Reward abundance interferes with error-based learning in a visuomotor adaptation task.

The brain rapidly adapts reaching movements to changing circumstances by using visual feedback about errors. Providing reward in addition to error feedback facilitates the adaptation but the underlying mechanism is unknown. Here, we investigate whether the proportion of trials rewarded (the 're...

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Main Authors: Katinka van der Kooij, Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes, Tessa Rigterink, Krista E Overvliet, Joeren B J Smeets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5841744?pdf=render