ArticleCurrent biology : CB2016
Motor Skills Are Strengthened through Reconsolidation.
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- Reactivation-induced motor skill learning.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Trial
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- Interactive curriculum learning increases and homogenizes motor smoothness.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Age-Related Differences in Motor Skill Transfer with Brief Memory Reactivation.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Short-Term Effects of Specific Sensorimotor Training on Postural Assessment in Healthy Individuals: A Pilot Study with a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
- Reactivation-induced motor skill modulation does not operate at a rapid micro-timescale level.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Does Motor Memory Reactivation through Practice and Post-Learning Sleep Modulate Consolidation?Clocks & sleep · 2023Article
- Ten guidelines for designing motor learning studies.Brazilian journal of motor behavior · 2022Article
- Learning Gait Modifications for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: Applying Motor Learning Principles to Improve Research and Clinical Implementation.Physical therapy · 2021Article
- Teaching quantitative ecology online: An evidence-based prescription of best practices.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Reciprocal intralimb transfer of skilled isometric force production.Journal of neurophysiology · 2019Article
- Retrieval of retrained and reconsolidated memories are associated with a distinct neural network.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Rowing Simulator Modulates Water Density to Foster Motor Learning.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2019Article
- 5-HT2a receptor in mPFC influences context-guided reconsolidation of object memory in perirhinal cortex.eLife · 2018Article
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- A Preliminary Comparison of Motor Learning Across Different Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Paradigms Shows No Consistent Modulations.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Article
- Motor Learning in Stroke: Trained Patients Are Not Equal to Untrained Patients With Less ImpairmentNeurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2017Article
- Temporal dynamics of cerebellar and motor cortex physiological processes during motor skill learning.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Consolidation of visuomotor adaptation memory with consistent and noisy environments.Journal of neurophysiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Newly acquired motor skills become stabilized through consolidation [1]. However, we know from daily life that consolidated skills are modified over multiple bouts of practice and in response to newfound challenges [2]. Recent evidence has shown that memories can be modified through reconsolidation, in which previously consolidated memories can re-enter a temporary state of instability through retrieval, and in order to persist, undergo re-stabilization [3-8]. Although observed in other memory domains [5, 6], it is unknown whether reconsolidation leads to strengthened motor skills over multiple episodes of practice. Using a novel intervention after the retrieval of a consolidated skill, we found that skill can be modified and enhanced through exposure to increased sensorimotor variability. This improvement was greatest in those participants who could rapidly adjust their sensorimotor output in response to the relatively large fluctuations presented during the intervention. Importantly, strengthening required the reactivation of the consolidated skill and time for changes to reconsolidate. These results provide a key demonstration that consolidated motor skills continue to change as needed through the remapping of motor command to action goal, with strong implications for rehabilitation.
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