Humans use motor learning to learn how to speak, walk, write or ride a bike. Motor learning is essential also for sports or rehabilitation after stroke or spinal injury. Evidence suggests that all forms of motor learning share an evolutionarily […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The goal of this study was to investigate the role of dopamine in reward and punishment processing in the fly brain, and to identify specific neuronal populations mediating these functions. We screened over 50 transgenic Drosophila lines, each labeling distinct […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Motor learning, skill-learning or habit formation share conceptual similarities, but it is debated how much biology these processes have in common. There is genetic evidence linking motor learning and habit formation in flies, song-learning in birds and language acquisition in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Motor learning is central to human existence, such as learning to speak or walk, sports moves, or rehabilitation after injury. Evidence suggests that all forms of motor learning share an evolutionarily conserved molecular plasticity pathway. Here, we present novel insights […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Motor learning, skill-learning or habit formation share conceptual similarities, but it is debated how much biology these processes have in common. There is genetic evidence linking motor learning and habit formation in flies, song-learning in birds and language acquisition in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In mammals, dopamine is considered a central neuromodulator involved in all kinds of rewarding experiences (‘common currency’ hypothesis). In insects, the role of dopaminergic neurons in aversive stimuli was discovered before dopaminergic neurons were found to also be involved in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Motor learning, skill-learning or habit formation share conceptual similarities, but it is debated how much biology these processes have in common. There is genetic evidence linking motor learning and habit formation in flies, song-learning in birds and language acquisition in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Goal-directed exploration of the environment allows an animal to learn about the relationships between stimuli and how the environment responds to its actions. In this goal-directed phase, animals can flexibly apply learned relationships to other contexts. However, flexibility usually implies […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Goal-directed exploration of the environment allows an animal to learn about the relationships between stimuli and how the environment responds to its actions. In this goal-directed phase, animals can flexibly apply learned relationships to other contexts. However, flexibility usually implies […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Out of the four FOXP genes in humans the FOXP2 transcription factor was shown to have an unique role in speech learning and articulation. This function is highly conserved as analogous motor learning functions were identified in songbirds, rodents or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
