Taking Aim at the Cognitive Side of Learning in Sensorimotor Adaptation Tasks.
Sensorimotor adaptation tasks have been used to characterize processes responsible for calibrating the mapping between desired outcomes and motor commands. Research has focused on how this form of error-based learning takes place in an implicit and automatic manner. However, recent work has revealed the operation of multiple learning processes, even in this simple form of learning. This review focuses on the contribution of cognitive strategies and heuristics to sensorimotor learning, and how these processes enable humans to rapidly explore and evaluate novel solutions to enable flexible, goal-oriented behavior. This new work points to limitations in current computational models, and how these must be updated to describe the conjoint impact of multiple processes in sensorimotor learning.
Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Samuel D
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McDougle
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address: ivry@berkeley.edu.
Richard B
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Ivry
Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Jordan A
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Taylor
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009048:Motor Skills; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time; D066191:Sensorimotor Cortex / Q000502:physiology