Sensorimotor integration

Question 1

what are bi-directional sensorimotor interactions?

Answer 1

sensory inputs during movement must adjust the motor output rapdily in face of novel sensory informaiton
so, muscles movements etc controlled by motor system

Question 2

what is browns half centre model and what is it for

Answer 2

for locomotion rhythm generation

axial CPGs are on left and right sides of body

Question 3

what are two types of sensory inputs which trigger a reflex

Answer 3

proprioceptive - predictable, from muscle spindles

extroceptive- not predictable, touch receptors on skin

Question 4

what are two possible sites for reflex modulation

Answer 4

motor neurons

sensory interneurons

Question 5

what is an example of entrainment

Answer 5

horse on a treadmill