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      • NON PARAMETRIC STATISTICS
      • FACTORIAL ANOVA
      • Repeated Measures ANOVA
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      • MULTIVARIATE ANOVA
      • THE NEW STATISTICS
      • Bayesian Methods
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        • INTRODUCTION TO R
        • LOADING DATA
        • DATA TABLES
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        • Mean, Median, and Mode
        • VARIANCE
        • CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
        • SHORTCUTS
      • Visualizing Data >
        • PLOTTING BASICS
        • BAR GRAPHS
        • BOXPLOTS
        • HISTOGRAMS
        • USING GGPLOT I
        • USING GGPLOT II
        • USING GGPLOT III
      • Correlation and Regression >
        • CORRELATION
        • REGRESSION
      • MULTIPLE REGRESSION >
        • MULTIPLE REGRESSION
      • Logic of NHST >
        • Sample Size and Variance
        • DISTRIBUTIONS
        • TESTING DISTRIBUTIONS
      • T-Tests >
        • Single Sample TTests
        • Paired Sample TTests
        • Independent Sample TTests
      • ANOVA >
        • ANOVA ASSUMPTIONS
        • ANOVA
      • POST HOC ANALYSIS >
        • POSTHOC ANALYSIS
      • NON PARAMETRIC STATISTICS >
        • WILCOXON TEST
        • WILCOXON SIGNED TEST
        • MULTIPLE GROUPS
      • FACTORIAL ANOVA
      • REPEATED MEASURES ANOVA >
        • RM ANOVA
        • TREND ANALYSIS
      • MIXED ANOVA
      • MULTIVARIATE ANOVA
      • THE NEW STATISTICS
      • BAYESIAN TTESTS
    • RESOURCES
    • R TIPS
  • Directed Studies
    • Advanced Topics in Motor Control A
    • Advanced Topics in Motor Control B
    • An Introduction to EEG
    • Advanced EEG and ERP Methods
    • Neural Correlates of Human Reward Processing
    • Independent Research Project
  • MATLAB
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    • STATISTICS >
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      • MAKING FUNCTIONS
      • BAR GRAPHS
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    • EXPERIMENTS: THE BASICS >
      • DRAWING A CIRCLE
      • DRAWING MULTIPLE OBJECTS
      • DRAWING TEXT
      • DRAWING AN IMAGE
      • PLAYING A TONE
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      • BUILDING A TRIAL
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    • The Basics >
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      • Hello, world!
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      • Variables
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      • Scripts
      • User Input
      • For Loops

EXAM ONE

The instructor will randomly select three questions. You will write two short essay answers on two of the chosen questions.

​Question 1: Sensory and Motor Neurons
How do you reach out and pick up an apple? Ensure you include a review of relevant neural activity in both ascending and descending pathways. Your answer should include a level of detail down to the firing of alpha motor neurons and 1a sensory neurons. Do not include cortical activity other than what occurs in the primary motor and primary sensory cortices (i.e., do not discuss posture, planning, or control).

Question 2: Reflexes

Someone shoves you from behind. What roles does your reflex system play in how you maintain balance (or fail to do so)? Ensure you discuss all of the reflex systems we have covered in class. Your answer should include a level of detail down to the firing of alpha motor neurons and 1a sensory neurons. Do not include cortical activity other than what occurs in the primary motor and primary sensory cortices (i.e., do not discuss posture, planning, or control).

Question 3: You see an aging individual and notice that they seem to "sway" more than you do. What is the role of the postural system in this person's ability to keep balance? Do not include cortical activity other than what occurs in the primary motor and primary sensory cortices (i.e., do not discuss reflexes, planning, or control).

Question 4: How do you plan to reach out and grab the apple from Question 1. Discuss the role of the SMA, PMC, Basal Ganglia, and the primary motor and sensory cortices.

Question 5: Darn! Your motor system realizes that the motor command in Question 4 is not going to work! How does it do that and what does it do about it? Ensure you mention the role of the posterior parietal cortex in this process.

