sensorimotor area


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Noun 1. sensorimotor area - an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions
cortical area, cortical region - any of various regions of the cerebral cortex
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(41) have shown that during the acquisition of a motor skill the related sensorimotor area expands and that this expansion begins to regress once the person has become professional.
In order to target the sensorimotor area of the cerebral cortex, green light with a 10 mm diameter was irradiated into the exposed skull 6 mm lateral to the midline and 4 mm posterior to bregma.
1 stainless steel screw (1mm diameter) was positioned above sensorimotor area (AP1.8mm, L-2mm, D-0.5mm) for electrocorticogram (ECoG) recording.
Shimada, "Deactivation in the sensorimotor area during observation of a human agent performing robotic actions," Brain and Cognition, vol.

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