Why we never forget how to ride a bicycle ?
You may forget your bank’s login password, windows login password, remote access password etc. But how come you never forget how to ride a bicycle or skiing or eating with chop sticks?
photo credit: Thomas Hawk
A team of neuroscientists has discovered the answer to this life’s little mystery.
Their research, published this month in Nature Neuroscience, has identified a key nerve cell in the brain that controls the formation of memories for motor skills such as riding a bicycle, skiing or eating with chop sticks.
When one acquires a new skill like riding a bicycle, the cerebellum is the part of the brain needed to learn the co-ordinated movement.
Continue reading their scientific research here.
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