| sensorimotor | Both sensory and motor; denoting a mixed nerve with afferent and efferent fibres. Synonym: sensomotor. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sensorimotor area | The precentral and postcentral gyri of the cerebral cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensorimotor theory | In the developmental theory of Piaget, the postulation that during the first 18 months of life there occurs a transformation of action into thought; at first there is a gradual shift from inborn to acquired behaviour, then from body-centreed to object-centreed activity, ultimately permitting intentional behaviour and inventive thinking. (05 Mar 2000) |