title: The learning of motor movements: a neurostatistical approach.
abstract: From a factor analysis of data from a learning experiment evidence is presented which appears to support the Blomfield-Marr thesis that in the learning of motor actions the cerebellum operates by the turning off of incorrect movements rather than by the turning on of correct ones. The factor model employed is that due to Godfrey Thomson which gives a neurostatistical explanation of the origin of mental factors.
mesh_terms: D002531:Cerebellum / Q000502:physiology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement; D009482:Neurophysiology