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Relationship between the neurocognitive processes mediating skill learning

Everyday behavior requires us to learn many types of procedural skills. We learn that some stimuli are associated with particular responses (e.g., a red light means press the brake pedal), and we learn that some behaviors tend to co-occur and must be performed in a proper order (e.g., the movements required to parallel park one’s car). We are currently investigating the nature of the neurocognitive mechanisms that carry out these and other kinds of skill learning using both behavioral and fMRI techniques.

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