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Motor Learning
Ch 6-9
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Undergraduate 4
11/13/2012

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Term
Ability
Definition
a general trait or capacity of an individual that's a determinant of a person's achievement potential for the performance of specific skills
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Motor Ability
Definition
an ability that is specifically related to the performance of a motor skill
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Capabilities
Definition
characteristics that are subject to change as a result of practice; potential
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General Motor Ability
Definition
predicts a high correlation between abilities
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Specificity Hypothesis
Definition
there can be a great number of motor abilities depending on timing
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Taxonomy Perceptual Abilities
Definition
multi-limb coordination
control precision
response orientation
reaction time
speed of arm movement
rate control
manual dexterity
finger dexterity
arm-hand steadiness
wrist, finger speed
aiming
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Taxonomy Physical Proficiency Abilities
Definition
static strength
dynamic strength
explosive strength
trunk strength
extent flexibility
dynamic flexibility
gross body coordination
gross body equilibrium
stamina
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Abilities that affect motor skill performance
Definition
general intelligence
perceptual speed ability
psychomotor ability
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Individual differences
Definition
Age on performance
Gender on performance
Intelligence and motor performance
individuals with neurological damage
expert/novice differences
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Difference Between Movements & Skills
Definition
People can use different movements to perform the same skill
People adapt movement characteristics to achieve a common action goal
people evaluate skills and movements with different measures
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Process
Definition
technique
form
qualitative aspect of movement
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Product
Definition
goal
outcome
quantitative aspect of movement
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One-dimesion classification systems
Definition
size of primary musculature
specificity of where actions begin and end
stability of the environment
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Two-dimension classification systems
Definition
environmental context
function of the action
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Gross motor skill
Definition
requires a large group of muscles
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Fine motor skill
Definition
requires control of small group of muscles
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Brain anatomy
Definition
3 pounds
78% water
10% fat
8% protein
20% of body's energy consumption
uses 1/5 of body's oxygen
8 gallons of blood each hour
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Positron Emission Tomography
Definition
Radioactive glucose used to determine activity in different parts of the brain. Shows brain function
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Electroencephalography
Definition
electrodes give us readings about electrical output of the brain
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Left Hemisphere
Definition
processes things in parts and sequentially
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Right Hemisphere
Definition
novice musicians
high level strategic thinkers
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Frontal lobe
Definition
judgement
creativity
problem solving
planning
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Parietal Lobe
Definition
processes high sensory and language functions
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Temporal Lobe
Definition
responsible for hearing, memory, meaning, and language
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Occipital lobe
Definition
responsible for vision
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Stimulation
Definition
lights up the brain.
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Auditory activity
Definition
non verbal stimuli (music) activates non dominant (right) hemisphere.
stimulation with language and music causes a bilateral activation of auditory cortex
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Visual activity
Definition
increased activity in PET when stimulated by pattern and color. Primary visual cortex
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Thinking activity
Definition
activity shown in frontal cortex
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Memory activity
Definition
increased activity shaped in hippocampal formation.
Integrates sensory information along w/ amygdala
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Cortical metabolic activation
Definition
left motor strip (horizontal arrowhead)
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Supplementary motor cortex
Definition
vertical arrow, top
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Cerebellum
Definition
"flight or fight"
balance, posture, motor movement and some cognition
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Thalamus
Definition
helps sides of brain communicate and function
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Sensory cortex
Definition
monitors skin receptors
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Motor cortex
Definition
needed for movement
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Amygdala
Definition
controls friendship, love, affection, expression of mood, fear, rage and aggression
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Hippocampus
Definition
memory phenomena specially long term
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Hypothalamus
Definition
symptomatic manifestations and expression of emotions
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Brain stem
Definition
emotional reflex reactions (fear or joy)
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Glia
Definition
holds things together
90% of brain cells
no cell body
remove dead brain cells and give structural support
Term
Neurons
Definition
perform brains work
makes connections between different parts of the brain
Term
Broca's Area
Definition
left frontal lobe
production of speech sounds
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Wernicke's Area
Definition
left temporal lobe
gets meaning from words and sentences
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Stages of Learning Skill
Definition
Cognitive
associative
autonomous
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Cognitive
Definition
determining which skills need to be used
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Associative
Definition
refining the skill
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Autonomous
Definition
performing the skill
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Part Practice
Definition
practicing one unit at a time.
serial tasked
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Whole practice
Definition
skill as a whole
discrete tasked
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Target skills
Definition
skills one wants to perform
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Target behaviors
Definition
actions one needs to be able to produce
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Target context
Definition
the environment where skill is produced
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Generalization
Definition
transfer of learning that occurs from practice to target context
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Near transfer
Definition
transfers from one task to another under very similar situations
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Far transfer
Definition
from one task to another under very different situations
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Constant error
Definition
measure of a person's deviation from a target with respect to the amount and direction
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Variable error
Definition
inconsistency of results of several movements with respect to the average constant error of movement
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