News Finding: For example, a trained pianist can learn a new melody easier than learning how to hit a tennis serve.
Paper Finding: 6a ).
News Context: Learning a new skill is easier when it is related to an ability we already have. For example, a trained pianist can learn a new melody easier than learning how to hit a tennis serve. Understanding the ways in which the brain's activity can be "flexed" during learning could eventually be used to develop better treatments for stroke and other brain injuries.
Paper Context: 3a and Extended Data Fig. 6a ). This vector extended from the point corresponding to initial performance during the perturbation block to the point corresponding to performance during each bin.