Control of Human Movement

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Decks in this class (21)

Adaptation
What is movement memory,
What is force field adaptation,
What are sensory feedbacks for ad...
7  cards
Balance and Posture
What is balance,
What is the inverted pendulum mod...,
What is centre of mass and pressure
16  cards
Basal Ganglia
What is the hierarchy of motor co...,
What is the cortex loop,
What is the gross anatomy of the ...
15  cards
Breathing
What are the respiratory control ...,
What are the basic elements of th...,
What is gordon s favourite equation
17  cards
Cerebellum
Components of the basal ganglia t...,
Components of the cerebral cortex,
Components of the cerebellum
21  cards
Eye Movement
Why do we move our eyes,
What are the types of eye movement,
What are saccades
21  cards
Hearing
What are the principles of sound ...,
How would you define sound amplit...,
What is the range of hearing
28  cards
Introduction to Motor Control
What is the movement scientists p...,
Why is movement so easy to us,
What are empirical observations o...
16  cards
Locomotion
What is the swing stance pattern,
What is the ground reaction force...,
Why are there numerous muscles co...
16  cards
Models of Motor Control
What is a look up table,
What is the stretch reflex,
What is sherrington s reflex hypo...
13  cards
Motor Cortex
Primary motor cortex,
Somatotopy,
Evidence for somatotopy jacksonia...
12  cards
Movement Execution and Control
How do neurons influence movement,
What are feedforward controllers ...,
What is the problem of delay is v...
10  cards
Movement Planning
What is localisation,
What is planning,
What is extrinsic information
16  cards
Muscles and Motor Units
Historical study of muscle,
First demo of electromyography emg,
History of emg
29  cards
Properties of Sensory and Motor Neurons
What are the passive electrical p...,
How can neurons be modelled as a ...,
What is space constant
20  cards
Proprioception
What is the definition of proprio...,
What are joint capsule receptors,
What is the minimal role for the ...
13  cards
Spinal Cord and Descending Tracts
Overview of motor systems,
The spinal cord,
Sensory and motor tracts
17  cards
Spinal reflexes
What is nomenclature,
What is the definition of a reflex,
What is the sensorimotor loop in ...
22  cards
Vestibular system
What contributes to orientation,
What is vision,
What are the otolith organs and s...
19  cards
Vision: optics
What is the role of the lens,
What are diopteres,
What are the optics of the eye
12  cards
Vision: retinal mechanisms
What are retinal cells,
What is the structure of the retina,
What is the foreal retina
24  cards

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