Two ways to save a newly learned motor pattern

RT Roemmich, AJ Bastian - Journal of neurophysiology, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Savings, or faster relearning after initial learning, demonstrates humans' remarkable ability
to retain learned movements amid changing environments. This is important within the …

Awareness of sensorimotor adaptation to visual rotations of different size

S Werner, BC Van Aken, T Hulst, MA Frens… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Previous studies on sensorimotor adaptation revealed no awareness of the nature of the
perturbation after adaptation to an abrupt 30° rotation of visual feedback or after adaptation …

Retention, savings and interlimb transfer of reactive gait adaptations in humans following unexpected perturbations

C McCrum, K Karamanidis, P Willems, W Zijlstra… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
Reactive locomotor adaptations are crucial for safe mobility, but remain relatively
unexplored. Here we assess reactive gait adaptations, and their retention, savings and …

Dissociating effects of error size, training duration, and amount of adaptation on the ability to retain motor memories

L Alhussein, EA Hosseini, KP Nguyen… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Extensive computational and neurobiological work has focused on how the training
schedule, ie, the duration and rate at which an environmental disturbance is presented …

Augmenting propulsion demands during split-belt walking increases locomotor adaptation of asymmetric step lengths

CJ Sombric, G Torres-Oviedo - Journal of NeuroEngineering and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Promising studies have shown that the gait symmetry of individuals with
hemiparesis due to brain lesions, such as stroke, can improve through motor adaptation …

Different modulation of oscillatory common neural drives to ankle muscles during abrupt and gradual gait adaptations

R Kitatani, A Maeda, J Umehara, S Yamada - Experimental Brain …, 2022 - Springer
Different neural contributions to motor learning might be involved when different error sizes
of perturbation are introduced. Although the corticospinal drive contributes to abrupt gait …

Exploration-based learning of a step to step controller predicts locomotor adaptation

N Seethapathi, B Clark, M Srinivasan - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Humans are able to adapt their locomotion to a variety of novel circumstances, for instance,
walking on diverse terrain and walking with new footwear. During locomotor adaptation …

Rhythmic auditory stimulation during gait adaptation enhances learning aftereffects and savings by reducing common neural drives to lower limb muscles

R Kitatani, J Umehara, T Hirono… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) improves gait symmetry in neurological patients with
asymmetric gait patterns. However, whether RAS can accelerate gait adaptation remains …

Savings in sensorimotor learning during balance-challenged walking but not reaching

A Bakkum, JM Donelan… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Safe and successful motor performance relies on the ability to adapt to physiological and
environmental change and retain what is learned. An open question is what factors …

Consolidation of visuomotor adaptation memory with consistent and noisy environments

RS Maeda, SE McGee… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Our understanding of how we learn and retain motor behaviors is still limited. For instance,
there is conflicting evidence as to whether the memory of a learned visuomotor perturbation …