Sensory Plasticity in Human Motor Learning.

Authors

David J Ostry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT, USAFollow
Paul L Gribble, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT, USA; University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CanadaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1-2016

Journal

Trends in neurosciences

Volume

39

Issue

2

First Page

114

Last Page

123

URL with Digital Object Identifier

10.1016/j.tins.2015.12.006

Abstract

There is accumulating evidence from behavioral, neurophysiological, and neuroimaging studies that the acquisition of motor skills involves both perceptual and motor learning. Perceptual learning alters movements, motor learning, and motor networks of the brain. Motor learning changes perceptual function and the sensory circuits of the brain. Here, we review studies of both human limb movement and speech that indicate that plasticity in sensory and motor systems is reciprocally linked. Taken together, this points to an approach to motor learning in which perceptual learning and sensory plasticity have a fundamental role.