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Computations in Sensorimotor Learning
1Computational and Biological Learning, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom wolpert@eng.cam.ac.uk.
Abstract:
Our cognitive abilities can only be expressed on the world through our actions. Here we review the computations underlying the way that the sensorimotor system converts both low-level sensory signals and high-level decisions into action, focusing on the behavioral evidence for the theoretical frameworks. We review recent work that determines how motor memories underlying sensorimotor learning are activated and protected from interference, the role of Bayesian decision theory in sensorimotor control including sources of suboptimality, the role of risk sensitivity in guiding action, and how rapid motor responses may underlie the robustness of the motor system to the vagaries of the world.
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