OTHY200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Problem Solving, Motor Coordination, Neuroplasticity
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Week 3 motor development, neuroplasticity, motor learning. Motor development: the change in motor behaviour or motor performance experienced over a life span. Motor behaviour: any performance of movement that can be observed/ documented. Motor control: study of neurobiological processes underlying human movement. Change in motor behaviour experienced over life span is: The relationship between stability (holding a posture) and mobility (moving) . Motor coordination the ability to coordinate muscle activation in a sequence that preserves posture. Motor planning the mental ability to plan, organize and sequence a new motor task. What to do for the intended movement: program. How the nervous system is direct to the movement: execution. Changing of the structure, function and organisation of neurons in response to new experiences. Mechanisms of brain change: experience expectant plasticity. General experiences expected by the brain: experience independent plasticity. Experience not required to wire up the system: experience dependent plasticity.
