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Continuous manipulation of mental representations is compromised in cerebellar degeneration
McDougle SD, Tsay JS, Pitt B, King M, Saban W, Taylor JA, Ivry RB. Continuous manipulation of mental representations is compromised in cerebellar degeneration. Brain 2022, 145: 4246-4263. PMID: 35202465, PMCID: PMC10200308, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awac072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisorder groupMental representationsMental operationsVisual working memorySingle-digit additionPerformance of individualsMental workspaceWorking memoryCognitive tasksMemory retrievalVisual cognitionMental rotationNeuropsychological experimentsMathematical cognitionScanning itemsArithmetic taskCognitionDisparate domainsDegenerative cerebellar disordersMotor controlVisual representationTaskContinuous manipulationCerebellar disordersIterative manipulation
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