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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
2019
Neural Signatures of Prediction Errors in a Decision-Making Task Are Modulated by Action Execution Failures
McDougle S, Butcher P, Parvin D, Mushtaq F, Niv Y, Ivry R, Taylor J. Neural Signatures of Prediction Errors in a Decision-Making Task Are Modulated by Action Execution Failures. Current Biology 2019, 29: 1606-1613.e5. PMID: 31056386, PMCID: PMC6535105, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative reward prediction errorsPrediction error computationNegative prediction errorsReward prediction errorAction Execution FailuresDecision-making taskPrediction errorExecution errorsNeural signaturesReward outcomesAction executionClassic reinforcementAction selectionNegative outcomesNeural activityMesostriatal dopamine systemModel-driven analysisExecution failuresDopamine systemDecision makingHuman striatumEcological utilityHigh-level informationReinforcement learningError computation