Review Questions

Review Questions are included for each chapter for study purposes, many of the answers are found in the textbook. If your professor has asked you to email your answers to them, you can use the submit button below.


1		In the complex environment in which humans live, why is voluntary movement more adaptive than reflexive movement?



2		Describe each of the three levels of regulation of movement.



3		What are the specific cerebral regions involved in higher-order voluntary movement? What is the cortical-cortical loop?



4		Describe how M1 neurons code movement.



5		What are the roles of the premotor and supplementary motor areas in movement?



6		What is the role of the cerebellum in movement? What are the effects of lesions to the cerebellum?



7		What is the role of the basal ganglia on movement? What are the effects of lesions to the basal ganglia?



8		What is apraxia? Define Liepmann's classifications of apraxia and describe the flaws in these classifications.



9		What effect does familiarity have on a movement sequence? What is meant by body-part-specific impairments in voluntary actions? Unilateral impairments?



10		What is the role of the left hemisphere in the control of voluntary movement?



11		Describe the executive role of the prefrontal cortex in the control of voluntary movement.

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