Visual properties of action consequences and not environments affect context-specific motor learning

2025/03/04 by Shanaathanan Modchalingam, Andrew J. King, Bernard Marius ’t Hart +1 · 1 voice
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Action Observation and Synchronization #Motor Control and Adaptation #Sport Psychology and Performance

paper · pdf · doi:10.1152/jn.00268.2024

openalex publication_date 2025/03/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

We investigated how the visual features of action consequences, like the trajectory of a thrown ball, influence the brain's ability to adapt motor skills in changing contexts. We show that perturbations mimicking real-world accelerations enable context-specific adaptation, unlike visuomotor rotations. In addition, we found that visual environment context can modulate early implicit motor behavior but does not affect the propensity for updating existing internal models during motor learning.

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• There are more conditions tested in the paper here: doi.org/10.1152/jn.0... And we'd welcome feedback and comments! [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]

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