Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or involving both sensory and motor activity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sensory and motor; pertaining both to sensation and to motion. Also
sensomotor .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology Of or pertaining to both
sensory andmotor activity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the sensory and motor coordination of an organism or to the controlling nerves
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Examples
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(The researchers specifically measured a feature known as sensorimotor contagion, as indicated by changes in the corticospinal reactivity assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation.)
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It appears that normal nervous systems use that gentle warning to prepare instinctively for future stimuli, an adaptive process called sensorimotor gating.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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It appears that normal nervous systems use that gentle warning to prepare instinctively for future stimuli, an adaptive process called sensorimotor gating.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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It appears that normal nervous systems use that gentle warning to prepare instinctively for future stimuli, an adaptive process called sensorimotor gating.
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A study in Neurology investigated how the brain facilitates that adjustment and found that immobilizing an arm with a cast or sling appears to slightly reorganize the brain's sensorimotor system, reflecting a transfer of motor skills to the opposite arm and hand.
Slapping On a Skin Patch to Combat Hay Fever Jeremy Singer-Vine 2012
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Reaching this skill in what Piaget would later dub in his characteristically dry fashion “the fourth sub-stage of the sensorimotor stage” typically between the ages of nine and twelve months was an essential precursor to more abstract and sophisticated thought.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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Reaching this skill in what Piaget would later dub in his characteristically dry fashion “the fourth sub-stage of the sensorimotor stage” typically between the ages of nine and twelve months was an essential precursor to more abstract and sophisticated thought.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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In several brain regions associated with "sensorimotor" learning, the researchers detected a gray-matter boost on the order of 3.5% to 5% for the new golfers.
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MacMahon, and J. L. Starkes, When paying attention becomes counterproductive: Impact of divided versus skill-focused attention on novice and experienced performance of sensorimotor skills.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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Gray, “Attending to the execution of a complex sensorimotor skill: Expertise differences, choking and slumps,” Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 10 2004, 42–54.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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He has spent the past twenty years studying sensorimotor development—the process through which an infant’s brain links up with its body.
What Are Dreams For? Condé Nast 2023
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