Kinesiology 1080A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Occipital Lobe, Neuroplasticity, Neurology

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

Document Summary

Kinesiology 1080b: topic #5 - measurement, interpretation, and evaluation of motor skill. Measuring motor behaviour: performance outcome, describing the movement, measuring activity of the cns, performance outcome. A performer who can accomplish an action in a given time is more efficient : reaction time (rt) Interval between onset of a signal and the initiation of a response. Reaction time tasks: warning signal, go signal, movement begins, movement ends. Time between the warning signal and the go signal (foreperiod) must be randomized in experiments. 200-250 ms is a good reaction time in a simple reaction time task: 1 stimulus, 1 response. Simple reaction time is all sensory, no real decision is being made. Choice reaction time involves higher level cognitive control, a choice is being made: slower average reaction time than in a simple reaction time test. Period of time between onset of stimulus and beginning of muscle activity. Measures time-frame required to receive and process information.