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Meaning of "efference" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EFFERENCE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EFFERENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Efference is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EFFERENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of efference in the English dictionary

The definition of efference in the dictionary is efferent quality.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EFFERENCE


appearance
əˈpɪərəns
assurance
əˈʃʊərəns
circumference
səˈkʌmfərəns
clearance
ˈklɪərəns
conference
ˈkɒnfərəns
deference
ˈdɛfərəns
difference
ˈdɪfərəns
endurance
ɪnˈdjʊərəns
inference
ˈɪnfərəns
insurance
ɪnˈʃʊərəns
misreference
ˌmɪsˈrefərəns
nonconference
ˌnɒnˈkɒnfərəns
preference
ˈprɛfərəns
reference
ˈrɛfərəns
subreference
ˈsʌbˌrefərəns
sufferance
ˈsʌfərəns
teleconference
ˈtɛlɪˌkɒnfərəns
tolerance
ˈtɒlərəns
transference
ˈtrænsfərəns
vociferance
vəʊˈsɪfərəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EFFERENCE

effectualness
effectuate
effectuation
effeir
effeminacy
effeminate
effeminately
effeminateness
effeminize
effendi
efferent
efferently
effervesce
effervescence
effervescency
effervescent
effervescently
effervescible
effete
effetely

WORDS THAT END LIKE EFFERENCE

abhorrence
adherence
at your convenience
clarence
coherence
concurrence
cross-reference
Florence
indifference
Laurence
Lawrence
make a difference
news conference
occurrence
press conference
recurrence
reverence
Terence
time difference
transparence
with a difference

Synonyms and antonyms of efference in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «efference» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EFFERENCE

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The translations of efference from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «efference» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

efference
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eferencia
570 millions of speakers

English

efference
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

efference
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

efference
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

efference
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eferência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

efference
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

efférente
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Efference
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Efferenz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遠心性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

efference
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Efference
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

efference
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

efference
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Efference
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

efference
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

efferenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

efference
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

efference
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

efference
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

efference
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

efference
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

efference
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

efference
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of efference

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EFFERENCE»

The term «efference» is used very little and occupies the 162.739 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EFFERENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «efference» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «efference» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about efference

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EFFERENCE»

Discover the use of efference in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to efference and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Consciousness in Action
B. Motor theories of perception distinguish exafference, reafference, and efference copy (Gallistel 1980, ch. 7; Festinger et al. 1 967). "Exafference" is not feedback, but is input whose source is the external environment, such as the movement ...
Susan L. Hurley, 2002
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Emotions: Essays on Emotion Theory
If we for a moment avoid using the term emotional expression and substitute for it emotional efference, we can ask some new and interesting questions. For example, we asked questions about the consequences of emotional efference, ...
Stephanie H.M. van Goozen, Nanne E. Van de Poll, Joseph A. Sergeant, 2014
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Human Motor Behavior: An Introduction
Debate and argument, however, are just the stimulants that research requires. The following discussion is as much an attestment to this statement as anything else. The Efference—Copy Concept. In Fig. 2.13 we can see, in diagrammatic form, ...
J.A. Scott Kelso, 2014
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Developmental Motor Disorders: A Neuropsychological Perspective
More specifically, problems in predictive coding of movement parameters (or forward modelling of efference copy) might provide a parsimonious explanation for DCD. This may translate into inaccurate feedforward models for prospective ...
Deborah Dewey, David E. Tupper, 2004
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Handbook of Perception and Action: Perception
5 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EFFERENCE COPY We have learned a good deal about the efference copy and its accompanying mechanisms since the time of Helmholtz. Below are presented nine 'commandments' of efference copy (I ...
Wolfgang Prinz, Bruce Bridgeman, 1995
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Handbook of Perception and Action: Perception
5 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EFFERENCE COPY We have learned a good deal about the efference copy and its accompanying mechanisms since the time of Helmholtz. Below are presented nine 'command— ments' of efference copy (I ...
Wolfgang Prinz, Bruce Bridgeman, 1996
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Representation and Brain
Efference. Copy. As we previously described, there are two components for self– other recognition: the sense of ownership and the sense of agency (Jeannerod 2003; Tsakiris et al. 2005). The sense of agency is the sense that occurs only ...
Shintaro Funahashi, 2009
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Elucidating the Neural Basis of the Self: A Special Issue of ...
Three forms of binding in the brain, with only efferenceefference binding requiring basic consciousness. S (sensory) signifies 'perceptual/afference', and R (response) signifies 'motor response'. (A) Afference binding and efference binding.
Bruce L. Miller, Indre V. Viskontas, 2013
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Philosophy of the Brain: The Brain Problem
These loops include 'exafference', 'reafference' and 'efference copies' (see Hurley 1998:436-438 who relies implicitly on the work by von Holst). 'Exafference' reflects a 'feedforward' input whose source is the external environment e.g. the ...
Georg Northoff, 2004
10
Space and Time in Perception and Action
Because the idea requires that the visual centers receive a copy of the neural efference to the eye muscles, it is now called efference copy. The efference copy is an extraretinal signal (Matin 1972) affecting vision but not originating from the ...
Romi Nijhawan, Beena Khurana, 2010

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EFFERENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term efference is used in the context of the following news items.
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Schizophrenia affected by 'poor ability to track moving objects'
The researchers explain that the schizophrenic patients were finding it difficult to generate or use "efference copy." This is a signal that the eye ... «Medical News Today, Jul 13»
2
Faulty eye signaling may be to blame for schizoid hallucinations
Lead researcher Miriam Spering (pictured) says the patients were having trouble generating or using an efference copy - a signal sent from the ... «Science a Gogo, Jul 13»
3
What's So Tricky About Tickling?
A mechanism of noise filtration which occurs in the cerebellum uses the phenomenon of 'efference copy'. The brain effectively makes a ... «Science 2.0, Jul 13»
4
Neuroscience: Encounters with the nonexistent
Another cause of hallucinations, which might be considered a second species, is faulty efference signals. These signals come from the motor ... «Nature.com, Oct 12»
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Neural processing of auditory feedback during vocal practice in a …
... auditory-vocal mirroring reported in HVC neurons and could arise from corollary discharges elicited by an efference copy of motor commands ... «Nature.com, Nov 08»

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