Neural Substrates Related to Motor Memory with Multiple Timescales in Sensorimotor Adaptation
Recent computational and behavioral studies suggest that motor adaptation results from the update of multiple memories with different timescales. Here, we designed a model-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment in which subjects adapted to two opposing visuomotor rotations. A...
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Published in | PLoS biology Vol. 13; no. 12; p. e1002312 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
Public Library of Science
01.12.2015
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Summary: | Recent computational and behavioral studies suggest that motor adaptation results from the update of multiple memories with different timescales. Here, we designed a model-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment in which subjects adapted to two opposing visuomotor rotations. A computational model of motor adaptation with multiple memories was fitted to the behavioral data to generate time-varying regressors of brain activity. We identified regional specificity to timescales: in particular, the activity in the inferior parietal region and in the anterior-medial cerebellum was associated with memories for intermediate and long timescales, respectively. A sparse singular value decomposition analysis of variability in specificities to timescales over the brain identified four components, two fast, one middle, and one slow, each associated with different brain networks. Finally, a multivariate decoding analysis showed that activity patterns in the anterior-medial cerebellum progressively represented the two rotations. Our results support the existence of brain regions associated with multiple timescales in adaptation and a role of the cerebellum in storing multiple internal models. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 These authors are joint senior authors on this work. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Conceived and designed the experiments: SK NS HI. Performed the experiments: SK NS HI. Analyzed the data: SK KO JL NS HI. Wrote the paper: SK KO JL NS HI. |
ISSN: | 1545-7885 1544-9173 1545-7885 |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002312 |