This unit provides students with a broad overview of motor control and learning with the aim of stimulating students to think about the mechanisms of normal human movement. Both a behavioural and a neurophysiological approach are taken to understand the acquisition and execution of skilled motor actions. The behavioural approach is directed at the process of optimizing the learning of skills. Meanwhile the neurophysiological approach is directed at the neuromuscular machinery and the functional neural connections which enable skill-acquisition to occur.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Movement Sciences |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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Completion of 48 credit points |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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EXSS2025 |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Stephen Cobley, stephen.cobley@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Stephen Cobley, stephen.cobley@sydney.edu.au |
Tutor(s) | Guy Wilson, guy.wilson@sydney.edu.au |
Shane Ball, s.ball@sydney.edu.au |