Revisiting the Role of the Medial Temporal Lobe in Motor Learning
McDougle SD, Wilterson SA, Turk-Browne NB, Taylor JA. Revisiting the Role of the Medial Temporal Lobe in Motor Learning. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2022, 34: 532-549. PMID: 34942649, PMCID: PMC8832157, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial temporal lobeMotor learningMemory processesMemory systemTemporal lobeImplicit memory systemDeclarative memory processesMultiple memory systemsAction-outcome associationsMotor learning tasksFlexible action selectionMTL damageDeclarative memoryPsychological mechanismsNeural correlatesSelection deficitsLearning taskAction selectionMotor skillsTaxonomic modelMotor performanceAge-matched controlsAmnesicsPrevious findingsLearningContextual 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