MIDTERM

Question 1

3 triangles of the body

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Head
Torso
Pelvis, legs, and feet

Question 2

refers to the brain’s capacity to adapt and re-organize as we experience and learn different tasks

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Neuroplasticity

Question 3

Decoding of visual information

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Occipital lobe

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Spatial vision, saccadic eye movement

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Parietal lobe

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Identification, visual memory, pursuits, visual-auditory integration

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Temporal lobe

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Motor planning, saccades, eye hand coordination

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Frontal lobe

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Memory, emotions

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Limbic system

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Posture, equilibrium, coordination of eye-head-body movement

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Extrapyramidal tract

Question 9

localizes the target to prepare information for processing

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Visual skills

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Processing and interpretation of visual information by the brain

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Perceptual skills

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All sensory systems

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Sensory integration

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Motor system responds to target

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Movement

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Point, fixate, focus, shoot, capture for interpretation

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Role of visual skills

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Visual skills performed under dynamic conditions

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Gaze (fixation) stability
Oculomotor skills
Accommodation (ability, shift, speed)
Vergence (convergence and divergence)
Fusion and alignment of eyes
Strength and visual stamina to sustain visual performance throughout the game
Dynamic stereopsis/speed of stereopsis
Visual integration

Question 15

Stages of VMI

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Visual Acuity
Visual Skills
Visual Perceptual Skills
Sensory Integration
Motor Response

Question 16

processes in the brain that allow us to take information we receive from our 5 senses

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Sensory integration

Question 17

Provide the brain with information to regulate posture and to coordinate eye and head movements

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Vestibular system

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Primary role of vestibular system

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Importance of three triangles

Question 20

The vestibular system send signals via the nervous system through an autonomic function known as

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Vestibulo-ocular reflex

Question 21

Maintains balance and controls eye positions while the head moves

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VOR

Question 22

When the head rotates, why does the eye rotates in the opposite direction?

Question 23

Vestibular system is responsible for:

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Detecting linear and angular head movement and head position in space

Assisting gaze stabilization of the visual field

Maintaining balance and postural control

Providing spatial orientation or perception of body movement

Question 24

He described the VOR as a “synergistic” interaction between vestibular and ocular systems

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Demer

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Role of dynamic visual acuity

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Maintain a sharper image on the retina

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Interaction between DVA and VOR

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Visual vestibulo-ocular reflex

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A neurological disorder which the sensory information results in abnormal responses

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Sensory processing disorder

Question 28

Symptoms of SFD:

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Think clothing feels too scratchy or itchy Think lights seem too bright Think sounds seem too loud Think soft touches feel too hard Experience food textures make them gag Have poor balance or seem clumsy

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Responsible for fine motor movement, balance, and the brain’s ability to determine limb position

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Cerebellum

Question 30

Ability to interpret visual information and respond with a motor action

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Visual motor integration

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VMI Activities:

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Building with blocks, scribbling, tracing, writing, drawing, cutting and catching a ball

Question 32

Ability to interpret visual information and respond with a motor action

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Visual motor integration

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Sports for visually impaired

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Paralympic sports

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Class B1:

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No light perception in either eye up to light perception, but inability to recognize the shape of a hand at any distance or in any direction.

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CLASS B2:

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From ability to recognize the shape of a hand up to a visual acuity of 2/60 (0.6/ 20) and/or visual field of less than 5 degrees.

Question 36

Class B3:

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From visual acuity above 2/60 (0.6/20) to visual acuity of 6/60 (2/20) and/or a visual field of more than 5 degrees and less than 20 degrees.

Question 37

How does vision directs action?