Motor Control Mysteries
This type of motor control uses conscious information about movement quality to improve future performance.
What is feedback?
This type of praxis involves understanding the purpose and demands of an activity
What is ideational praxis?
This type of attention allows you to focus on a book despite noise around you.
What is selective attention?
This Rancho level is described as "Confused, Appropriate."
What is Level VI?
MOCA is particularly useful for identifying this level of impairment.
What is mild cognitive impairment?
This motor control concept recognizes that multiple successful movement solutions may exist for the same task.
What is variability (abundance/redundancy)?
This type of praxis involves retrieving and executing the correct motor plan for a task.
What is ideomotor praxis?
This type of attention allows switching between writing a note and answering a colleague's question.
What is alternating attention?
This Rancho level can engage in familiar activities but still has impaired judgment and problem solving.
What is Level VII?
This cognitive screening tool was developed by occupational therapists and emphasizes occupation.
What is the Menu Task?
Pulling your hand away from a hot stove before consciously thinking about it is an example of this type of control.
What is feedforward control?
This area of the brain is associated with retrieving the appropriate motor plan.
What is the premotor cortex?
Encoding, storage, and retrieval are the three major stages of what process?
What is memory?
This Rancho level is beginning to demonstrate new learning and community reintegration.
What is Level VIII?
This performance-based assessment asks clients to prepare two hot beverages.
What is the Kettle Test?
Driving in busy traffic is most representative of which motor control loop?
What is an open-loop environment?
A client attempts to brush hair while holding the brush backward. This most likely reflects difficulty with:
What is ideomotor praxis?
Why are emotionally significant events often remembered better?
Emotional processing enhances encoding through amygdala involvement.
A client is independent but relies on calendars and reminders. Which Rancho level best fits?
What is Level IX?
Why are performance-based assessments often superior to paper-and-pencil tests?
They better predict real-world occupational performance.
A client demonstrates several different successful ways to fasten a shirt button. This concept is known as:
What is variability (abundance/redundancy)?
Why do occupational therapists often observe praxis during ADLs instead of isolated movements?
Because praxis is best observed in authentic occupational contexts.
Memory consolidation primarily occurs during this state.
What is sleep?
This Rancho level demonstrates independent ADLs, IADLs, problem solving, and multitasking.
What is Level X?
A client can complete a grocery-list task but cannot use the same strategy for packing a suitcase. Which cognitive skill is impaired?
What is generalization?