Motor Learning Outside the Body: Broad Skill Generalisation with an Extra Robotic Limb
Maria Molina-Sanchez, Lucy Dowdall, Giulia Dominijanni, Viktorija Pavalkyte, Clara Gallay, Edmund da Silva, Danielle Clode, Tamar R. Makin
This study shows that motor learning with an extra robotic limb can generalize across tasks, body postures, and control assignments, suggesting abstract motor representations, but users still prefer biological hands.
bioRxiv · Jun 27, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience