Featured Publications
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 findingsLearningDissociable cognitive strategies for sensorimotor learning
McDougle S, Taylor J. Dissociable cognitive strategies for sensorimotor learning. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 40. PMID: 30604759, PMCID: PMC6318272, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07941-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive strategiesMotor learningDistinct cognitive representationTime pressureSensorimotor transformation taskHuman motor learningStimulus-response contingenciesMemory representationsCognitive representationsDistribution of movementDistal goalsTask complexitySensorimotor learningBehavioral flexibilityTransformation taskVisual targetsGeneralization experimentsMovement planReaction timeTransfer effectsDownstream consequencesLearningResponse cachingRepresentationTask
2024
Fundamental processes in sensorimotor learning: Reasoning, refinement, and retrieval
Tsay J, Kim H, McDougle S, Taylor J, Haith A, Avraham G, Krakauer J, Collins A, Ivry R. Fundamental processes in sensorimotor learning: Reasoning, refinement, and retrieval. ELife 2024, 13: e91839. PMID: 39087986, PMCID: PMC11293869, DOI: 10.7554/elife.91839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSensorimotor learningMotor learningAction-outcome relationshipsContribution of explicit strategiesSensorimotor learning tasksConscious awarenessCognitive parametersMotor goalsLearning tasksSensorimotorExplicit strategiesLearningControl policiesMotorRetrievalCognitionComplex movementsFrameworkTaskTheoretical frameworkSophisticated modelsDevelopment of sophisticated models
2023
Metacognitive judgments during visuomotor learning reflect the integration of error history
Hewitson C, Al-Fawakhiri N, Forrence A, McDougle S. Metacognitive judgments during visuomotor learning reflect the integration of error history. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2023, 130: 264-277. PMID: 37377281, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00022.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConfidence judgmentsMetacognitive judgmentsMotor learningMotor errorsVisuomotor learningHigher-order cognitionMetacognitive confidence judgmentsRange of tasksMetacognitive representationExplicit motorNeural studiesComputational modeling approachOwn abilityEnvironmental volatilityPeople's confidenceJudgmentsMotor controlLearning environmentLearningConfidence estimatesDescriptive modelError historyComputational modelingError costsCognition
2015
Explicit and Implicit Processes Constitute the Fast and Slow Processes of Sensorimotor Learning
McDougle S, Bond K, Taylor J. Explicit and Implicit Processes Constitute the Fast and Slow Processes of Sensorimotor Learning. Journal Of Neuroscience 2015, 35: 9568-9579. PMID: 26134640, PMCID: PMC4571499, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5061-14.2015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplicit processesSensorimotor learningImplicit learningMotor learningPutative psychological mechanismsComputational modeling analysisMultiplicity of processesExplicit learningPsychological mechanismsMotor memoryNeural substratesTask performanceSensorimotor tasksModeling analysisLearning processLearningLearning operationDistinct manifestationsMemoryRecent evidenceSensorimotorWide netTaskPopular modelsLearning curve