title: Effect of sensory experience on motor learning strategy.
abstract: It is well known that the central nervous system automatically reduces a mismatch in the visuomotor coordination. Can the underlying learning strategy be modified by environmental factors or a subject's learning experiences? To elucidate this matter, two groups of subjects learned to execute reaching arm movements in environments with task-irrelevant visual cues. However, one group had previous experience of learning these movements using task-relevant visual cues. The results demonstrate that the two groups used different learning strategies for the same visual environment and that the learning strategy was influenced by prior learning experience.
authors.affiliation: Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and.
authors.forename: Shou-Han
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and.
authors.forename: Denny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oetomo
authors.affiliation: Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and.
authors.forename: Iven
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mareels
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom e.burdet@ic.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Burdet
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D012677:Sensation; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: human motor learning; sensorimotor learning strategies; task-relevant and -irrelevant sensory feedback