Physical Education A-Level
Central processing and memory
What Central processing and memory means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Central processing and memory
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The stage in which the brain retrieves relevant past experiences and chooses the motor programme most likely to succeed, after selective attention has filtered the input.
Topics that use Central processing and memory
- General information processing model, to include: (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Central executive
- Decision making
- Extrinsic feedback
- Feedback
- Information overload
- Information processing
- Input
- Input stage
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