Kinesiology 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Alpha Motor Neuron, Mental Chronometry, Frontal Lobe

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1080A/B
• Professor: Matthew Heath

Document Summary

Skill performed in an unpredictable or in moion environment, requiring individuals to adopt their movement in response to the dynamic properies of their environment: closed skill: Skill performed in an environment that is predictable or staionary and that allows individuals to plan their movements in advance. How efecive, and how eicient an individual can be in performing a task (reacion ime), fast muscles, fast movement. Lab based seing typically involves a visual or auditory simulus. Randomized foreperiod variable length of ime between warning signal and go signal prevents anicipaion (force the individual to react to when the go signal occurs rather than have them anicipate) Single simulus press a buton with right index inger, measuring the speed at which you can detect a simulus. Good to use with people with percepion deicits. Choice reacion ime task perceptual and cogniive component, three simulus response alternaive (expected reacion ime 350 milliseconds)