creators_name: Smeets, Jeroen B.J.
type: preprint
datestamp: 2000-05-12
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:42
metadata_visibility: show
title: The relation between movement parameters and motor learning.
subjects: behav-neuro-sci
subjects: bio-behav
subjects: dev-psy
subjects: neuro-physio
full_text_status: public
keywords: Human motor learning kinematics speed amplitude EMG acceleration arm movement minimum jerk model cerebellum basal ganglia timing
abstract: In a recent paper, Flament et al (1999) studied the learning to flex the elbow fast. They concluded from their data that time-related parameters (e.g. movement time) changed faster during learning than magnitude-related parameters (e.g. peak velocity), and discussed this finding in terms of neural substrates responsible for the apparently different learning mechanisms. In this note, I will argue that finding different time constants does not imply different learning mechanisms. I will give a theoretical example of the development of parameters during learning to move faster. Despite the fact that I model only one learning process, various kinematic parameters show different time courses of learning. The differences the model predicts are comparable with the experimental results.
date: 2000
date_type: published
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Smeets, Jeroen B.J.  (2000) The relation between movement parameters and motor learning.  [Preprint]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/144/3/movement_parameters.pdf