title: Learning with the Spinal Cord.
abstract: To what extent does the spinal cord play a role in the learning of motor tasks? A new study that simultaneously images the brain and spinal cord shows that the spinal cord is actively and independently involved in the earliest stages of motor learning.
authors.affiliation: Freelance Science Writer, Sherborn, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*