PSYC 3370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ideomotor Phenomenon, Brodmann Area, Nicotine
15 Apr 2016
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1. affordance competition hypothesis: alien hand syndrome, alpha motor neurons, apraxia, ataxia, basal ganglia, bradykinesia, brain-machine interface. 12. central pattern generators cerebellar transcranial direct hypothesis proposed by paul cisek. Considers that the brain"s functional architecture has evolved to mediate real-time interactions with the world. Affordances are the opportunities for action defined by the environment. Results from lesions to the supplementary motor area. neurons that innervate muscles fibers and produce contractions of the fibers. Provide a basis for translating nerve signals into mechanical actions, changing the length and tension of muscles. Crucial for motor control, especially in selection and initiation of actions slow movement learns how neurons react to movement then moves robotics in a similar way. 13. cerebellum massive, densely packed structure containing more neurons than the rest of the central nervous system combined. Output from this area originates in deep cerebellar nuclei, projecting to the brainstem nuclei and cerebral cortex via the thalamus.
