Skills/Abilities
Motor/Sensory Physiology
Reaching & Grasping
Locomotion
Motor Development
100

THIS term is defined as the motor and sensory processes contributing to movement planning, execution, and monitoring 

What is Motor Control

100

THIS type of motor neuron originates in the spinal cord, and is directly responsible for activating muscles. 

What is alpha/lower motor neuron

100

THIS aspect of reaching uses a feed-forward system. 

What is Initial Impulse

100

Balance is achieved by maintaining THIS within the base of support.

What is Center of Mass.

100

At birth, all movement is achieved through THESE

What are reflexes. 

200

THIS classification describes whole-body or large limb movements. 

What is Gross 

200

A motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates is defined as THIS 

What is a motor unit.

200

THIS aspect of reaching involves a feed-back system. 

What is Current Control

200

During the stance phase of walking, THIS moves from the heel to the toes. 

What is Center of Pressure

200

THIS major motor milestone occurs around 12 months in humans. 

What is walking. 

300

Give an example of a Motor Skill that is both Closed and Fine. 

multiple answers apply

300

The process of increasing muscle force output by way of increasing electrical stimulation is known as THIS. 

What is Rate Coding.

300

Grasping objects appropriately involves THIS visual stream. 

What is the Ventral Stream. 

300

In order to select preferred gait speed, we minimize THIS. 

What is energetic cost.

300
During the Visually-guided phase of reaching, infants likely rely more on THIS mode of reaching. 

What is Current Control

400

Give an example of a motor skill that is both continuous and closed.

multiple answers apply

400

THIS Sensory Pathway in the spinal column carries information regarding fine touch, proprioception, and vibration. 

What is Dorsal Column Mediolemniscal
Or Dorsal Column

400
Probably the best model of how we develop highly accurate reaching skills. 

What is Optimized-Initial Impulse

400

THIS perceptual phenomenon is induced by the speed of passing objects. 

What is Optic Flow

400

Tactile discrimination is an example of THIS major pillar of motor development. 

What is Sensory Processing

500

THIS class of Ability (not skill) includes Information Processing, Attention, and Memory. 

What is Psychological Ability

500

In the brain, THIS stream of visual information allows one to recognize faces, patterns and the functional use of objects. 

What is Ventral Stream

500

The time it takes for vision to be used to adjust an ongoing reach. 

What is 150ms. 

500

The difference between running and walking is that running includes THIS phase. 

What is Flight phase.
500

Hand dominance begins to emerge around THIS age. 

What is 2 years
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