Decomposition of a complex motor skill with precise error feedback and intensive training breaks expertise ceiling

Y Kimoto, M Hirano, S Furuya - Communications Biology, 2025 - nature.com
Complex motor skills involve intricate sequences of movements that require precise
temporal coordination across multiple body parts, posing challenges to mastery based on …

Roles and interplay of reinforcement-based and error-based processes during reaching and gait in neurotypical adults and individuals with Parkinson's disease

AM Roth, JH Buggeln, JE Hoh, JM Wood… - PLOS Computational …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
From a game of darts to neurorehabilitation, the ability to explore and fine tune our
movements is critical for success. Past work has shown that exploratory motor behaviour in …

Reinforcement learning during locomotion

JM Wood, HE Kim, SM Morton - eneuro, 2024 - eneuro.org
When learning a new motor skill, people often must use trial and error to discover which
movement is best. In the reinforcement learning framework, this concept is known as …

Learning New Locomotor Patterns Using Repetition and Reward

JM Wood - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Abstract In the 2021 Olympic games, Sydney McLaughlin won the gold medal in the 400-
meter hurdle race by learning to become equally skilled at jum** over the hurdles with …

[PDF][PDF] Reinforcement and error feedback differentially impact motor exploration during gait

J Jeka, J Gray, A Roth, J Buggeln, H Reimann… - 9th International …, 2023 - posture.sk
Introduction Error-based feedback is typically thought to play the dominant role in learning a
new movement pattern. However, recent work has underscored how reinforcement feedback …