The effects of reward and punishment on motor skill learning

X Chen, P Holland, JM Galea - Current opinion in behavioral sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Reward and punishment have dissociable effects on motor skill learning.•Motor
skill learning involves action selection and action execution.•Other disciplines reveal …

Differential effects of reward and punishment on reinforcement-based motor learning and generalization

C Yin, B Li, T Gao - Journal of neurophysiology, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Reward and punishment have long been recognized as potent modulators of human
behavior. Although reinforcement learning is a significant motor learning process, the exact …

Investigating the mechanisms underlying the effects of an incidental choice on motor learning

KF Grand, M Daou, KR Lohse… - Journal of Motor …, 2017 - journals.humankinetics.com
The present study investigated whether motivation and augmented feedback processing
explain the effect of an incidental choice on motor learning, and examined whether …

The impact of reward and punishment on skill learning depends on task demands

A Steel, EH Silson, CJ Stagg, CI Baker - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Reward and punishment motivate behavior, but it is unclear exactly how they impact skill
performance and whether the effect varies across skills. The present study investigated the …

Domain-specific working memory, but not dopamine-related genetic variability, shapes reward-based motor learning

P Holland, O Codol, E Oxley, M Taylor… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
The addition of rewarding feedback to motor learning tasks has been shown to increase the
retention of learning, spurring interest in its possible utility for rehabilitation. However, motor …

Use-dependent and error-based learning of motor behaviors

J Diedrichsen, O White, D Newman… - Journal of …, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
Human motor behavior is constantly adapted through the process of error-based learning.
When the motor system encounters an error, its estimate about the body and environment …

Quantifying exploration in reward-based motor learning

NM Van Mastrigt, JBJ Smeets, K Van Der Kooij - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Exploration in reward-based motor learning is observable in experimental data as increased
variability. In order to quantify exploration, we compare three methods for estimating other …

The effect of combining punishment and reward can transfer to opposite motor learning

C Yin, T Gao, B Li - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Recent laboratory findings have demonstrated that, when imposed separately, punishment
and reward have different effects on motor learning. In real-world applications, however …

Not all choices are created equal: Task-relevant choices enhance motor learning compared to task-irrelevant choices

MJ Carter, DM Ste-Marie - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Lewthwaite et al.(2015) reported that the learning benefits of exercising choice (ie,
their self-controlled condition) are not restricted to task-relevant features (eg, feedback) …

Reward boosts reinforcement-based motor learning

P Vassiliadis, G Derosiere, C Dubuc, A Lete… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Besides relying heavily on sensory and reinforcement feedback, motor skill learning may
also depend on the level of motivation experienced during training. Yet, how motivation by …