motor skill
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmotorandskill
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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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skill
noun[C or U]
uk/skɪl/us/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition ofmotorandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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By contrast, learning a complexmotorskillinduces plasticity in motor areas of the brain such as the motor and cerebellar cortices.
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A schema theory of discretemotorskilllearning.
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That is, this property of human learning is independent of a specific learning task like learning a language, mathematics, or amotorskill.
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This is test ofmotorskilland cerebellar function.
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A possible interpretation of these observations is that acquisition of amotorskillconsists of learning how to operate the mechanical structures of the limbs.
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Furthermore, no study has examined changes in brain activity resulting frommotorskilltraining in schizophrenic patients.
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They were particularly impaired on measures ofmotorskill, visuomotor integration, and memory.
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All parents were also interviewed upon arriving for the experiment to determine whether their child had exhibited normal development in language andmotorskillacquisition.
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Problems arising over playing certain kinds of rhythm accurately + particularly faster tone sequences + were due to a lack ofmotorskillrather than to a lack of rhythmic feeling.
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A neuropsychological theory ofmotorskilllearning.
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The perception-action link allows for facilemotorskillacquisition as well as facile social interaction, as we perceive external conditions and incorporate them into our current plan of action.
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Motorskilllearning may be impaired in schizophrenia.
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In conclusion, our preliminary findings suggest that under our experimental conditionsmotorskilllearning was not impaired in schizophrenic patients, but learning may be less efficient.
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Impairedmotorskilllearning in schizophrenia : implications for corticostriatal dysfunction.
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At the surface, there are a number of aspects of the proposed system / theory harmonization that are consistent with current approaches to the study ofmotorskill.
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This effective therapy increases potential formotorskillgains.
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During the first stage, early mental andmotorskilldevelopment may be somewhat delayed.
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