> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:37:56 +0200, Jure Sah gmail.com>
> wrote:
>

>> r norman pravi:

>>> The spinal cord is, indeed, part of the central nervous system. And
>>> any nervous activity that is influenced by or influences the real
>>> world must connect to the world through sensors and effectors, hence
>>> the peripheral nervous system and accessory organs are part of the
>>> total system.
>>>
>>> The role of learning in behavior largely mediated by reflexes is a
>>> complex question, as is the development of behavior mediated both by
>>> inborn (instinctive or genetically determined) patterns of
>>> connectivity and activity and by the environment. Still, humans like
>>> all other animals seem to contain a great deal of central nervous
>>> system organization genetically determined to produce posture and
>>> locomotion. Exactly when that system gets put into full use at the
>>> start of life is a separate question -- the system can be genetic but
>>> incompletely developed at birth; it can depend on environmental cues
>>> to establish the connectivity and activity patterns; it can depend on
>>> learning; it can depend on some combination of these.

>> Isn't the role / function of the Cerebellum known a little better than
>> that?
>>
>> The part of the human brain is obviously learning but not really
>> connected (I mean in terms, not physically) to a conscious mind. I
>> wonder if this makes this type of learning relevant to this topic.
>>

>
> Human (and mammalian) locomotion is a complex interaction between the
> spinal cord, the cerebellum, a complex of motor centers in the brain
> stem, and the cerebral cortex.

> Most of it is "unconscious" although
> certainly subject to conscious control and activation. The real
> problem is unraveling just how much is genetically programmed and how
> much involves environmental effects.