Which of the following statements about the cerebellum is correct?

The cerebellum has two hemispheres, The cerebellum is involved in fine control

A motor unit consists of:

An alpha motor neuron and all the fibres it innervates

Which of the following statements is true?

Left handedness is about 20% more common in men than in women

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Motor Learning & Control Lab02

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1
Which is not a characteristic that is common to motor skills
Needs to be learned
Performed voluntarily
Performed involuntarily
Requires body/limb movement
2
Which brain area is crucial in the expression of survival instincts, drives and emotions?
The hippocampus
The brain stem
The prefrontal cortex
The limbic system
3
Motor neural pathways are
Decending tracts
Ascending tracts
Strictly pyramidal tracts
Strictly nonpyramidal tracts
4
Parkinson's disease is typified by
Hyperflexibility
Bradykinesia
An excess of dopamine production
All of the above
5
The highlighted area below represents the:
Motor cortex
Frontal cortex
Amygdala
The temporal lobe
6
Reaction time is:
A component of movement time
A result of noticeable muscular activity
A component of response time
A result of response time
7
Which of the following statements about the cerebellum is correct?
The cerebellum has two hemispheres
The spinal cord connects onto the cerebellum
The cerebellum is involved in fine control
The cerebellum is often referred to as the 'large brain'
8
And... is responsible for:
Sensation of touch
Vision
Retrieving information from long-term memory
Regulating thurst and hunger
9
Broca's area is responsible for:
Speech production
The temporal lobe
Interpreting auditory information
Voluntary movement
10
What do we call the area that connects the brain to the spinal cord?
The corpus callosum
The brain stem
The occular nerve
The medulla oblongata
11
Which is the term that best describes a skill with an arbitrary beginning and ending?
Continuous motor skills
Discrete skills
Fine motor skills
Serial skills
12
Which area of the cerebrum is highlighted here?
The sensory cortex
The motor cortex
The occipital lobe
The grey matter
13
A motor unit consists of:
An alpha motor neuron and all the fibres it innervates
A minimum of 200,000 nerve cells
A dendrite, a cell body and an axon
Stem cells from the spinal cord
14
How can EMG help to measure motor control?
All of the above
Allows us to map performers muscular efficiency
Allows us to measure inter-limb coordination
Allows us to measure muscle electrical activity
15
Which of the following statements is true?
The left brain is intuitive, while the right brain is analytical
Left handedness is about 20% more common in men than in women
The left brain controls the left side of the body and vise versa
70% of the worlds population is right handed
16
Playing a song on a piano is best classified as a:
Discrete motor skill
Gross motor skill
Serial motor skill
Continuous motor skill
17
Which of the following lobes is responsible for creating one image based on what both eyes see?
The frontal lobe
The parietal lobe
The occipital lobe
The temporal lobe
18
Which brain area is highlighted by the red arrows?
The cerebrum
The brain stem
The cerebellum
The limbic system
19
The fastest possible human reaction time is:
Around 0.2 secs
Between 60 - 100ms
Between 100 - 140ms
Between 140 - 180ms
20
Which reaction time should in theory be faster?
Reaction to an auditory stimulus
Reaction to a tactile stimulus
All should be the same
Reaction to a visual stimulus

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