Neural basis for motor adaptation and motor learning
When faced with a new situation, animals including humans can learn new skills from scratch, typically following days of practice —think of learning how to play guitar. Similarly, they can also take a known skill and adapt it to new conditions —think of a guitar virtuoso taking up the bass—, during a much faster timescale. These two processes, typically referred to as motor learning and motor adaptation, also involve multiple brain regions whose interactions evolve over time.
