A new perspective on how we learn motor skills: two adaptation classes?

适应和获得运动技能的能力几乎在我们生活的各个方面都是成功的关键。这个项目将测试大脑中有两种基本不同的运动学习过程，它们是由不同的错误类型驱动的。利用大脑记录、机器人运动扰动和经典学习范式的新变化，该项目旨在揭示这些拟议的适应类在一系列感觉运动学习范式中的神经计算特性。从这个项目中获得的知识可以确定适应广泛适用于工业、国防、体育和卫生的运动的新策略。

The capacity to adapt and acquire movement skills is essential for success in almost every aspect of our lives. This project will test the idea that there are two fundamentally distinct classes of motor learning processes in the brain that are driven by different error types. Using brain recordings, robotic perturbation of movement, and novel variations of classical learning paradigms, the project aims to reveal the neurocomputational properties of these proposed adaptation classes across a range of sensorimotor learning paradigms. The knowledge gained from this project may identify new strategies for adapting movements that are widely applicable to industry, defence, sport, and health.