Human Motor Learning and Control

Catalog description

Upon completion of this course, students will: (1) Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the prominent theories of motor control and learning in describing important characteristics of human action (2) Describe the cognitive and neuromotor processes involved in the planning and execution of goal-directed actions (3) Identify the variables that do and those that do not influence the learning of movement skills (4) Describe a number of practice, or training methods that a practitioner can use to promote better transfer of learning, long-term retention and recall of movement skills (5) Describe the various types of and frequency with which augmented feedback can be used to facilitate the learning of movement skills (6) Demonstrate how different types of underlying pathologies within the human system influence how movements are controlled, coordinated and learned.