Abstract
Multiple theories regarding motor learning and postural control development aim to explain how the central nervous system (CNS) acquires, adjusts, and learns postural behaviors. However, few theories of postural motor development and learning propose possible neurophysiologic correlates to support their assumptions. Evidence from behavioral and computational models support the cerebellum’s role in supervising motor learning through the production of forward internal models, corrected by sensory prediction errors. Optimal Feedback Control Theory (OFCT) states that the CNS learns new behaviors by minimizing the cost of multi-joint movements that attain a task goal. By synthesizing principles of the OFCT, postural sway characteristics, and cerebellar anatomy and its internal models, we propose an integrated learning model in which cerebellar supervision of postural control is governed by movement cost functions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1118-1133 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Perceptual and Motor Skills |
Volume | 127 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2020.
Keywords
- cerebellum
- internal models
- motor control
- optimal feedback control theory
- postural control
- postural motor learning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Sensory Systems