Motor Control + Motor Learning Flashcards
Motor Control
the ability to regulate or direct the mechanisms essential to movement
motor control
information processing by CNS that organizes the musculoskeletal system
- goal-directed movements
what are the 2 motor control strategies
feed-forward strategy
feed-back strategy
feed-forward strategy
anticipatory movements
(catching a ball)
feed-back strategy
refined movements
(flexing to adjust to the ball’s weight)
movement emerges from the interaction of what 3 factors
individual
task
environment
3 interactions of “individual”
cognition
perception
action
3 interactions of “task”
mobility
stability
manipulation
2 interactions of “environment”
regulatory
nonregulatory
degrees of freedom problem
choosing among equivalent solutions + coordinating the muscles involved
basically how we move varies to complete a task
Individual Action
high # of joints/fibers controlled during coordinated, functional movement
Individual Perception
sensory impressions into psychologically meaningful information
is perception afferent or efferent
afferent
Individual Cognition
attention, planning, problem solving, motivation, and emotional aspects of motor control
single vs dual task cognition
its harder to perform cognition while doing a motor task
the nature of the task being performed determines…
the type of movement needed
critical attributes that regulate neural control mechanisms
classifications
regulatory environment
movement must conform to regulatory features
nonregulatory environment
movements don’t need to conform because nonregulatory aren’t as direct (ex: background noise, light)
2 theories of motor control
systems theory
dynamic system theory
systems theory
body has many degrees of freedom that need to be controlled
what patients have trouble with the systems theory
stroke patients
in the systems theory, movements emerge from
body system
external forces
variations in the initial condition
difference between systems theory and dynamic systems theory
de-emphasizing the notion of commands from CNS in controlling movement and seeking physical explanations