IIT Gandhinagar study explores how errors influence our brain’s learning mechanisms

What exactly happens in our brains when we experience an error and how do these errors influence our learning? A recent study published in the PLOS Biology journal provides fresh insights on this question.

A team of researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar have explored the impact of various errors on our brain’s learning mechanisms. Their findings reveal that different error sources activate distinct learning mechanisms, and these mechanisms can be flexibly combined to improve future movements.