LIFESCI 3K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Motor System, The Motor, General Idea

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Life Sciences
• Course: LIFESCI 3K03
• Professor: Mike Vesia

Document Summary

This course aims to give you a general idea of many different topics in the scientific study of human movement by exploring the relationships between brain and motor behavior. 3 midterm exams in class (2 hours): jan 28th 30%, march 3rd 35%, march 31st . Multiple choice questions and short/long answer questions nitty gritty stuff is a thing! Human motor control = the study of postures and movements and the mechanisms that underlie them. Charles sherrington to move things is all man can do . To produce adaptable and complex movements, this is the only way that we can interact with the world speaking, writing, gestures etc. Therefore, to understand the brain, we must understand movement. Every behavior is mediated through the motor systems all sensory perception reaches its completion through the actions of the motor systems. There are a lot of sensory inputs, but the only output is through the motor system.