Unlearning versus savings in visuomotor adaptation: comparing effects of washout, passage of time and removal of errors on motor memory

Humans are able to rapidly adapt their movements when a visuomotor or other systematic perturbation is imposed. However, the adaptation is forgotten or unlearned equally rapidly once the perturbation is removed. The ultimate cause of this unlearning remains poorly understood. Unlearning is often con...

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Main Authors: Tomoko eKitago, Sophia L Ryan, Pietro eMazzoni, John W Krakauer, Adrian M Haith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00307/full