Neurobiology of skill and habit learning.
Recent evidence indicates that the basal ganglia are critical brain structures for motor-skill and habit learning, and may be important for the acquisition of some perceptual and cognitive skills. The cerebellum appears to contribute importantly only to motor-skill learning. Transitory cortical changes occur during motor-skill learning, but perceptual-skill learning may involve a semi-permanent change in neuronal sensitivity in the primary sensory cortex.
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Department of Neurosciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0948, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*