Observational learning is associated with changed functional connectivity between V5/MT and sensorimotor areas, and pre-learning sensorimotor connectivity predicts subsequent learning gains¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Observational learning correlated with increased V5/MT connectivity with M1 and S1, decreased V5/MT-cerebellum connectivity, and higher learning gains. → Julian Rudisch 2024 q2 i? Pre-learning functional connectivity of a sensorimotor network (bilateral M1, PMd, S1, left SPL) positively correlated with subsequent learning gains in observers but not controls. → Julian Rudisch 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Julian Rudisch 2024¶

Julian Rudisch, Luis K. H. Holzhauer, Karmen Kravanja, Fred H. Hamker & Claudia Voelcker-Rehage. (2024). A systematic review of observational practice for adaptation of reaching movements. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00271-5

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r?

Review narrative of McGregor and Gribble's fMRI resting-state connectivity study of observational force-field learning; correlational, no effect size printed in the review.

"Their results suggest that an increase in the connectivity between V5/MT and M1 as well as S1, as well as a decrease in the connectivity between V5/MT and the cerebellum is associated with high er learning gains."

Julian Rudisch 2024 (2)¶

Julian Rudisch, Luis K. H. Holzhauer, Karmen Kravanja, Fred H. Hamker & Claudia Voelcker-Rehage. (2024). A systematic review of observational practice for adaptation of reaching movements. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00271-5

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Review narrative of McGregor and Gribble's follow-up fMRI study on pre-learning connectivity as a predictor of observational learning gains; no relationship was found in the control group. No correlation coefficient printed in the review.

"They found that func tional connectivity of a sensorimotor netwo rk linking the bilateral M1, dorsal premotor cortex (PMd), S1 and the left superior parietal lobule (SPL) was positively correlated with subsequent learning gains."

Discussion¶

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