Featured Publications
Motor learning without movement
Kim OA, Forrence AD, McDougle SD. Motor learning without movement. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2204379119. PMID: 35858450, PMCID: PMC9335319, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2204379119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplicit motor adaptationSensory prediction errorsMotor adaptationSingle-trial adaptationSubset of trialsForms of learningImplicit adaptationSensory predictionsMotor planningVisuomotor taskPrediction errorHuman participantsTeaching signalMovement executionMotor imageryOvert movementMotor commandsSensory feedbackMovement trialsDirection of movementAdaptationTaskBrainParticipantsRecent workContextual effects in sensorimotor adaptation adhere to associative learning rules
Avraham G, Taylor J, Breska A, Ivry R, McDougle S. Contextual effects in sensorimotor adaptation adhere to associative learning rules. ELife 2022, 11: e75801. PMID: 36197002, PMCID: PMC9635873, DOI: 10.7554/elife.75801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociative learningSensorimotor adaptationCompound conditioningAssociative learning effectsAssociative learning taskVisual contextual cuesAssociative learning ruleDelay eyeblink conditioningFormation of associationsCerebellar-dependent learningMovement-related feedbackCS-US intervalIntegrative accountArbitrary cuesContextual cuesVisuomotor adaptationSalient eventsSensorimotor mapTrial changesMotor planningDifferential conditioningElemental CsArbitrary stimuliLearning taskEyeblink conditioning
2024
Independent Influences of Movement Distance and Visual Distance on Fitts’ Law
Al-Fawakhiri N, McDougle S. Independent Influences of Movement Distance and Visual Distance on Fitts’ Law. Journal Of Experimental Psychology General 2024 PMID: 38934948, DOI: 10.1037/xge0001612.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Prolonged response time helps eliminate residual errors in visuomotor adaptation
Langsdorf L, Maresch J, Hegele M, McDougle SD, Schween R. Prolonged response time helps eliminate residual errors in visuomotor adaptation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2021, 28: 834-844. PMID: 33483935, PMCID: PMC8219572, DOI: 10.3758/s13423-020-01865-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeed-accuracy tradeoffAdaptation taskCognitive strategiesMotor planningExplicit re-aiming strategiesVisuomotor adaptation taskProlonged response timeAttentional reorientingImplicit learningObligatory computationVisuomotor adaptationVisual targetsMovement planningPersistent curiosityAsymptotic learningIncomplete learningMovement startTaskParticipantsLearningLast experimentResponse timeWaiting periodIncomplete adaptationMovement intent