Complementary roles of basal ganglia and cerebellum in learning and motor control.

Full Abstract

The classical notion that the basal ganglia and the cerebellum are dedicated to motor control has been challenged by the accumulation of evidence revealing their involvement in non-motor, cognitive functions. From a computational viewpoint, it has been suggested that the cerebellum, the basal ganglia, and the cerebral cortex are specialized for different types of learning: namely, supervised learning, reinforcement learning and unsupervised learning, respectively. This idea of learning-oriented specialization is helpful in understanding the complementary roles of the basal ganglia and the cerebellum in motor control and cognitive functions.

Author information

Author/s: Doya, K (K);

Affiliation: Information Sciences Division, ATR International and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, 2-2-2 Hikaridai, Seika, Soraku, 619-0288, Kyoto, Japan. doya(-atsign-)isd.atr.co.jp

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Current opinion in neurobiology (Curr Opin Neurobiol), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2000-Dec; vol 10 (issue 6) : pp 732-9

Dates: Created 2001/03/12; Completed 2001/05/17; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 11240282, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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