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white-collar worker

an employee whose work involves very little or no physical labor, especially one in a salaried professional position. Such people have traditionally worked in an office environment. Compare blue-collar worker; pink-collar worker.

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November 22nd 2024

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.