Question 6: Ha ha! How do forward and inverse models contribute to your ability to successfully reach out and grab that annoying apple? Ensure you discuss the role of the cerebellum in this process.
  • NEUROSCIENCE
    • NEUROSCIENCE 100 >
      • NEURO 100 INTRODUCTION
      • NEURO 101 ADVANCED
      • NEURO 102 AGING
      • NEURO 103 MEMORY
      • NEURO 104 DECISION MAKING
      • NEURO 105 LEARNING
      • Research Statistics
    • NRSC 500B / MEDS 470
  • Kinesiology
    • EPHE 245 >
      • LABORATORY
      • PRACTICUM
    • EPHE 357
  • STATISTICS
    • LECTURE >
      • INTRODUCTION TO R
      • DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
      • VISUALIZING DATA
      • Correlation and Regression
      • MULTIPLE REGRESSION
      • LOGIC OF NHST
      • T TESTS
      • ANOVA
      • POST HOC ANALYSIS
      • NON PARAMETRIC STATISTICS
      • FACTORIAL ANOVA
      • Repeated Measures ANOVA
      • Mixed ANOVA
      • MULTIVARIATE ANOVA
      • THE NEW STATISTICS
      • Bayesian Methods
    • ASSIGNMENTS >
      • Introduction to R >
        • INTRODUCTION TO R
        • LOADING DATA
        • DATA TABLES
      • Descriptive Statistics >
        • Mean, Median, and Mode
        • VARIANCE
        • CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
        • SHORTCUTS
      • Visualizing Data >
        • PLOTTING BASICS
        • BAR GRAPHS
        • BOXPLOTS
        • HISTOGRAMS
        • USING GGPLOT I
        • USING GGPLOT II
        • USING GGPLOT III
      • Correlation and Regression >
        • CORRELATION
        • REGRESSION
      • MULTIPLE REGRESSION >
        • MULTIPLE REGRESSION
      • Logic of NHST >
        • Sample Size and Variance
        • DISTRIBUTIONS
        • TESTING DISTRIBUTIONS
      • T-Tests >
        • Single Sample TTests
        • Paired Sample TTests
        • Independent Sample TTests
      • ANOVA >
        • ANOVA ASSUMPTIONS
        • ANOVA
      • POST HOC ANALYSIS >
        • POSTHOC ANALYSIS
      • NON PARAMETRIC STATISTICS >
        • WILCOXON TEST
        • WILCOXON SIGNED TEST
        • MULTIPLE GROUPS
      • FACTORIAL ANOVA
      • REPEATED MEASURES ANOVA >
        • RM ANOVA
        • TREND ANALYSIS
      • MIXED ANOVA
      • MULTIVARIATE ANOVA
      • THE NEW STATISTICS
      • BAYESIAN TTESTS
    • RESOURCES
    • R TIPS
  • Directed Studies
    • Advanced Topics in Motor Control A
    • Advanced Topics in Motor Control B
    • An Introduction to EEG
    • Advanced EEG and ERP Methods
    • Neural Correlates of Human Reward Processing
    • Independent Research Project
  • MATLAB
    • THE BASICS >
      • Hello World
      • BASIC MATHEMATICS
      • VARIABLES
      • Matrices
      • Writing Scripts
      • PATHS AND DIRECTORIES
      • USER INPUT
      • FOR LOOPS
      • WHILE LOOPS
      • IF STATEMENTS
      • RANDOM NUMBERS
    • STATISTICS >
      • LOADING DATA
      • DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
      • MAKING FUNCTIONS
      • BAR GRAPHS
      • LINE GRAPHS
      • TTESTS
    • EXPERIMENTS: THE BASICS >
      • DRAWING A CIRCLE
      • DRAWING MULTIPLE OBJECTS
      • DRAWING TEXT
      • DRAWING AN IMAGE
      • PLAYING A TONE
      • KEYBOARD INPUT
      • BUILDING A TRIAL
      • BUILDING TRIALS
      • NESTED LOOPS
      • RIGHT OR WRONG
      • SAVING DATA
    • EXPERIMENTS: ADVANCED >
      • STROOP
      • N BACK
      • Oddball
      • Animation
      • VIDEO
    • EEG and ERP Analysis >
      • ERP Analysis
  • RESOURCES
    • EXCEL
    • HOW TO READ A RESEARCH PAPER
    • HOW TO WRITE A RESEARCH PAPER
  • Workshops
    • Iowa State EEG Workshop 2018
  • Python
    • The Basics >
      • Setting Up Python
      • Hello, world!
      • Basic Math & Using Import
      • Variables
      • Matrices
      • Scripts
      • User Input
      • For Loops