KP161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Attractor, Free Throw, Motor Program
7 Apr 2016
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Evidence for motor programs: as a task increases in complexity, the amount of time needed to organize the motor program must also increase. Movements are planned in advance: deafferentation: technique in which sensory nerves are surgically severed for response-produced feedback cannot reach the cns, experiments exploring the effects or a limb being unexpectedly blocked during movement. No one believed the reflex theory anymore de to the evidence for motor programs. Boundaries that have a bearing on an individual"s movement capabilities. Individual constraints: body size, ability, feelings iii. Environmental constraints: weather, gravity, space that you"re in iv. You are helping a new client prepare for an important tournament in 3 weeks and you notice a flaw in his serve. What is causing the flaw? benefit of not telling is that there won"t be overthinking flaw could be due to the given state and may not last. Categorize each of the following as individual, environmental or task.
