motor response

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Furthermore, electroencephalographs revealed the neural waveforms that showed stronger processing of inhibition, which restrains a motor response, in higher skilled players.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024

"Dopamine controls motor response, but it can also regulate effort. Our data show a mechanism that could link these two aspects by shifting the speed-accuracy trade-off in favour of speed."

From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023

The pupillary light reflex involves sensory input through the optic nerve and motor response through the oculomotor nerve to the ciliary ganglion, which projects to the circular fibers of the iris.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Instead, the evidence gathered in the vast majority of investigations of human participants comes from verbal reports, a brain measure, or the speed of a simple motor response in a laboratory setting.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2013

We are now, as we were then, essentially motor beings, and the only way in which we can meet the dangers in our environment is by a motor response.

From Origin and Nature of Emotions by Crile, George W. (Washington)