motor activity

collocation in English

meaningsofmotorandactivity

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motor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈməʊ.tər/
us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɚ/
a device that changes electricity or fuel into movement and makes a ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/
us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofmotorandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In fact, theirmotoractivityalways started too early at 0g, with time shifts in accord with a 1g hypothesis.
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Such stimulus appraisals generate tendencies to undertake mental andmotoractivityin relation to a stimulus.
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This is the first study that explores the modulation of larval cestodemotoractivityby both classical transmitters and neuropeptides.
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If both were answered in the negative, the driver would apply her 'overtaking routine', which determines all the necessary mental andmotoractivity.
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Even though both conditions clinically present as a paucity ofmotoractivity, the deficits in these conditions are a result of entirely different neurocognitive impairments.
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Involuntarymotoractivityin pianists evoked by music perception.
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In addition, the idea is that the dorsal stream, supporting foremost directmotoractivity, builds on coding space towards one's body.
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Most of the motor codes include grossmotoractivity.
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Because this code controls for opportunity to engage inmotoractivity, none of the gross motor codes were used in the subsequent analyses.
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Themotoractivityis random and dysrhythmic, in contrast to the regular rhythm of 'true seizures'.
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Indeed, the notion thatmotoractivityis not necessary for awareness is consistent with clinical observations.
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The fact that neglect should arise from damage to cortical areas servingmotoractivityfurther demonstrates the link between attention andmotoractivity.
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Perhaps it is the attentional shift, not themotoractivity, that is the basis for these contingencies.
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Moreover,motoractivityhas to be anticipatory to overcome delays in the sensori-motor system.
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Pulsion diverticula (epiphrenic diverticula) in the midoesophagus are associated with abnormalmotoractivityor a structural abnormality and may occasionally cause dysphagia.
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It often presents with generalized atypicalmotoractivityaffecting the head, torso and/or limbs.
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