Kinesiology 1080A/B Final: Motor-learning-complete-notes
8 Mar 2017
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Plasticity: the ability to learn and acquire new skills. Extra fusal muscle fibres are power producing muscle fibers that help the muscles contract. Designed to detect stretch in a muscle. Tells central nervous system where your body is. ( ex. A set of internal processes associated with practice or experience leading to a relatively permanent gain in performance capability. An area of study dealing with the understanding of the neural, physical, cognitive, and behvioural aspects of movement. Shifren came up with an idea of short term memory system. The brain as a computer: the serial nature and discreet information processing. Memory for different tasks: motor tasks versus cognitive tasks. Our ability to learn math for example is totally different then semantic memories(motor learning: engineering. Human engineering: arthur melton: pilots can be selected based on specific individual abilities. Melton made tests to find proper people for fighting pilots: paul fitts: chosen to figure out why pilots were crashing thgere planes.
