motor control
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- noun
- Specialized
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control motor
- Fine motor control is essential for tasks like writing and buttoning a shirt.
- fine motor control
- improved motor control
- speech motor control
What's the MIT professor who mapped out the motor control of the frog leg?
- What's the MIT professor who mapped out the motor control of the frog leg?
- We really are focused on people with terrible medical problems that have no options right now with regard to motor control.
- And in the cortex you have different regions of the cortex that are responsible for vision, for audition, for motor control, for language.
- It evolved in the to be in the service of motor control.
Examples
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After therapy, he noticed significant improvement in his motor control, allowing him to move his fingers with ease.
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And because my daughter was born two months early, she has sensory and motor control issues.
Blog text (13) -
So I have really good motor control over this.
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I am amazed at their fine motor control.
Academic text (1992) -
Within the normal range of development, young children have various difficulties with gross and fine motor control.
Academic text (1992) -
Change in the Nine-hole Peg Test was the primary outcome measure aimed at assessing fine motor control.
Academic text (2015) -
Now, Johanness's motor control has improved, as well as his self-esteem.
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Well, that's a perfect segue for me to be able to ask you about your background and motor control, not only of the hands, but of the body.
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The disease processes of PD clearly affect motor control, including the control and execution of articulatory movements for speech production.
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Fine motor control, self-organization and initiation, attending behaviors, and receptive/expressive language may become problematic by age 2.
Academic text (1993)
Antonyms
- Specialized
Loss of control of muscle movements makes walking unsteady and staggering
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase combines 'motor' (a device producing mechanical motion) and 'control' (the act of regulating), so its meaning—the regulation or control system for motors—is directly and compositionally derivable from the parts. This is a common cross-linguistic technical compound, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to understand it.
Etymology
Motor control creates a clear picture: the brain acts like a driver, the muscles are the motor, and the brain's signals are the control that make a hand or leg move. So, it means 'how the brain and nerves guide and time our movements'.