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action
the bringing about of an alteration by force or through a natural agency; expression by means of attitude, voice, and gesture; a function of the body or one of its parts; an act of will; a thing done; the accomplishment of a thing usually over a period of time, in stages, or with the possibility of repetition.

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NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/action
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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:

the bringing about of an alteration by force or through a natural agency; expression by means of attitude, voice, and gesture; a function of the body or one of its parts; an act of will; a thing done; the accomplishment of a thing usually over a period of time, in stages, or with the possibility of repetition.

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Definition contributed by BGregory about two years ago:

the bringing about of an alteration by force or through a natural agency; expression by means of attitude, voice, and gesture; a function of the body or one of its parts; an act of will; a thing done; the accomplishment of a thing usually over a period of time, in stages, or with the possibility of repetition. (from merriam-webster.com)

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about three years ago:

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2012-03-28 RPoldrack: RPoldrack updated the definition for olfaction
2012-03-28 RPoldrack: RPoldrack updated the definition for feature extraction
2012-03-28 RPoldrack: RPoldrack updated the definition for distraction
2012-03-28 RPoldrack: RPoldrack updated the definition for action
2012-03-28 RPoldrack: RPoldrack updated the definition for action initiation
2011-08-14 TDavis: TDavis updated the definition for feature extraction
2011-08-11 CWhite: CWhite updated the definition for action initiation
2011-05-31 CTorgerson: CTorgerson updated the definition for Action observation task. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/Action_observation_task]
2011-05-10 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for fixed action patterns. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/fixed_action_patterns]
2011-04-29 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for simple reaction time task. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/simple_reaction_time_task]
2011-04-29 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for action. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/action]
2011-04-29 NPicchetti: Added new topic to discussion
2011-04-28 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for olfaction. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/olfaction]
2011-04-19 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for feature extraction. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/feature_extraction]
2011-04-19 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for Action observation task. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/Action_observation_task]
2011-04-15 NPicchetti: NPicchetti updated the definition for choice reaction time task. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/choice_reaction_time_task]
2011-02-24 NPicchetti: NPicchetti updated the definition for choice reaction time task. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/choice_reaction_time_task]
2010-11-10 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for Action observation task. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/Action_observation_task]
2010-11-04 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for feature extraction. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/feature_extraction]
2010-07-29 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for olfaction. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/olfaction]
2010-07-19 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for action. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/action]
2010-07-17 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for simple reaction time task. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/simple_reaction_time_task]
2010-05-10 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for fixed action patterns. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/fixed_action_patterns]
2010-04-27 AHamilton: AHamilton updated the definition for Action imitation task. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/Action_imitation_task]
2010-01-10 RPoldrack: RPoldrack updated the definition for action selection. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/action_selection]
2009-11-18 SAdministrator: SAdministrator updated the definition for Action imitation task. [view the changes at http://dev.cognitiveatlas.org/term/Action_imitation_task]
2009-11-18 SAdministrator: SAdministrator updated the definition for Action imitation task. [view the changes at http://dev.cognitiveatlas.org/term/Action_imitation_task]
2009-11-18 SAdministrator: SAdministrator updated the definition for Action imitation task. [view the changes at http://dev.cognitiveatlas.org/term/Action_imitation_task]
2009-11-18 SAdministrator: SAdministrator updated the definition for Action imitation task. [view the changes at http://dev.cognitiveatlas.org/term/Action_imitation_task]
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