PSYB57H3 Chapter 11: Chapter 11
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The nature of motor cognition: action is a visible manifestation of a series of mental processes. Perception-action cycles: perception-action cycle involves the transformation of perceived patterns into co-ordinated patterns of movement i. e. we perceive the situation and based on the perception execute our actions. The nature of motor processing in the brain. 1 www. notesolution. com: motor cognition involves 3 main motor areas: i. ii. Supplementary motor area (sma); involves setting up and executing action plans. The activity of m1, premotor area and sma was recorded: m1 neurons showed similar activity in both conditions since the same movements were produced in both conditions ii. iii. Sma neurons were more active in the internally triggered situation during the pre- movement and movement period indicating that the formulation of plan involves. 2 www. notesolution. com: cerebellum is involved in the temporal control (i. e. to maintain the order of movements in time and perform them in the correct sequence in time) of action sequences.
