sensorimotor

sensorimotor
/sen'seuh ree moh"teuhr/, adj.
1. Psychol. of or pertaining to motor activity caused by sensory stimuli. Cf. ideomotor.
2. Physiol. both sensory and motor, as parts of the cerebral cortex.
Also, sensomotor /sen'seuh moh"teuhr/.
[1850-55; SENSORY + MOTOR]

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