Kinesiology 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Central Nervous System, Frontal Lobe, Mental Chronometry
4 Mar 2013
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Measurement, interpretation & evaluation of motor skill performance. Techniques used in the movement sciences allows us to better understand the structure, function and organization system of the cns. Measuring motor behaviour (levels of analyses: performance outcome, describing the movement, measuring activity of the central nervous system (cns) Performance outcome: measures of time & speed. The performer who can accomplish an action in a given time is more efficient. Common technique and is used to measure reaction time: represents the interval between the onset of a signal stimulus and initiation of a response. Reaction time is the speed at which you can detect the stimulus & and the processing time to initiate a response (stimulus detection & response program) Foreperiod (warning signal): the period to get ready. Then it"s the go signal and the time between the go signal and the movement starts is the reaction time interval. Response latency and reaction time can be used interchangeably.
