ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences2023
Contextual inference in learning and memory.
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- Implicit sensorimotor adaptation comprises distinct mechanisms for action selection and execution.PLoS biology · 2026Article
- De novo motor learning as controller synthesis: a conceptual framework.Biological cybernetics · 2026Article
- Spontaneous emergence of context-dependent statistical learning in humans and neural networks.iScience · 2026Article
- Feasible cognition requires latent state.Biological cybernetics · 2026Article
- Contextual cues and transition statistics drive expression of competing motor memories.iScience · 2026Article
- Short-term action-effect bindings encode perceptual transitions rather than perceptual end-states.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Article
- Early skill learning is shaped by the offline emergence of expert synergies.Current biology : CB · 2026Article
- Context-dependent interaction between goal-directed and habitual control under time pressure.Communications psychology · 2026Article
- Hypothesis testing governs strategic motor learning.NPJ science of learning · 2026Article
- Cerebellar contributions to action and cognition: Prediction, timescale, and continuity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Context Size and Set Size Effects: The Relevance of Specific Cues When Searching Long-Term Memory.Computational brain & behavior · 2026Article
- Integrated approaches for investigating the neural bases of movement-highlights from the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement.Journal of neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Re-exposure to reward re-evaluates related memories.Current biology : CB · 2026Article
- Curriculum effects in multitask learning through the lens of contextual inference.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2025Review
- Action repetition biases choice in context-dependent decision-making.Communications psychology · 2025Article
- Contextual effects during sensorimotor adaptation are an emergent property of population coding in a cerebellar-inspired model.Science advances · 2025Article
- Attention Defines the Context for Implicit Sensorimotor Adaptation.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Episodic Memories Bias Contextual Threat Inferences after Aerobic and Mind-Body Exercise.Mental health and physical activity · 2025Article
- Sequential effects in reaching reveal efficient coding in motor planning.Science advances · 2025Article
- Transfer of motor learning is associated with patterns of activity in the default mode network.PLoS biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Context is widely regarded as a major determinant of learning and memory across numerous domains, including classical and instrumental conditioning, episodic memory, economic decision-making, and motor learning. However, studies across these domains remain disconnected due to the lack of a unifying framework formalizing the concept of context and its role in learning. Here, we develop a unified vernacular allowing direct comparisons between different domains of contextual learning. This leads to a Bayesian model positing that context is unobserved and needs to be inferred. Contextual inference then controls the creation, expression, and updating of memories. This theoretical approach reveals two distinct components that underlie adaptation, proper and apparent learning, respectively referring to the creation and updating of memories versus time-varying adjustments in their expression. We review a number of extensions of the basic Bayesian model that allow it to account for increasingly complex forms of contextual learning.
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