Hi, I've been inactive on this forum for a while, but I have something I was wondering if you guys could check for me.
So I had a biology question: On the chart below record your reactiontimes for touching the squares in the activity for Assignment 56.Were you able to do the tests faster with practice? Based on what youhave studied about the nervous system, why do you think this was so?Write your answer below the chart.
To which I answered: Yes, I was able to do the tests fasterwith practice. I think that the reason my times were slower at firstwas because there was a lot of unnecessary thinking interrupting thecommunication between my PNS and CNS; I first had to find the number,process the information, and respond with an action. The more I didit, the less I had to stop think about the information I was takingin. In some cases it seemed more like reflex to me than a consciouseffort. In fact, the more I made a conscious effort the slower mytimes were. Though I obviously didn't do it enough times for it toactually become reflex, I do think this is an example of developingmuscle memory. With repetition, I was relying more and more on mymemories of both the movements and the number positions. Because Iwasn't having to take in as much new information, I believe thatthere was less for my CNS to have to shuffle through before it was ableto issue the commands, which reduced the time it took for me to complete the action.
This is very close to my first draft and just a guess. I would say it's an educated guess, but then that would mean my textbook went in depth and I wouldn't be guessing.Let me know if I'm on the right track, and don't be too harsh please, haha.