Cognitive neuroscience of motor learning and motor control

Hayashi, Masaki; Sommer, Werner

doi:10.7600/jpfsm.1.369

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“…Neural bases of motor preparation and control have been extensively investigated (for a review, see Masaki & Sommer, ). One ERP component commonly used to investigate different levels of motor preparation is the contingent negative variation (CNV).…”

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(Don't) Mind the effort: Effects of contextual interference on ERP indicators of motor preparation

2016

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Motor learning is associated with a decrease in frontal control-related brain activity and increase of central and parietal motor-related activity. Contextual interference (CI), manipulated typically by blocked versus randomized training schedules, affects motor learning, resulting in inferior performance during training but in superior performance during retention and transfer. The CI effect is often explained by increased processing demands under high CI training. Consistently, in the motor preparation phase, the activity of control- and attention-related brain areas is increased under high CI. Here, we investigated the effect of CI on learning-related changes in ERPs during motor preparation. Participants learned throwing at virtual targets and were tested for retention in the target condition 1 week later. The frontal P3 component decreased with learning during the first session and across sessions. In addition, there was a trend for a stronger reduction of P3 during retention after high CI training. Both initial and late contingent negative variation (iCNV and lCNV) amplitudes decreased with learning and showed a significantly stronger reduction under high CI. We conclude that CI modulates the interplay of cognitive and motor processes in the preparatory phase of motor learning and that a stronger involvement of cognitive processes during high CI training accounts for differential effects of CI on ERP indicators of motor preparation during retention.

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(Don't) Mind the effort: Effects of contextual interference on ERP indicators of motor preparation

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“…This contrasts with the learning of new behavioral sequences, such as when a pianist learns a new sequence of notes by repeating them, often thinking of them as a “chunk” of finger movements. These two types of motor skill can be observed in various other types of physical movements, including more dynamic sports skills (Masaki & Sommer, 2012). Traditional studies of motor learning have not examined this differentiation.…”

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Medial frontal negativities predict performance improvements during motor sequence but not motor adaptation learning

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“…Different EEG derived measures have been shown to change after motor learning including EEG coherence (Andres et al, 1999 ; Gerloff et al, 2006 ; Mehrkanoon et al, 2016 ), source localization (Schwenkreis et al, 2007 ), and changes in EEG rhythms (Haufler et al, 2000 ; Finnigan and van Putten, 2013 ; Mak et al, 2013 ; Cooke et al, 2014 ). We wanted to investigate if other EEG derived measures, namely the movement-related cortical potential (MRCPs) and event-related synchronization/desynchronization could be used to measure changes neural plasticity with motor learning (Hatta et al, 2009 ; Masaki and Sommer, 2012 ; Aono et al, 2013 ).…”

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“…The MRCP includes two distinct event-related potentials; the Bereitschaftspotential and Contingent Negative Variation (Hatta et al, 2009 ; Masaki and Sommer, 2012 ; Yilmaz et al, 2015 ). The former is associated with a self-paced movement, while the latter is associated with a cue-based movement.…”

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Quantification of Movement-Related EEG Correlates Associated with Motor Training: A Study on Movement-Related Cortical Potentials and Sensorimotor Rhythms

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The ability to learn motor tasks is important in both healthy and pathological conditions. Measurement tools commonly used to quantify the neurophysiological changes associated with motor training such as transcranial magnetic stimulation and functional magnetic resonance imaging pose some challenges, including safety concerns, utility, and cost. EEG offers an attractive alternative as a quantification tool. Different EEG phenomena, movement-related cortical potentials (MRCPs) and sensorimotor rhythms (event-related desynchronization—ERD, and event-related synchronization—ERS), have been shown to change with motor training, but conflicting results have been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate how the EEG correlates (MRCP and ERD/ERS) from the motor cortex are modulated by short (single session in 14 subjects) and long (six sessions in 18 subjects) motor training. Ninety palmar grasps were performed before and after 1 × 45 (or 6 × 45) min of motor training with the non-dominant hand (laparoscopic surgery simulation). Four channels of EEG were recorded continuously during the experiments. The MRCP and ERD/ERS from the alpha/mu and beta bands were calculated and compared before and after the training. An increase in the MRCP amplitude was observed after a single session of training, and a decrease was observed after six sessions. For the ERD/ERS analysis, a significant change was observed only after the single training session in the beta ERD. In conclusion, the MRCP and ERD change as a result of motor training, but they are subject to a marked intra- and inter-subject variability.

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Cognitive neuroscience of motor learning and motor control

Cited by 17 publications

References 75 publications

(Don't) Mind the effort: Effects of contextual interference on ERP indicators of motor preparation

(Don't) Mind the effort: Effects of contextual interference on ERP indicators of motor preparation

Medial frontal negativities predict performance improvements during motor sequence but not motor adaptation learning

Quantification of Movement-Related EEG Correlates Associated with Motor Training: A Study on Movement-Related Cortical Potentials and Sensorimotor Rhythms

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