Visual deprivation induces long-term memory consolidation of saccadic adaptation

Consolidation of motor learning is a complex process exceeding the duration of the practice. Saccadic adaptation as the response to a altering visual environment is a form of motor learning, wherein two temporal components seem to be involved in its consolidation: A long term learning process that leads to a slow but enduring effect, and a short term learning process that leads to a fast but less enduring effect1. It has also been shown that an adapted amplitude can be maintained even days after one adaptation session2. Up to now, extinction of saccadic adaptation was thought to be based on time and visual input…