A double dissociation between savings and long-term memory in motor learning.

ABSTRACT: Memories are easier to relearn than learn from scratch. This advantage, known as savings, has been widely assumed to result from the reemergence of stable long-term memories. In fact, the presence of savings has often been used as a marker for whether a memory has been consolidated. However, recent findings have demonstrated that motor learning rates can be systematically controlled, providing a mechanistic alternative to the reemergence of a stable long-term memory. Moreover, recent work has reported conflicting results about whether implicit contributions to savings in motor learning are present, absent, or inverted, suggesting a limited understanding of the underlying mechanisms. To elucidate these mechanisms, we investigate the relationship between savings and long-term memory by exper

SUBMITTER: Hadjiosif AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10138789 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature