Which term best describes the coordination of sensory perception with motor actions to achieve smooth movement?

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Perceptual-motor coordination describes how we blend what we perceive from the environment with our motor actions to move smoothly. It involves integrating sensory information—vision, touch, proprioception—with planning and executing movements, using feedback to adjust in real time so actions are coordinated and fluid. For example, reaching for a cup requires seeing the cup, sensing your hand’s position, and adapting grip and movement as you approach and grasp it. Procedural knowledge is about knowing how to perform tasks, but not inherently about the ongoing sensory–motor integration that makes movement smooth. Perceptual learning focuses on improving sensory discrimination and interpretation, not on coordinating perception with action. Episodic knowledge is memory about past events, not about real-time coordination of perception and movement. Therefore, the best term capturing the integration of perception and action to achieve smooth movement is perceptual-motor coordination.