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The learning of motor movements: a neurostatistical approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

A. E. Maxwell
A. E. Maxwell*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London
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1Address for correspondence: Professor A. E. Maxwell, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

From a factor analysis of data from a learning experiment evidence is presented which appears to support the Blomfield–Marr thesis that in the learning of motor actions the cerebellum operates by the turning off of incorrect movements rather than by the turning on of correct ones. The factor model employed is that due to Godfrey Thomson which gives a neurostatistical explanation of the origin of mental factors.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , February 1977 , pp. 643 - 648
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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