Motor Learning And Control: Concepts And Applications

by Magill, Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9780073047324
• ISBN10: 0073047325
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-04
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College

Summary

Designed for introductory students, this text provides the reader with a solid research base and defines difficult material by identifying concepts and demonstrating applications for each of those concepts. Motor Learning and Control: Concepts and Applications also includes references for all relevant material to encourage students to examine the research for themselves.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Motor Skills and Abilities

The Classification of Motor Skills

The Measurement of Motor Performance

Motor Abilities

Introduction to Motor Control

Neuromotor Basis for Motor Control

Motor Control Theories

Touch, Proprioception, and Vision

Performance and Motor Control Characteristics of Functional Skills

Action Preparation

Attention and Memory

Attention as a Limited Capacity Resource

Memory Components, Forgetting, and Strategies

Introduction to Motor Skill Learning

Defining and Assessing Learning

The Stages of Learning

Transfer of Learning

Instruction and Augmented Feedback

Demonstration and Verbal Instructions

Augmented Feedback

Practice Conditions

Practice Variability and Specificity

The Amount and Distribution of Practice

Whole and Part Practice

Mental Practice

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