Which of the following has been viewed as evidence of an error-correction mechanism in the brain?
A)The hippocampus is highly active during conditioning
B)Activity in the inferior olive is high at the start of training and diminishes with successive trials.
C)Blocking occurs when the connection from the inferior olive to the interpositus nucleus is disabled.
D)People with cerebellar damage have difficulty learning a CR.

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Activity in the inferior olive is high at the start of training and diminishes with successive trials, which suggests that it is involved in error correction. The inferior olive is thought to evaluate the difference between the actual and expected stimuli and generate an error signal to correct the ongoing motor response.

Which of the Following Has Been Viewed as Evidence of an Error-Correction