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existential living

the capacity to live fully in the present and respond freely and flexibly to new experience without fear. Existential living is considered to be a central feature of the fully functioning person. [defined in psychology by Carl Rogers]

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cortical–subcortical motor loop

cortical–subcortical motor loop

a loop, made up of projections between the motor cortex and structures in the basal ganglia and the thalamus, that monitors and sequences ongoing motor behaviors.