reafferentadj.

1956 W. H. Thorpe Learning & Instinct in Animals iv. 81 We may regard the consummatory act of eating carrot as the basis of the learning process, and the voluntary response..of turning the head with its reafferent stimulus..as corresponding to the ‘stimulus’ of the classical conditioned reflex.

1965 Sci. Amer. Nov. 87/1 This kind of movement, with its contingent reafferent stimulation, is the critical factor in compensating for displaced visual images.

1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax i. 34 Under certain circumstances reafferent stimulation (that is, stimulation resulting from voluntary activity) is a prerequisite to the development of a concept of visual space.

1973 R. Martin tr. E. von Holst Behav. Physiol. Animals & Men I. iii. 149 There is absence of the reafferent ‘stop’..which normally arrests the correcting movement.

1997 Jrnl. Compar. Physiol. A. 181 217 The pursuer's movements degrade target image contrast and induce reafferent image movement that confounds continuous detection of prey.