Computational Principles Underlying the Learning of Sensorimotor Repertoires

Explore computational principles underlying sensorimotor learning in this lecture by Daniel Wolpert from MIT. Delve into the segmentation of continuous sensorimotor experiences into separate memories and the adaptation of growing motor repertoires. Examine the role of context in activating motor memories and how statistical learning leads to multimodal object representations. Discover a principled theory of motor learning based on contextual inference, challenging dominant single-context learning theories. Learn how this model explains key features of motor learning and predicts novel phenomena, confirmed through experiments. Investigate topics such as followthrough, tool use, control points, spontaneous recovery, memory updating, single-trial learning, savings, and explicit-implicit learning. Gain insights from Wolpert's extensive research background in neuroscience, engineering, and physiology, and understand the implications of contextual inference as a fundamental principle in motor behavior.