Week 8.2 - Motor Learning in Clinical Populations Flashcards
memory trace
controls initial definition of the action
perceptual trace
- generated by the memory trace once the action is initiated
- compares feedback to the reference of correctness (which stored in memory)
- carries out the action
would adam’s closed loop theory lead to better or worse learning when providing KR every trial?
better learning because providing feedback all the time
would adam’s closed loop theory lead to better or worse learning with regard to variable practice?
worse learning because you are not strengthening the perceptual trace because you are constantly changing the parameters
recall schema
stores the relationship between the size of the parameter and movement outcome
- relationship is refined through practice
- contains information about the task conditions and environment
regression equation
explains a good variance of the data (the line of best fit)
Y=a+BaX1+B2X2+B3X3
factors that affect the data in a linear regression
beta-weights
- things about environment, task or individual
recognition schema
relationship between the initial conditions, environmental conditions and sensory consequences
sensory consequences
what is this movement supposed to feel like (efference copies)
efference copies
copy of motor command = predict what the action is supposed to feel like
steps to schmidt’s schema theory
- recall schema specified parameters depending on initial conditions and intended outcomes
- recognition schema specifies expected sensory consequences and adjusts relationships once movement outcome and KR is received
movement disorders
conditions characterized by impaired voluntary movements, the presence of involuntary movements or both
characteristics of movement disorders
- impaired velocity (ex. slowing)
- involuntary movements (ex. twitch)
- abnormal posture (ex. dystonia)
- presence of tremor
the two broad categories movement disorders are classified in
- hyperkinetic disorders
- hypokinetic disorders
hyperkinetic disorders
excessive movement
hypokinetic movement
reduction in ability to perform movement
motor dysfunction
movement disorder type symptoms
tests of motor control
often used as diagnostic tools
1. involve reaches to body positions (cerebellar dysfunction)
2. involve dual-task paradigms
3. involves walking in a straight line
goals of clinical research in designing time efficient tasks
- inexpensive
- easy to perform
- easily interpretable
causes of motor dysfunction
- abnormalities in neural processes
- almost all movement disorders have a neurological origin
- degenerative diseases
- inflammation that affects nervous system tissue
- vascular disorders that affect nervous tissue
- trauma
can people with motor dysfunction learn new motor skills?
- most studies focus on adaptation
- many find impaired performance in acquisition of new tasks
stroke
focal brain ischemia or hemorrhage leading to acute neurological injury
ischemia
blood clot/blockage resulting in limited blood flow in brain
hemorrhage
bursting of clot/excess blood flow in brain
motor dysfunction with stroke
the development of acute and long-term movement disorder is uncommon in stroke (less than 1% of patients)
what are most movement disorders linked to?
vascular supply of the basal ganglia