The motor system does not learn the dynamics of the arm by rote memorization of past experience

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 554-560

  Conditt, Michael A ^b   Gandolfo, Francesca ^b   Mussa Ivaldi, Ferdinando A ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030792333     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.554     Document Type: Article

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