Open AccessImpact of prior errors on visuomotor adaptation and savings: experimental considerations and clinical implications
Author(s) -
M. Erik Wright
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of neurophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 245
eISSN - 1522-1598
pISSN - 0022-3077
DOI - 10.1152/jn.00012.2017
Subject(s) - adaptation (eye) , cognitive psychology , psychology , repetition (rhetorical device) , motor learning , neuroscience , task (project management) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , computer science , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , management , economics
The motor system retains learning from visuomotor adaptation tasks in the form of "savings" to enable faster readaptation to similar perturbations in the future. Leow et al. ( J Neurophysiol 116: 1603-1614, 2016) suggest that the experience of prior errors during relearning is necessary for savings while repetition of prior actions may not be sufficient. These findings provide novel insight into factors that contribute to visuomotor adaptation and can be applied to future experimental and clinical research.