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People who lack enthusiasm for activities and feel sleepy during the day were found to have a higher risk of developing a condition called motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR).
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Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
Leroy and the team investigated the relationship between sleep issues and the prevalence of motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Parkinson’s disease is typically classed as a movement disorder, and its most familiar symptoms — tremor, rigidity, a slowing known as bradykinesia — are indeed motoric.
—Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
This surprising work, hardly a student piece, shows the Eastern-European sensibility in creating new sounds and forms: motoric rhythms, percussive bow techniques (played with vigor and mastery by Sheku Kanneh-Mason), and an extraordinarily original harmonic language.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022
Grazyna Bacewicz’s motoric Overture for Orchestra, which opened the program, felt thick, too.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2023
Verghese found that apathy was associated with motoric cognitive risk syndrome, a predementia syndrome characterized by slow gait and cognitive complaints.
—Ryan Prior, CNN, 14 Oct. 2020
At age one, the motoric problems my mother had been noticing for the past six months finally had a label.
—Melanie Reach, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2017
The finale starts with a motoric toccata that could have come from Bartók, then moves on to imitate an Irish jig, before adding a bit of boogie-woogie; the suave opening of the work draws from the luxe urbanity of Poulenc.
—Russell Platt, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2017
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Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
Leroy and the team investigated the relationship between sleep issues and the prevalence of motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Parkinson’s disease is typically classed as a movement disorder, and its most familiar symptoms — tremor, rigidity, a slowing known as bradykinesia — are indeed motoric.
—Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
This surprising work, hardly a student piece, shows the Eastern-European sensibility in creating new sounds and forms: motoric rhythms, percussive bow techniques (played with vigor and mastery by Sheku Kanneh-Mason), and an extraordinarily original harmonic language.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022
Grazyna Bacewicz’s motoric Overture for Orchestra, which opened the program, felt thick, too.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2023
Verghese found that apathy was associated with motoric cognitive risk syndrome, a predementia syndrome characterized by slow gait and cognitive complaints.
—Ryan Prior, CNN, 14 Oct. 2020
At age one, the motoric problems my mother had been noticing for the past six months finally had a label.
—Melanie Reach, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2017
The finale starts with a motoric toccata that could have come from Bartók, then moves on to imitate an Irish jig, before adding a bit of boogie-woogie; the suave opening of the work draws from the luxe urbanity of Poulenc.
—Russell Platt, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2017
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“Motoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motoric. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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