Jessica C. Selinger

ENERGY OPTIMIZATION DURING WALKING CAN BE A PRIMARILY IMPLICIT PROCESS

This study shows that energy optimization during walking is primarily an implicit process, with participants adapting to energy-efficient gaits without conscious awareness.

Increasing the gradient of energetic cost does not initiate adaptation in human walking

This study tests if steeper gradients of energetic cost during walking trigger adaptation, finding no spontaneous adaptation to steeper gradients but adaptation when cost savings are explicitly induced.

A mechatronic system for studying energy optimization during walking.

This paper presents a mechatronic system that applies controlled forces to study how the nervous system optimizes energy cost during walking.

Energy Optimization is a Major Objective in the Real-Time Control of Step Width in Human Walking

This study shows that the nervous system optimizes energy cost to determine preferred step width during walking, but does so incompletely, suggesting trade-offs with other objectives.

How People Initiate Energy Optimization and Converge on Their Optimal Gaits

This study investigates how the nervous system initiates and converges on optimal gaits during energy optimization using human experiments and reinforcement learning models.