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 work
2024
Dissociable Codes in Motor Working Memory
Hillman H, Botthof T, Forrence A, McDougle S. Dissociable Codes in Motor Working Memory. Psychological Science 2024, 35: 150-161. PMID: 38236687, DOI: 10.1177/09567976231221756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorking memoryInterfering movementsVisuospatial working memory loadWorking memory loadWorking memory subsystemsVarying cognitive loadMemory loadAbstract codeMotor informationSkill learningSensory domainsDegree of interferenceBehavioral controlMWMCognitive loadRepresentation formatComputational structureMemoryCodeTaskMemory subsystemMotorParticipantsDomain
2023
A common format for representing spatial location in visual and motor working memory
Yousif S, Forrence A, McDougle S. A common format for representing spatial location in visual and motor working memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2023, 31: 697-707. PMID: 37670158, DOI: 10.3758/s13423-023-02366-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecall errorsSpatial localization taskMotor modalitiesSpatial biasVisual inputLocalization taskSpatial representationSpatial locationLocation representationParticipant influenceTaskKinesthetic inputParticipantsRepresentationMemoryPerceptionMindItemsModalitiesFormatPeopleInformationMeasuresBiasLocation information
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