A shared functional architecture for error-based and reinforcement-based motor learning in the human brain
Keanna Rowchan, Corson N. Areshenkoff, Ali Rezaei, Maryam Ansari Esfeh, Daniel J. Gale, Randall Flanagan, Jeffrey D. Wammes, Jason P. Gallivan
This study shows that error-based and reinforcement-based motor learning share common neural network reconfigurations in higher-order brain regions, with task-specific differences in posterior medial cortex.
bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience