Researchers find new learning strategy

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In the Thoroughman laboratory volunteers play games on a computer screeen using a robotic arm so that Thoroughman and his colleagues can study how people learn motor skills. Understanding learning patterns some day will help define robust physical th ...
In the Thoroughman laboratory, volunteers play games on a computer screeen using a robotic arm so that Thoroughman and his colleagues can study how people learn motor skills. Understanding learning patterns some day will help define robust physical therapy protocols for people suffering from neurological problems.

Central to being human is the ability to adapt: We learn from our mistakes. Previous theories of learning have assumed that the size of learning naturally scales with the size of the mistake. But now biomedical engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have shown that people can use alternative strategies: Learning does not necessarily scale proportionally with error.


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