Sensory Contribution to Skilled Performance Flashcards
What are the 3 sources of sensory information?
- exteroception
- proprioception
- interoception
What is exteroception?
sensory information arising primarily from outside the body
What is proprioception?
- sensory information arising from within the body, resulting in the sense of position and movement
- sometimes called kinesthesis
What is interoception?
- wholly within the body
- hunger and thirst
Name the 5 receptors that provide information to the neuromuscular system.
- vestibular apparatus
- muscle spindles
- golgi tendon organs
- cutaneous receptors
- joint receptors
Where are vestibular apparatus found and what do they do?
- inner ear
- assists with balance
Where are muscle spindles and what do they do?
- receptors in the “belly” of muscles
- info about joint position
Where are golgi tendon organs and what do they do?
- between muscles and tendons
- measures force production
Where are cutaneous receptors and what do they do?
- receptors found in the skin
- provide sensations or feel
What do joint receptors do?
provide info on extreme positions of the joint
Describe the 2 possible paths of closed-loop control systems.
- desired state –> executive system –> expected state –> comparator –> error signal
- desired state –> executive system –> effector system –> actual state –> comparator –> error signal
What are the 4 distinct parts that all closed-loop systems have?
- executive
- effector system
- comparator
- error signal
What is the executive?
decision making about errors
What is the effector system?
carrying out the decisions
What is the comparator?
the anticipated feedback is compared to actual feedback to define an error
What is the error signal?
information acted on by the executive