SP3004:03
Motor Learning and Motor Control
Townsville
HECS Band 1
39 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 12 hours practicals. Semester 2.
Available to level 3 sport and exercise science students.
Staff: Dr L Walker.
Reflex and voluntary control of movement. The principles of motor learning and the motor pattern generator. Motor skills acquisition. Control theories of motor behaviour.
Learning Objectives:
- to understand the acquisition and learning of fine motor control;
- to be able to evaluate, formulate and solve problems in this area.
Assessment by a three-hour end-of-semester examination (60%); on-course assignments (40%).