Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "motor learning"
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Adaptation and generalization in acceleration-dependent force fields
(Springer Science + Business Media, 2005)Any passive rigid inertial object that we hold in our hand, e.g., a tennis racquet, imposes a field of forces on the arm that depends on limb position, velocity, and acceleration. A fundamental characteristic of this field ... -
Bayesian and "Anti-Bayesian" Biases in Sensory Integration for Action and Perception in the Size-Weight Illusion
(American Physiological Society, 2010)Which is heavier: a pound of lead or a pound of feathers? This classic trick question belies a simple but surprising truth: when lifted, the pound of lead feels heavier—a phenomenon known as the size–weight illusion. To ... -
Dissociable Effects of the Implicit and Explicit Memory Systems on Learning Control of Reaching
(Springer Verlag, 2006)Adaptive control of reaching depends on internal models that associate states in which the limb experienced a force perturbation with motor commands that can compensate for it. Limb state can be sensed via both vision and ... -
Effects of Human Cerebellar Thalamus Disruption on Adaptive Control of Reaching
(Oxford University Press, 2005)Lesion or degeneration of the cerebellum can profoundly impair adaptive control of reaching in humans. Computational models have proposed that internal models that help control movements form in the cerebellum and influence ... -
A neural circuit mechanism for regulating vocal variability during song learning in zebra finches
(eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2014)Motor skill learning is characterized by improved performance and reduced motor variability. The neural mechanisms that couple skill level and variability, however, are not known. The zebra finch, a songbird, presents a ... -
Shared Internal Models for Feedforward and Feedback Control
(Society for Neuroscience, 2008)Achild often learns to ride a bicycle in the driveway, free of unforeseen obstacles. Yet when she first rides in the street, we hope that if a car suddenly pulls out in front of her, she will combine her innate goal of ...