Mechanisms underlying the control and generalization of sensorimotor learning

感觉运动学习的控制和泛化的机制

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-04684
• 负责人: Gallivan, Jason
• 金额: $ 2.19万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=631485
• 关键词: Mechanisms; underlying; control; generalization; sensorimotor

To cope with a continuously changing environment, the human brain has evolved an impressive ability to flexibly adjust, from one movement to the next, its motor commands. Such learning is a hallmark of any intelligent system and is central to human cognition and behaviour. Yet, the mechanisms that support sensorimotor learning and updating, and which allow acquired skills to be readily transferred to new contexts, remains poorly understood. The broad aims of the research program proposed here are to (1) better understand the mechanisms and strategies through which individuals learn sensorimotor tasks, (2) explore how this learning can be improved and better generalized, and (3) better understand the neural circuitry that supports sensorimotor learning and updating. The proposed research consists of three separate projects.

为了科普不断变化的环境，人类大脑已经进化出一种令人印象深刻的能力，可以灵活地调整运动指令，从一个动作到下一个动作。这种学习是任何智能系统的标志，也是人类认知和行为的核心。然而，支持感觉运动学习和更新的机制，以及使获得的技能容易转移到新的环境中，仍然知之甚少。本文提出的研究计划的主要目标是：（1）更好地理解个体学习感觉运动任务的机制和策略;（2）探索如何改善和更好地推广这种学习;（3）更好地理解支持感觉运动学习和更新的神经回路。拟议的研究包括三个独立的项目。