Exam 7: Movement

Sir David Ferrier found specific motor areas of the brain in ________.

Generally, activation of specific areas of the _________________ accompanies voluntary control of corresponding muscle groups in your body.

Parkinson's disease is associated with a progressive degeneration of neurons in the _________.

Police field sobriety rests often assess a driver's ________.

What would you expect to see in someone who is a trained athlete compared to someone who is a novice when they execute an athletic movement?

Which of the following best summarizes the findings observed in an fMRI study that attempted to explain why you cannot tickle yourself?

The rationale behind "icing" a kicker by calling a time out at a critical play in a football game is based on the observation that ________ interferes with automaticity of skilled movements.

MRI scans indicate that elderly subjects participating in exercise programs had ___________ compared to sedentary controls.

________ found that certain small areas of the cortex, when stimulated, produced specific movements in dogs.

The ability to sense the position, orientation, and movement of one's own body is known as ________.

The ________ connects Broca's and Wernicke's areas.

The anterior corticospinal tract controls the muscles of ________.

The ________ is projection of nerve fibers that connect the cerebral cortex to the brainstem and spinal cord.

Most of the cells in the corticospinal tracts originate ________ of the primary motor cortex.

The ________ suggests that speech is perceived as an extension of gestures generated by individuals articulating communicative sounds.

Wernicke's area is known for its involvement in speech production.

The ________ suggests that the primate system involved in grasping responses eventually evolved into critical components that prepared the human brain for language.

________ refers to the production of new blood vessels.

The creative theory of language production holds that speech is perceived as an extension of communicative gestures.

Regardless of whether a movement is voluntary or involuntary, motor responses require a(n) ____________ nerve to contract a muscle.