motor skills
Physical action control
Motor skills are the abilities that let you control your body's movements.
Fine motor skills involve small, precise movements—writing, buttoning a shirt, threading a needle.
Gross motor skills involve larger movements using the whole body or major limbs—walking, jumping, throwing a ball.
Children develop these skills progressively: Her motor skills improved dramatically between ages two and three.
- handwritingManual letter formation
- runMove swiftly on foot
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- pushForce something away
buttoning · dexterity · pencil grip · typing · muscle memory · coordination · pull · proprioception · swimming · agility · jumping · drawing · pincer grasp · grip · roll · occupational therapy · cycling · catching
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- medical evaluationsphysical exam, range of motion, strength testing, cognitive testing, grip strength
- Neurobehaviorsattention, learning, memory disorders, impulse control, sensory processing
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
motor skillscognitive skills
Thinking and reasoning abilities
verbal skills · analytical skills · emotional intelligence · social skills · abstract thinking
motor skillsreflexes
Automatic physical responses
instincts · involuntary movements · knee-jerk reactions · startle response · breathing
motor skillsmotor impairment
Diminished control of movement
paralysis · ataxia · apraxia · clumsiness · uncoordination