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What is sensory-motor control best thought of as?
What is sensory-motor control best thought of as?
A complex, highly integrated process involving sensory information and muscle activation.
Define sensory-motor skills.
Define sensory-motor skills.
The process of processing sensory signals (sensory input) and generating a response (motor output).
List three components of sensory-motor control.
List three components of sensory-motor control.
Vision, touch, and proprioception.
What is proprioception?
What is proprioception?
How does touch influence movement-related characteristics?
How does touch influence movement-related characteristics?
Explain the role of mechanoreceptors when we touch something.
Explain the role of mechanoreceptors when we touch something.
What are the four basic groupings of taste that we have learned since elementary school?
What are the four basic groupings of taste that we have learned since elementary school?
Where are the olfactory receptor cells located?
Where are the olfactory receptor cells located?
What is the vestibular sense responsible for?
What is the vestibular sense responsible for?
What is umami and what does it translate to?
What is umami and what does it translate to?
What are the two regions where olfactory information is sent to from the olfactory bulb?
What are the two regions where olfactory information is sent to from the olfactory bulb?
What happens when the hair cells in the vestibular organs are stimulated?
What happens when the hair cells in the vestibular organs are stimulated?
