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motor control

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control /con·trol/ (kon-trōl´)
1. the governing or limitation of certain objects or events.
2. a standard against which experimental observations may be evaluated.
3. the conscious restraint, regulation, or suppression of impulses, instincts, and affects.

aversive control  in behavior therapy, the use of unpleasant stimuli to change undesirable behavior.
birth control  deliberate limitation of childbearing by measures to control fertility and to prevent conception.
motor control  the systematic transmission of impulses from the motor cortex to motor units, resulting in coordinated muscular contractions.
stimulus control  any influence of the environment on behavior.

motor control,
the systematic transmission of nerve impulses from the motor cortex to motor units, resulting in coordinated contractions of muscles.


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