motor coordination
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmotorandcoordination
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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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coordination
noun[U]
uk/kəʊˌɔː.dɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/koʊˌɔːr.dənˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of making all the people involved in a plan or activity work together in an ...
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Rate and timing precision ofmotorcoordinationin developmental dyslexia.
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The second consisted of gross and finemotorcoordinationdeficits, which were assessed only at 7 years of age.
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During the preschool years, the children are hyperactive and distractible, and poor finemotorcoordinationbecomes apparent.
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Among unaffected siblings of schizophrenia patients, there was a heightened rate ofmotorcoordinationdeficits at age 7 years.
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This is equivalent to assuming that a major goal ofmotorcoordinationis the production of the smoothest possible movement of the hand.
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However, preschizophrenic children displayed an excess of both postural abnormalities andmotorcoordination deficits at both the 4-year and 7-year assessment points.
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Later problems with poor oralmotorcoordinationand delayed speech and language are seen in the preschool group.
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They include dysfunction inmotorcoordination, sensory integration and performance of complex motor tasks.
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Subscale scores indicated overall improvement to derive from complex motor acts andmotorcoordination.
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The development of themotorcoordinationneeded to move the hands in straight lines or circles will play some part in how these components are learned by children.
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Instead, low marks in disciplines such as sports and crafts (interestingly, both disciplines wheremotorcoordination, rapid planning abilities, and interaction with peers are required) were predictive of schizophrenia.
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Children who later developed schizophrenia had significantly more deficits inmotorcoordinationat age 12 years than high-risk children who developed affective disorders or no psychiatric illness.
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Indeed, the vertebrate brain has evolved for governing motor activity with the basic function to transform sensory patterns into patterns ofmotorcoordination.
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For example, clapping games are seen as appropriate for children age 24 months and above because of the required communication skills andmotorcoordination.
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