which practice on skill A improves performance on skill B (different but related)
Information processing model
Is a message from the brain that is sent to the muscle for movement
Goal of motor behavior
explain response selection and execution
Motor Principle 1?
Correct practice improves performance and supports learning
Motor Principle 2?
Augmented feedback enhances practice
Before practice?
goal setting, instructions, modeling, and mental practice
During practice?
Scheduling and context practice
Motor Principle 3?
The brain uses the central nervous system to initiate and control the muscles that make the desired movements
Motor Principle 4?
Movements should rely on the decision-making centers in the brain as little as possible once the movements is initiated
Memory mechanisms?
Movement to be controlled, which become more automatic overtime
