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The copy of neural signals about an intended movement sent by the motor cortex to the ______________is known as the __________________.

The cells of the  _________ horn transmit sensory information while cells of the             __ horn contain alpha motor neurons with axons terminating on skeletal muscle.

Which of the following techniques that researchers use to study the role of proprioception in motor control does not remove proprioceptive feedback but only distorts it?

According to a dynamic pattern view of motor control when certain conditions characterize a situation, a specific pattern of limb movement emerges. The idea is that skilled action occurs on the basis of action units performing which of the following?

Fitt’s Law predicts the ________________ for a situation requiring both speed and accuracy in which a person must move to a target as quickly and as accurately as possible.

The action of fitting a key in a keyhole is an example of a motor skill that is controlled by……

In a prehension task, regardless of the object’s size and distance from the hand, the maximum grip aperture (when the fingers begin to close) occurs at ___________________:

When used to refer to vision, the term                          refers to the coordination between visual perception and limb movement?

Fitts’ Law specifies that performance will show a speed-accuracy trade-off in a rapid manual aiming task according to the relationship between which two characteristics of the task?

When avoiding contact with objects our visual system provides information in advance to determine how to avoid contact. When walking through an open door it was shown that the doorway needed to be ________ times wider than the person’s shoulder width for the person to determine that he/she can walk through without having to turn the shoulders.