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Not like riding a bike: New motor memories need stabilizing

June 18, 2015 by

Well-practiced motor skills like riding a bike are extremely stable memories that can be effortlessly recalled after years or decades. In contrast, a new study shows that changes to motor skill memories occurring over the course of a single practice session are not immediately stable.

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