Prin of Motor Cntrl -Learning

Catalog description

This course will contain three major topics. The first topic will explore the historical and current theories of motor control. Specifically, topics related to the control processes and mechanisms of skilled movement will be addressed. The students will be introduced to the techniques currently available to measure movement including kinetics, kinematics and emg. In the second topic, students will learn about the variables that are most important for the learning of new movement behaviors. The third topic will explore issues related to the recovery of motor function such as neural plasticity, cortical reorganization and motor learning following brain damage. The student will have the opportunity to review the literature relevant to each of the topics and to observe and analyze the process and measure the outcome of a subject learning a novel motor skill.