Andrea Ferrario

Beyond Locomotion: How Specialized Motor Rhythms Enable Vertebrate Escape from Capture

This study shows how Xenopus laevis tadpoles use specialized motor rhythms and body mechanics to escape capture by generating reactive forces through direct mechanical interactions.

Balancing central control and sensory feedback produces adaptable and robust locomotor patterns in a spiking, neuromechanical model of the salamander spinal cord

This paper develops a spiking neuromechanical model of the salamander spinal cord to show that intermediate proprioceptive feedback improves locomotion coordination and robustness.

Hierarchical processing underpins competition in tactile perceptual bistability

The paper presents a computational model of tactile perceptual bistability that incorporates hierarchical processing and captures key dynamical features of perceptual alternations.

Whole animal modelling reveals neuronal mechanisms of decision-making and reproduces unpredictable swimming in frog tadpoles

The paper builds whole-body computer models of frog tadpoles to study decision-making mechanisms and reproduces realistic swimming behavior through integration of neural and biomechanical systems.