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premotor area

an area of the motor cortex concerned with motor planning. In contrast to the supplementary motor area, input to the premotor area is primarily visual, and its activity is usually triggered by external events. Also called Brodmann’s area 6; intermediate precentral area; premotor cortex.

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direction perception

direction perception

the ability to determine the location in space of a moving visual target or of an auditory stimulus.