Definition of "premotor" [premotor]

• Near the front of the motor cortex; see premotor cortex (adjective)
• Describing the interval between the arrival of a stimulus and the first changes in a muscle (adjective)

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• "In Parma, the Rizzolatti team's pertinent area of study was an area of the brain labeled F5, located in a large region called the premotor cortex — that part of the neocortex concerned with planning, selecting, and executing actions."
• "The brain scans showed that when men saw the images of the women's bodies, activity increased in part of the brain called the premotor cortex, which is involved in urges to take action."
• "It was a typical study in neurophysiology: needle thin electrodes ran into the monkey’s head through a small window cut out of its skull; the tips of the electrodes were placed within individual neurons in a brain region called the premotor cortex."