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Examples of prehension
prehension
This stage is associated primarily with the development of coordination between vision and prehension.
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In testing the new approach, monkeys were trained to make prehension movements, reaching and grasping various objects located at different positions.
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Prehension requires coordination between the direction of reach, performed mainly by the arm, and the type of grasp, performed mainly by the fingers.
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- Grasping: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
- (prehend) seize: take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
- Prehensility is the quality of an appendage or organ that has adapted for grasping or holding. The word is derived from the Latin term prehendere, meaning "to grasp. ...
- (prehend [seize]) apprehend, comprehend, comprehensive
- To hold, grasp or pinch.
