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Dissociable 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
2017
Implications of plan-based generalization in sensorimotor adaptation
McDougle S, Bond K, Taylor J. Implications of plan-based generalization in sensorimotor adaptation. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2017, 118: 383-393. PMID: 28404830, PMCID: PMC5501918, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00974.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSensorimotor adaptationMaximum generalizationGeneralization functionSensorimotor adaptation taskMovement planPatterns of generalizationNeural tuning functionsActual movement directionModel of adaptationImplicit adaptationCognitive scienceGeneralization paradigmTask goalsCognitive featuresUntrained regionsAdaptation taskMotor adaptationNeural characteristicsBehavioral experimentsMotor systemPopulation codePrevious researchTransfer of knowledgeTime courseTuning functions