Motor learning adapts to effort-dependent uncertainty
Polina E. Zhigulina, Lukas Jan Volz, Tanya Elisabeth Bentley, Philip Zeyen, Frank Jessen, Marc Tittgemeyer, Lionel Rigoux
This study shows motor adaptation is influenced by effort-dependent uncertainty, with higher effort increasing uncertainty and slowing adaptation, and links this to reward and depression.
bioRxiv · Sep 15, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience