Brain & Senses
The thick dense band of fibers connecting the brain's two hemispheres that myelinates to allow two-handed motor skills like tying shoes
What is the Corpus Callosum
The subtype of balance used when keeping your center of mass steady over a base of support during predictable sitting or standing
What is Steady-State Balance?
The awareness that other people have their own unique thoughts, feelings, and secret beliefs that differ from your own
What is Theory of Mind?
$200 Clue: Identifying an object’s size, shape, and texture purely through active touch and hands-on exploration without looking
What is Haptic Perception
The automatic recovery mechanism (using ankle or hip strategies) activated when you unexpectedly trip or slip
What is Reactive balance?
Mentally holding information for 2 to 3 seconds to guide ongoing task performance and reasoning
What is Working Memory?
The sensory system that detects internal bodily signals like hunger, heart rate, and digestion, which underlies early emotional regulation
What is Interoception?
Anticipating a posture disturbance before it happens, such as bracing your core before catching a heavy ball
What is proactive balance?
Consciously introspecting about and regulating your own mental thoughts, feelings, and learning strategies
What is Metacognition?