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Use-dependent and error-based learning of motor behaviors

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Diedrichsen, Jörn, White, Olivier, Newman, Darren, Lally, Níall·2010·The Journal of Neuroscience

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Human motor behavior is constantly adapted through the process of error-based learning. When the motor system encounters an error, its estimate about the body and environment will change, and the next movement will be immediately modified to counteract the underlying perturbation. Here, we show that a second mechanism, use-dependent learning, simultaneously changes movements to become more similar to the last movement. In three experiments, participants made reaching movements toward a horizontally elongated target, such that errors in the initial movement direction did not have to be corrected. Along this task-redundant dimension, we were able to induce use-dependent learning by passively guiding movements in a direction angled by 8 degrees from the previous direction. In a second study, we show that error-based and use-dependent learning can change motor behavior simultaneously in opposing directions by physically constraining the direction of active movements. After removal of the constraint, participants briefly exhibit an error-based aftereffect against the direction of the constraint, followed by a longer-lasting use-dependent aftereffect in the direction of the constraint. In the third experiment, we show that these two learning mechanisms together determine the solution the motor system adopts when learning a motor task.

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Authors
Diedrichsen, J., White, O., Newman, D., & Lally, N.
Affiliations
  • University College London (GB)
  • Bangor University (GB)
Venue
The Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2010-04-14
Volume
30
Issue
15
Pages
5159-5166
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
OpenAlex
W1983737463
Cited by
376
References
114
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (0726685)
  • Directorate for Biological Sciences
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/E009174/1)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Keywords
error-based learning, motor adaptation, reaching movements, movement direction, motor redundancy
MeSH terms
Adult, Female, Hand, Humans, Learning, Male, Motor Activity, Practice, Psychological, Feedback, Psychological, Young Adult

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