The Acquisition of Motor Behavior in

Our motor skills determine how well we perform in athletics, dance, music, and in carrying out countless daily chores. While our proficiency at performing individual actions and synthesizing them into seamless sequences limits our athletic and artistic talents, we are not perpetually bound by such limitations. The nervous system can acquire new, and modify old, motor behaviors through experience and practice. That is motor learning. The Acquisition of Motor Behavior in Vertebratesprovides a broad, multidisciplinary survey of recent research on the brain systems and mechanisms underlying motor learning. Following the editors' introduction, nineteen contributions report on the neurobiology of these higher brain functions and on diverse types of motor learning such as reflex adaptation, conditioned and instrumental reflex learning, visually guided actions, and complex sequences and skills.

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Learning and Memory in the Vestibuloocular Reflex	p. 7
The Evolution of Hindbrain Visual and Vestibular Innovations Responsible for Oculomotor Function	p. 29
Adaptation of Automatic Postural Responses	p. 57
The Brain Substrates of Classical Eyeblink Conditioning in Rabbits	p. 89
Learning and Performance: A Critical Review of the Role of the Cerebellum in Instrumental and Classical Conditioning	p. 115
Hippocampal Neuron Changes During Trace Eyeblink Conditioning in the Rabbit	p. 143
The Multiple-Pathway Model of Circuits Subserving the Classical Conditioning of Withdrawal Reflexes	p. 175
Control of Motor Behavior Acquisition by Cortical Activity Potentiated by Decreases in a Potassium A-Current that Increase Neural Excitability	p. 205
A Cerebellar Role in Acquisition of Novel Static and Dynamic Muscle Activities in Holding, Pointing, Throwing, and Reaching	p. 223
The Cerebellum's Role in Voluntary Motor Learning: Clinical, Electrophysiological, and Imaging Studies	p. 235
Evolution of Neuronal Activity During Conditional Motor Learning	p. 261
Adaptation and Skill Learning: Evidence for Different Neural Substrates	p. 289
Learning of Sequential Procedures in Monkeys	p. 303
The Role of the Cerebellum in the Acquisition of Complex Volitional Forelimb Movements	p. 310
Sequential Hand and Finger Movements: Typing and Piano Playing	p. 343
Substrates and Mechanisms for Learning in Motor Cortex	p. 363
Neuronal Mechanisms Subserving the Acquisition of New Skilled Movements in Mammals	p. 387
Motor Learning: Toward Understanding Acquired Representations	p. 391
Learning Internal Models of the Motor Apparatus	p. 409
Contributors	p. 431
Index	p. 435
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