Consolidation in human motor memory.

@article{citeulike:2032202, abstract = {Learning a motor skill sets in motion neural processes that continue to evolve after practice has ended, a phenomenon known as consolidation. Here we present psychophysical evidence for this, and show that consolidation of a motor skill was disrupted when a second motor task was learned immediately after the first. There was no disruption if four hours elapsed between learning the two motor skills, with consolidation occurring gradually over this period. Previous studies in humans and other primates have found this time-dependent disruption of consolidation only in explicit memory tasks, which rely on brain structures in the medial temporal lobe. Our results indicate that motor memories, which do not depend on the medial temporal lobe, can be transformed by a similar process of consolidation. By extending the phenomenon of consolidation to motor memory, our results indicate that distinct neural systems share similar characteristics when encoding and storing new information.}, address = {Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA.}, author = {Brashers-Krug, T. and Shadmehr, R. and Bizzi, E. }, citeulike-article-id = {2032202}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/382252a0}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {consolidation, memory}, month = {July}, number = {6588}, pages = {252--255}, posted-at = {2007-11-30 20:30:43}, priority = {2}, title = {Consolidation in human motor memory.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/382252a0}, volume = {382}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2032202 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2032202 TI - Consolidation in human motor memory. JF - Nature VL - 382 IS - 6588 SP - 252 EP - 255 AD - Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA. SN - 0028-0836 N2 - Learning a motor skill sets in motion neural processes that continue to evolve after practice has ended, a phenomenon known as consolidation. Here we present psychophysical evidence for this, and show that consolidation of a motor skill was disrupted when a second motor task was learned immediately after the first. There was no disruption if four hours elapsed between learning the two motor skills, with consolidation occurring gradually over this period. Previous studies in humans and other primates have found this time-dependent disruption of consolidation only in explicit memory tasks, which rely on brain structures in the medial temporal lobe. Our results indicate that motor memories, which do not depend on the medial temporal lobe, can be transformed by a similar process of consolidation. By extending the phenomenon of consolidation to motor memory, our results indicate that distinct neural systems share similar characteristics when encoding and storing new information. KW - consolidation KW - memory AU - Brashers-Krug, T AU - Shadmehr, R AU - Bizzi, E PY - 1996/07/18/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/382252a0 ER -