Motor learning during reaching movements : model acquisition and recalibration

This thesis marks a departure from the traditional task-based distinction between sensorimotor adaptation and skill learning by focusing on the mechanisms that underlie adaptation and skill learning. I argue that adaptation is a recalibration of an existing control policy, whereas skill learning is...

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Main Author: Telgen, S. J.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647314