Perspectives and problems in motor learning
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Study Motor Skill Learning by Single-pellet Reaching Tasks in Mice
Published on: March 4, 2014
Daniel M. Wolpert1, Zoubin Ghahramani, J Randall Flanagan
1Sobell Dept of Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG, London, UK
Abstract:
Movement provides the only means we have to interact with both the world and other people. Such interactions can be hard-wired or learned through experience with the environment. Learning allows us to adapt to a changing physical environment as well as to novel conventions developed by society. Here we review motor learning from a computational perspective, exploring the need for motor learning, what is learned and how it is represented, and the mechanisms of learning. We relate these computational issues to empirical studies on motor learning in humans.
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