Derived from the Latin word for ‘acting, doing’, it is taken to mean ideation, planning, sequencing and executing a skilled movement. Thus, it asserts that cognition directs the performance of functional, every-day, movements such as tool use (e.g., writing with a pencil) with adjustments arising from feedback. It is a term that is more commonly used occupational therapy and physiotherapy than in basic research on motor control.
See Action, Developmental dyspraxia, Executive function (EF), Feedback, Motor control, Skill (general)