Psychology

Distinct patterns of connectivity with the motor cortex reflect different components of sensorimotor learning

C. N. Areshenkoff, A. J. D. Brouwer, et al.

Using human fMRI, this study uncovers three distinct axes of connectivity between motor cortex and other brain regions during sensorimotor adaptation that uniquely map onto implicit learning, performance errors, and explicit strategy use — and reveals that only the Explicit axis predicts learning in a separate explicitly-driven motor task. Research conducted by Corson N. Areshenkoff, Anouk J. de Brouwer, Daniel J. Gale, Joseph Y. Nashed, Jonathan Smallwood, J. Randall Flanagan, and Jason P. Gallivan.