KIN 1871 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hamster Wheel, Statics, Cerebellum
Document Summary
Biomechanics: application of laws of physics to biological motion. Clinicians use the terms biomechanics and kinesiology synonymously. Alternatively, kinesiology is also defined as functional anatomy. In movement science, biomechanics is viewed as a sub-discipline. Dynamics studies objects in motion: kinematics: objects in motion, without considering the causes, kinetics: objects with respect to the causes that supply the movement. Statics studies objects in the state of rest (includes kinetics as well) Physical activity is good for the body and the mind. Back of the head - responsible for receiving and processing visual inputs. Region directly above it - sensory for the body. In the front - cognition (decision making) Temporal lobe - where the hippocampus is located (explicit) Basal ganglia - movement functions, memory (implicit: explicit memory. Suffered from partial seizures and tonic-clonic seizures after a bicycle accident at age 9. Bilateral resection of medial temporal lobes in attempt to cure his epilepsy. Learning of facts and events impaired (explicit)
