1. The Statistical Determinants of the Speed of Motor Learning.
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He, Kang, Liang, You, Abdollahi, Farnaz, Fisher Bittmann, Moria, Kording, Konrad, and Wei, Kunlin
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MOTOR learning ,MOTOR ability ,VISUOMOTOR coordination ,PSYCHOLOGY of movement ,COMPUTER simulation - Abstract
It has recently been suggested that movement variability directly increases the speed of motor learning. Here we use computational modeling of motor adaptation to show that variability can have a broad range of effects on learning, both negative and positive. Experimentally, we also find contributing and decelerating effects. Lastly, through a meta-analysis of published papers, we verify that across a wide range of experiments, movement variability has no statistical relation with learning rate. While motor learning is a complex process that can be modeled, further research is needed to understand the relative importance of the involved factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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