Motor processes

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Motor processes are cognitive and motor elements that are combined in the production of actions and behaviors. They include:

• Animal locomotion
• Grasping
• Jumping
• Licking
• Rotational behavior
• Sucking
• Swallowing
• Swimming

[edit] See also

• Activity level
• Efferent pathways
• Exercise
• Motor coordination
• Motor cortex
• Motor development
• Motor performance
• Motor skills
• Muscle tone
• Perceptual motor processes
• Physical agility
• Physical restraint
• Physical mobility
• Posture
• Tonic immobility
• Tool use
• Wandering behavior