A natural approach to efficient motor learning in goal-directed motion tasks

Introduction: Parkinson's, stroke, and other neurological diseases may cause significant problems in human motion behaviour. In particular, such diseases affect the control functions in goal-directed, voluntary movements that normally are performed optimally as regards motion speed, positioning accuracy, and energy expenditure. The control functions (neural signals to muscles) are to be re-learnt and re-optimised with respect to these performance indices. In our study, a natural approach for efficient motor learning in goal-directed motion tasks is proposed. It is based on novel concepts and underlying principle…