Task space exploration improves adaptation after incompatible virtual surgeries
Denise Berger, Daniele Borzelli, Andrea d’Avella
Abstract
Motor skill learning requires the acquisition of novel muscle patterns, a slow adaptive process. Here we show that learning to control a cursor after an incompatible virtual surgery, a complex skill requiring new muscle synergies, is possible when enough time for task space exploration is provided. Our results suggest that learning new synergies is related to the exceptional human capacity to acquire a wide variety of novel motor skills with practice.
Topics & Concepts
Task (project management)Adaptation (eye)Cognitive psychologySpace (punctuation)PsychologyComputer scienceCommunicationNeuroscienceHuman–computer interactionEconomicsOperating systemManagementMotor Control and AdaptationBalance, Gait, and Falls PreventionStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery