Tyler Cluff

Different control strategies drive interlimb differences in performance and adaptation during reaching movements in novel dynamics

This study investigates interlimb differences in reaching movement adaptation, finding greater adaptation in the dominant arm and a more robust, model-free control strategy in the non-dominant arm.

The energetic basis for smooth human arm movements

This study shows that smooth human arm movements are energetically optimal, as jerkier motions require more metabolic energy due to increased muscle force production rates.

Tradeoffs in optimal control capture patterns of human sensorimotor control and adaptation

This study shows that human arm movement control and adaptation reflect differences in internal models, with some behaviors resembling stochastic and robust optimal control strategies.

Feedforward and feedback control share an internal model of the arm’s dynamics

The paper shows that feedforward and feedback control share an internal model of arm dynamics by demonstrating learning transfer between control mechanisms when intersegmental dynamics are altered.

Compensating for intersegmental dynamics across the shoulder, elbow and wrist joints during feedforward and feedback control

The paper shows the nervous system predicts and compensates for intersegmental dynamics across shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints during reaching and reflexive movements.