Kinesiology 3480A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paul Fitts, Frontal Lobe, Skeletal Muscle

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3480A/B
• Professor: Matthew Heath

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Movement neuroscience lecture 2 adam groh. Definitions: plasticity: the ability to learn and acquire new skills; laying down new neural connections, extrafusal muscle fibers: the power producing muscle fibers, which stack up on top of each other. Alpha motor neurons innervate (stimulate) extrafusal muscle fibers of skeletal muscle and initiate contraction. detecting stretch in a muscle. They tell the cns where are limbs are with respect to our body. Gamma motor neurons innervate intrafusal muscle fibers, which serve as sensory proprioceptors: intrafusal muscle fibers: give us our kinesthetic sense by. Psychology, neuroscience, engineering, education motor learning and control : psychology, the brain as a computer; the serial (discrete) nature of information processing, memory for different oriented tasks: motor versus cognitive tasks. Completed reaction time tests shorter better than longer, not always about reaction time. Pilots can be selected based on specific individual abilities.