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The Nature of the Processes, Representations, and Neural Substrates Which Support and Contribute to Motor Sequence Learning

Selco, Scott Loren

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Title
The Nature of the Processes, Representations, and Neural Substrates Which Support and Contribute to Motor Sequence Learning
Author(s)
Selco, Scott Loren
Issue Date
1998
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Neal Cohen
Department of Study
Neuroscience
Discipline
Neuroscience
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Psychology, Cognitive
Language
eng
Abstract
The Parkinson's disease patients performed normally on both motor sequence learning tasks despite clear evidence of motor impairments demonstrable through independent clinical and neuropsychological testing. The results from the Parkinson's disease patients are the first to demonstrate normal motor sequence learning in the same patients on two separate tasks, each employing two response systems known to be affected by this disease process. These results challenge the popular claim that the neostriatum is the critical locus of sequence learning, and are discussed in terms of the possible neural circuitry for motor sequence learning.
Graduation Semester
1998
Type of Resource
text
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