BPK 207 Study Guide - Final Guide: Motor Program, Motor Neuron, Attractor
10 Dec 2017
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A group of abstract ideas about the control of movement. Reflexes are building blocks of complex behaviour. Reflex chaining complex behaviour is combined action of individual reflexes that were chained together. Incorrect: receptor conductor (axon/neuron) effector (muscle) A motor program is a stored set of procedures or rules for generating commands. Don"t have a plan for every action. Don"t have stored memory of the commands to the muscles for every action. Motor programs are planned in advance and feedback is used to make minor adjustments. Feedback is used to set parameters for the next program to be used. Generalized motor program (gmp) controls a class of actions rather than specific movements or sequences. Invariant features unique set of characteristics that define a motor program and don"t change from one action to another: relative time, relative force used, sequence of actions of components.
