Word: effector
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...brain works in much the same way. It needs to know continuously what an "effector," e.g., an arm or a leg, is doing. In certain nervous disorders it does not get this information. Then such a simple action as picking up a pencil becomes almost impossible. The patient's hand oscillates wildly like the rudder of a zigzagging ship...
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