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Motor learning Ch.1
Motor learning/performance, skills etc...
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
09/09/2008

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Motor Learning
Definition
Skilled movements, quality
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Ecological Viewpoint
Definition
Look at it in its natural environment
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Erogonomics
Definition
Work Environments
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Motor Behavior
Definition
Skilled movements generated at a behavioral level of analysis
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Motor Control
Definition
Nueral physics and behavioral aspects of movement
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Motor Skill
Definition

Quality of movement that determines success.

Outcome is not important

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Discrete Skill
Definition

Defined begiining and end. Starts and ends quickly

Ex. Snapping fingers

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Serial Skill
Definition

Several discrete skills connected in which the order matters.

Single, smooth, rapid movement.

Ex. Lay up shot

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Continuous skill
Definition

No recognizable begining and end.

Ex. Jumping rope, aerobic exercise

 

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Motor Elements
Definition

Concentrate on breaking down the skills.

Quality is what you're interested in.

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Cognitive elements
Definition

Have to do mor thinking in the bigining. 

More important than the movement

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Motor and Cognitive Elements
Definition

Many skills are a combo of both.

New skills require more thinking than a pro at the skill.

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Open Skill
Definition

Environmental variables play a roll.

Ex. skiing

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Closed Skill
Definition

No environmental variables

Ex. Swimming in a pool

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maximum Certainty
Definition
Performance goals/results with high degree of certainty
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Minimum energy expenditure
Definition
Use less atp
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Minimum movement time
Definition
Able to perform in a short amount of time
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Motor Performance
Definition
Observable, influenced by: Motivation, attention, fatigue, physical condition, fluctuations
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Motor Learning(2)
Definition
Internal, typically stable. Ability to learn doesn't change too much. Influenced by practice.
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Theory stages of performance & learning (early)
Definition

Gentile-Familiar w/the idea

Newell-understanding patterns & coordination

Fitts & Posner-cognitive, associative stage

Adams-Verbal

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Theroy stages of performance & learning (later)

Definition

Gentile-refining movement etc..

Fitts and posner-Autonomous

Adams-Motor Stage

Newell-Controlled

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Explicit Learning
Definition
Very obvious changes that you need to make (controlled by cerbral cortex)
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Implicit Learning
Definition

Getting better but aren't too sure why you are

(controlled by basal ganglia)

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Choking
Definition
Thought process transferring from basal ganglia to cerbral cortex
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