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Encoding of sensory prediction errors in the human cerebellum

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Schlerf, John, Ivry, Richard B., Diedrichsen, Jörn·2012·The Journal of Neuroscience

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A central tenet of motor neuroscience is that the cerebellum learns from sensory prediction errors. Surprisingly, neuroimaging studies have not revealed definitive signatures of error processing in the cerebellum. Furthermore, neurophysiologic studies suggest an asymmetry, such that the cerebellum may encode errors arising from unexpected sensory events, but not errors reflecting the omission of expected stimuli. We conducted an imaging study to compare the cerebellar response to these two types of errors. Participants made fast out-and-back reaching movements, aiming either for an object that delivered a force pulse if intersected or for a gap between two objects, either of which delivered a force pulse if intersected. Errors (missing the target) could therefore be signaled either through the presence or absence of a force pulse. In an initial analysis, the cerebellar BOLD response was smaller on trials with errors compared with trials without errors. However, we also observed an error-related decrease in heart rate. After correcting for variation in heart rate, increased activation during error trials was observed in the hand area of lobules V and VI. This effect was similar for the two error types. The results provide evidence for the encoding of errors resulting from either the unexpected presence or unexpected absence of sensory stimulation in the human cerebellum.

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Authors
Schlerf, J., Ivry, R. B., & Diedrichsen, J.
Affiliations
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
  • Bangor University (GB)
Venue
The Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2012-04-04
Volume
32
Issue
14
Pages
4913-4922
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
OpenAlex
W2108397224
Cited by
168
References
61
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FWCI
6.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Scholarship@Western (Western University) (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (0726685)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS074917)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
cerebellum, sensory prediction error, error processing, cerebellar lobule VI, heart rate, BOLD signal, reaching movements, error-related brain activity, motor learning
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain Mapping, Cerebellum, Female, Forecasting, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Movement, Photic Stimulation, Psychomotor Performance, Young Adult

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