sensorimotor

(adjective)

Of or pertaining to both sensory and motor activity.

Related Terms

Examples of sensorimotor in the following topics:

  • Defining Thoughts

    • Sensorimotor Stage.
    • Thought evolves from being based on perceptions and actions at the sensorimotor stage in the first two years of life, to internal representations in early childhood.

  • Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development

    • Piaget's four stages correspond with the age of the children and are the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational stages.
    • The sensorimotor stage occurs from birth to age 2.
    • Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development includes four stages: sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, and formal operational.

  • Theoretical Perspectives on Childhood Socialization

    • The first of Piaget's stages of development is the sensorimotor stage, which lasts from birth until about age two.
    • The sensorimotor stage is followed by the preoperational stage, which begins about the time that the child begins to talk and lasts until about age seven.

  • Piaget

    • The sensorimotor stage is the first of the four stages in cognitive development that "extends from birth to the acquisition of language. " In this stage, infants construct an understanding of the world by coordinating experiences with physical actions–in other words, infants gain knowledge of the word from the physical actions they perform.

  • Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum

    • In addition to its direct role in motor control, the cerebellum is also necessary for several types of motor learning, the most notable one being learning to adjust to changes in sensorimotor relationships.
    • Several theoretical models have been developed to explain sensorimotor calibration in terms of synaptic plasticity within the cerebellum.

  • Additional Resources

    • Additionally, a discussion of sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operations, and formal operations follows a brief history of his childhood.

  • Cognitive Development in Adolescence

    • Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development includes four stages: sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, and formal operational.

  • Lower-Level Structures

    • to enable sensorimotor functions to control posture and other fundamental movements.