<p>According to "<a href="http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)01514-6" rel="nofollow">Motor Skills Are Strengthened through Reconsolidation</a>" (available through SciHub) adding variability to practice sessions increases learning speed. In the paper, patients were directed to move a cursor on a screen to certain targets via pinch force. Patients who's pinch force mapping was modified during each trial ended up learning faster and performing better on the original pinch task.</p>

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Seanny123
<p>When training fine motor skills, are identically setup practice sessions ideal or, like machine learning, does adding noise/variability to the practice session increase skill acquisition?</p>

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This question might be more educational to people if you included a reference (or link to more detailed discussion) of the ML observation that is the basis for this.
Artem Kaznatcheev
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That's an interesting note +1
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Effect of variability due during motor skill training
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# Effect of variability due during motor skill training

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-03)

When training fine motor skills, are identically setup practice sessions ideal or, like machine learning, does adding noise/variability to the practice session increase skill acquisition?

**Tags:** cognitive-psychology, learning, motor

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This question might be more educational to people if you included a reference (or link to more detailed discussion) of the ML observation that is the basis for this.  
> **username_2**: That's an interesting note +1  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2016-06-03. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

According to "[Motor Skills Are Strengthened through Reconsolidation](http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)01514-6)" (available through SciHub) adding variability to practice sessions increases learning speed. In the paper, patients were directed to move a cursor on a screen to certain targets via pinch force. Patients who's pinch force mapping was modified during each trial ended up learning faster and performing better on the original pinch task.


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