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Inconsistent? Good

Once viewed as a flaw in the motor system, variability now appears critical to some learning, research says. Full story in the Harvard Gazette here. News and Views from Nature Neuroscience (pdf).
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Creatures of Habit

Our recent paper in Neuron dissociates motor cortex' role in learning from its role in control, and suggests that motor cortex serves as a 'tutor' for subcortical circuits during skill learning. Story in the Harvard Gazette here. Dispatch from Current...
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