spatial orientation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspatialandorientation
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spatial
adjective
uk/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/us/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/
relating to the position, area, and size ...
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orientation
noun[U]
uk/ˌɔː.ri.enˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɔːr.i.enˈteɪ.ʃən/
the particular things that a person prefers, believes, thinks, or ...
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(Definition ofspatialandorientationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We are told that the human body is the source model to describe and understandspatialorientation(40).
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Selective corticosteroid antagonists modulate specific aspects ofspatialorientationlearning.
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Further ambiguity arises with respect to thespatialorientationof the third sphere.
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However, little is known about the spatial and temporal characteristics of cor tical neurons for motion parallel to thespatialorientationof the receptive field.
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There are at least four types ofspatialorientationin language, namely deictic orientation, object-deictic orientation, landmark orientation, and cardinal orientation (11-12).
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Separation byspatialorientationor grouping was capable of eliminating errors when there was a total of five to eight dots.
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There is no question that these "internal models" have contributed substantially to our understanding ofspatialorientationand are major theoretical players on this stage.
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Spatialorientationare equal to the sought geometrical parameters of the manipulator.
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When the ratio is greater than 1.0, then the response is greater for the spot moving parallel to thespatialorientationof the receptive field.
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Here, we have shown that many cor tical neurons are also selective for the direction of motion parallel to the preferredspatialorientation.
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In this context, an individual's perspective changes withspatialorientationand, as such, represents a more tangible expression of changing experience.
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Each symbol represents an individual cell (or group of cells) with a given preferredspatialorientation.
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By "attention," though, we do not meanspatialorientation; rather, we refer to the process of integrating features that allows individual words to be identified.
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The horizontal axis plots the preferredspatialorientationof each local subpopulation of neurons.
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A second possible explanation is imprecise alignment of the plaid pattern with respect to the preferredspatialorientationof a neuron's receptive field.
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In the first chapter,spatialorientationis pointed out as a matter of construal across culture.
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A family of loops consists of loops that are of the same assembly configuration but different inspatialorientationand/or direction of traversal of the loop.
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The statement merely makes the redundant observation that a sphere rotates about its rotational pole, without providing any useful indication about the pole'sspatialorientationrelative to any external reference.
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