?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+relation+between+movement+parameters+and+motor+learning.&rft.creator=Smeets%2C+Jeroen+B.J.&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Behavioral+Biology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Neurophysiology&rft.description=In+a+recent+paper%2C+Flament+et+al+(1999)+studied+the+learning+to+flex+the+elbow+fast.+They+concluded+from+their+data+that+time-related+parameters+(e.g.+movement+time)+changed+faster+during+learning+than+magnitude-related+parameters+(e.g.+peak+velocity)%2C+and+discussed+this+finding+in+terms+of+neural+substrates+responsible+for+the+apparently+different+learning+mechanisms.+In+this+note%2C+I+will+argue+that+finding+different+time+constants+does+not+imply+different+learning+mechanisms.+I+will+give+a+theoretical+example+of+the+development+of+parameters+during+learning+to+move+faster.+Despite+the+fact+that+I+model+only+one+learning+process%2C+various+kinematic+parameters+show+different+time+courses+of+learning.+The+differences+the+model+predicts+are+comparable+with+the+experimental+results.&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F144%2F3%2Fmovement_parameters.pdf&rft.identifier=++Smeets%2C+Jeroen+B.J.++(2000)+The+relation+between+movement+parameters+and+motor+learning.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F144%2F