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From: kmgopinathan@violet.waterloo.edu (Krishna Gopinathan)
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Subject: Ballistic Programs in the Cerebellum
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Date: 12 Apr 88 23:48:57 GMT
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In article <4483@blia.BLI.COM> heather@blia.BLI.COM (Heather Mackinnon)
writes:

>I remember reading in a psychobiology text some years ago that learned
>physical skills are stored as programs in the cerebellum.  Thus, skills
>such as throwing a ball, tying a shoelace or riding a bicycle are stored
>as ballistic programs in the cerebellum.  These are all learned skills,
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>but, once learned, they are mediated by the cerebellum.  This improves
>response time, since less processing is required before one acts.

Can you explain what a ballistic program is?  Does this idea of storing
programs in the cerebellum extend to more complicated tasks like, say,
playing a musical instrument or singing?  Or flying an airplane?

>Heather Mackinnon

krishna [But what is there?  All is Brahman.] gopinathan
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