Exam 10: Motor Control and Motor Learning

In open-loop control the brain plans and initiates voluntary movement without the need for sensory feedback.

What is the name of a source of feedback that indicates errors in the learner's movement pattern?

The spinal cord's sole function is to relay information from the brain to the muscles.

The "upper" level of the neuromuscular system includes which of the following?

The area of study that is concerned with how we acquire and retain motor skills is called motor control.

Who was the first person to demonstrate the existence of "animal electricity"?

Specific cortical regions control specific body functions.

What are nerves?

In closed-loop control, a movement is controlled by higher centers without the influence of sensory feedback from the lower centers.

The somatosensory cortex is involved in which of the following?

What can an individual do during a task?

Which of the following is the area of the brain responsible for the regulation of coordination and the control of fine movements?

First-order neurons originate in the spinal cord.

Who was the first person to find evidence for cerebral localization?

Sensory information from a muscle is carried to the spinal cord on _____.

Which of the following is the study of how the nervous system controls movement?

Researchers are presently trying to find out how we use information from the environment to plan and adjust our movements. What is this called?

What type of practice did Schmidt recommend for strengthening the recall and recognition schemas?

Franz Josef Gall studied the relationship between the extent of cranial development and the extent of development of different abilities.

Claudius Galen proposed that muscles contract due to the flow of ______ ("animal spirits") down the nerves.