misreach
Collocations
5ADJ.
determined, initial
VERB + MISREACH
total
MISREACH + NOUN
direction, distance
PREP.
after, in, with
ADV.
typically
Definitions
verb
To reach inaccurately.
When neurologically healthy individuals are first exposed to displacing prisms, they typically misreach in the direction of the visual displacement when pointing towards a visual target.
Classically, patients with visuomotor apraxia misreach for objects in the visual field contralateral to the lesion (Rondot et al 1977).
noun
The act of misreaching.
Now the subject's misreach cannot be corrected if you don't give him information about his hand position .
The number of trials to criterion, the total distance of misreach, and the distance of the initial misreach after donning the prism goggles were measured.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6When neurologically healthy individuals are first exposed to displacing prisms, they typically misreach in the direction of the visual displacement when pointing towards a visual target.
WiktionaryClassically, patients with visuomotor apraxia misreach for objects in the visual field contralateral to the lesion (Rondot et al 1977).
WiktionaryMonkeys also show paucity of spontaneous movements in limbs contralateral to a lesion, misreach for targets and have difficulty in grasping.
WiktionaryNow the subject's misreach cannot be corrected if you don't give him information about his hand position .
WiktionaryThe number of trials to criterion, the total distance of misreach, and the distance of the initial misreach after donning the prism goggles were measured.
WiktionaryThe extent of a misreach could be determined from a scale located on the back of the apparatus, invisible to the subject, and the subject's accuracy was noted after each attempt.
Wiktionary