Neural structures that support implicit sequence learning
Neural structures that support implicit sequence learning
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10.1075/aicr.48.08haz
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2003-01
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E. Hazeltine;R. Ivry
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E. Hazeltine;R. Ivry
Motor sequence learning is a fundamental component of human behavior. Our daily lives are filled with behaviors that involve complex sequences of movements, and, when we are sufficiently experienced with these tasks, we perform them nearly effortlessly. In contrast, when a novel task–even a simple one, such as operating a new mobile phone–is attempted for the first time, it can be highly demanding. Without motor learning, our lives would be an endless series of trivial but all consuming actions. The primary goal of this paper is to meld concepts arising from behavioral investigations of sequence learning with findings from neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies. In contrast to the extensive work on perceptual systems, motor sequence learning remains poorly understood in terms of the functional differentiation of the implicated neural substrate. Motor learning clearly involves a distributed network of neural structures, including parietal, prefrontal, premotor, and motor cortex, as well as subcortical structures such as the cerebellum to the basal ganglia. However, the functional contributions of these various structures have remained largely speculative. That is, a sizable body of empirical research has established that many regions contribute to the production of learned motor sequences, but only a few clues have been uncovered to help distinguish the computations performed by these regions.