A learning-induced, motor-related, projection-specific signal from S1 to S2 accompanies reward-based-learning of a goal-directed sensorimotor transformation of whisker sensation into licking motor output.

Activity in cortico-basal ganglia circuits of juvenile songbirds reflects evaluative signals necessary for comparing self-generated behavior to a goal representation during skill learning.

The higher order thalamus encodes and influences correct action during learning and performance in a sensory-based goal-directed behavior.

The basal ganglia may preferentially influence movements based on internal goals rather than those guided by external stimuli.

A new computational model reveals how implicit sensorimotor adaptation is elicited to re-align one's felt and desired hand position.

Motor performance benefits from rewarding contexts via a non-uniform reduction of response latencies and increase in feedback gains across the feedback loops involved in upper limb motor control.

Dorsomedial and dorsolateral striatal neural activity differ during early learning of action sequences but do not change with performance improvement across sessions, and become similar after extended training.

Inhibitory interneuron activity is dynamically modulated in new environments while individual interneurons show consistent levels of activity modulation across multiple environments, suggesting functional specialization of inhibitory subnetworks.

The 3R framework outlines three fundamental processes in motor learning and provides a novel perspective on understanding how we acquire, adapt, and retain complex motor skills.

Functional connectivity in the human brain reflects changes in synaptic plasticity induced with repeated paired stimulation.