Learning a new skill such as riding a bike or playing an instrument takes more than practice.

A new interdisciplinary study at Israel’s Technion demonstrates the restructuring of neural pathways and the release of dopamine as we acquire and develop motor skills.

The new study was led by Dr. Hadas Benisty, Prof. Jackie Schiller, and M.D./Ph.D. student Amir Ghanayim, with contributions from Prof. Ronen Talmon and student Avigail Cohen-Rimon from the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering.