Implicit sensorimotor adaptation is preserved in Parkinson’s disease

ABSTRACT: Abstract Our ability to enact successful goal-directed actions involves multiple learning processes. Among these processes, implicit motor adaptation ensures that the sensorimotor system remains finely tuned in response to changes in the body and environment. Whether Parkinson’s disease impacts implicit motor adaptation remains a contentious area of research: whereas multiple reports show impaired performance in this population, many others show intact performance. While there is a range of methodological differences across studies, one critical issue is that performance in many of the studies may reflect a combination of implicit adaptation and strategic re-aiming. Here, we revisited this controversy using a visuomotor task designed to isolate implicit adaptation. In two experiments, we f

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9750131 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature