Research
Long-term development of a motor memory
Nature · By David W. Franklin ·
The Brief
- A Nature Human Behaviour paper by Franklin et al. examines long-term development of a motor memory.
- The study uses simple motor adaptation with thousands of training trials over multiple weeks.
- The paper was published online on 9 November 2026 with DOI 10.1038/s41562-026-02622-1.
Why it matters
It extends understanding of how motor memories form and consolidate when practice is spread over weeks rather than single sessions, which is relevant to motor learning and rehabilitation research.
Who’s affected
- motor learning and neuroscience researchers
- rehabilitation scientists
- #motor learning
- #motor adaptation
- #memory consolidation
- #neuroscience
- #human behaviour
Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02622-1 Franklin et al. examine how simple motor adaptation is developed with thousands of training trials over multiple weeks to study the long-term development of a motor memory.
Timeline
Paper published online in Nature Human Behaviour
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Long-term development of a motor memory