Motor transfer from the corticospinal to the corticobulbar pathway

2018 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 155-161
Author(s):  
Alayna E. Ernster ◽  
Seoung Hoon Park ◽  
Basma Yacoubi ◽  
Evangelos A. Christou ◽  
Agostina Casamento-Moran ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryjane Wraga ◽  
William L. Thompson ◽  
Stephen M. Kosslyn ◽  
Nathaniel M. Alpert

1961 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. B. CLARKE ◽  
C. B. BLAKEMORE
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2020 ◽  
Vol 146 (3) ◽  
pp. 306e-313e
Author(s):  
Christopher D. Doherty ◽  
Thomas A. Miller ◽  
Juliana Larocerie-Salgado ◽  
Brett A. Byers ◽  
Douglas C. Ross

2008 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 1836-1845 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Seidler ◽  
D. C. Noll

The acquisition of new motor skills is dependent on task practice. In the case of motor transfer, learning can be facilitated by prior practice of a similar skill. Although a multitude of studies have investigated the brain regions contributing to skill acquisition, the neural bases associated with the savings seen at transfer have yet to be determined. In the current study, we used functional MRI to examine how brain activation differs during acquisition and transfer of a visuomotor adaptation task. Two groups of participants adapted manual aiming movements to three different rotations of the feedback display in a sequential fashion, with a return to baseline display conditions between each rotation. Subjects showed a savings in the rate of adaptation when they had prior adaptive experiences (i.e., positive transfer of learning). This savings was associated with a reduction in activity of brain regions typically recruited early in the adaptation process, including the right inferior frontal gyrus, primary motor cortex, inferior temporal gyrus, and the cerebellum (medial HIII). Moreover, although these regions exhibit activation that is correlated across subjects with the rate of acquisition, the degree of savings at transfer was correlated with activity in the right cingulate gyrus, left superior parietal lobule, right inferior parietal lobule, left middle occipital gyrus, and bilaterally in the cerebellum (HV/VI). The cerebellar activation was in the regions surrounding the posterior superior fissure, which is thought to be the site of storage for acquired internal models. Thus we found that motor transfer is associated with brain activation that typically characterizes late learning and storage. Transfer seems to involve retrieval of a previously formed motor memory, allowing the learner to move more quickly through the early stage of learning.


2007 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. e53
Author(s):  
P. Jung ◽  
A. Beyerle ◽  
U. Ziemann

1964 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 849-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. B. Clarke ◽  
G. M. Cooper

Experiments suggest that task complexity may be a major variable in learning transfer. Hebb's view that adults will have already gained maximum benefit from transfer early in life may only hold for simple or oft-used processes. Transfer seems to be indirectly rather than directly a function of early development, for to the young organism all experiences tend to be complex and unfamiliar.


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