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equilibrium-point model

a model of limb control in which the target of a movement is specified as an equilibrium point between the agonist and antagonist muscle groups acting on the limb. Variants of this model are called the mass-spring model and the lambda (λ) model. See also impulse-timing model.

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sharpening

n. a phenomenon in which some details of a memory become more sharply defined and accentuated—and possibly exaggerated—over time in comparison to the original experience.