Motor Control and Adaptation

The paper examines individual differences in sensorimotor adaptation by analyzing whole-brain functional network dynamics over two days of learning.

The paper uses a network model to show that small, correlated changes in synaptic connectivity can explain motor learning without disrupting neural covariance, aligning with experimental observations.

The paper shows that motor cortical activity covariation changes between tasks, driving distinct muscle activation patterns rather than relying on fixed flexion/extension programs or task-specific neuronal subsets.

This study finds that the dominant hand has less common synaptic input between motor neurons innervating different muscles during isometric rotation tasks compared to the non-dominant hand.

This study investigates how balance control changes during locomotor adaptation to split-belt treadmill asymmetry, finding that external stabilization reduces initial deviations but not long-term adaptation.

The paper investigates cortico-muscular coupling during steady muscle force maintenance, finding temporally stable beta oscillations and their behavioral relevance.

The paper identifies a new power law linking hand rotation speed to orientation geometry in teleoperated surgical tasks, showing robustness across training and task repetitions.

This study investigates how motor skill acquisition evolves with practice, identifying memory storage and execution optimization as key factors, and shows that noninvasive brain stimulation can improve motor learning in older adults.

This paper shows that motor learning can occur without actual movement by demonstrating implicit adaptation based on planned movements and simulated sensory feedback.

This paper proposes a proprioceptive re-alignment model to explain implicit sensorimotor adaptation, challenging the traditional visuo-centric view by focusing on minimizing proprioceptive error.

This study shows that a single exposure to altered auditory feedback leads to immediate sensorimotor adaptation in speech, supporting theories of direct internal model updates.

This study investigates neuronal dynamics in non-human primates during motor plan cancellation, finding that inhibition and position holding involve confined neuronal activity in a subspace, while movement execution requires transitioning to an orthogonal subspace.

The paper investigates how spatial information affects the manual motor system using grip force measurements, finding that different stimulus types elicit varying temporal and directional responses.

This paper links oculomotor plant dynamics to neural integrator activity in larval zebrafish, showing that gaze stabilization requires integration across multiple distributed timescales.

The paper shows participants can quickly adjust force scaling for object lifting based on sensory cues about object properties, integrating visual and haptic information.

The paper shows that whisker asymmetry predicts turn direction in mice earlier than eye movement during navigation tasks.

This study investigates how humans adjust their reaching control in response to dynamic changes in target width, showing continuous online tuning of task parameters rather than discrete policy switches.

The paper investigates the role of cortico-subthalamic projections in controlling visually-guided locomotion in mice, finding that M2-STN pathway activity is critical for stopping behavior.

This paper develops a noncontact sensing system to measure piano key motions with high precision and identifies key motion characteristics linked to pianists' performance speed and accuracy.

This study investigates how motor adaptation varies across three-dimensional movement planes and identifies Kalman gain as a factor explaining adaptation rate differences.

This paper introduces an approximate stochastic optimal control framework that simulates nonlinear neuromusculoskeletal models with noise, showing how muscle coordination and movement patterns emerge from dynamic interactions.

This study compares prehension kinematics between humans and rhesus macaques, finding overall similarity with subtle differences in posture specificity and joint coordination.

This study investigates how explicit reward and performance feedback differentially affect sequential motor behavior, showing that their combination maximizes performance gains and leads to long-lasting improvements.

The paper shows that motor cortex activity during movement tasks reflects network-level strategies for generating muscle activity rather than direct muscle control.

The paper shows that in larval Xenopus, eye movements during swimming develop through changes in how locomotor efference copies and sensory signals interact, with a shift from canceling to summing vestibular inputs as the animal matures.

This paper introduces a framework for 3D pose estimation in freely moving rats to remove movement artifacts from neural recordings, revealing new insights into motor cortex neuron tuning.

This study identifies a role for cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons in mouse quadrupedal locomotion by showing their integration into spinal motor circuits and their impact on foot placement accuracy.

This study shows that experiencing physical consequences from movement errors enhances motor memory and generalization compared to no consequences.

This study shows that reward timing affects motor learning, with short delays leading to continuous gains and long delays causing early plateaus and reduced consolidation.

This study shows that cerebellar Purkinje cells encode timing for initiating and terminating licking movements in mice, with distinct activity patterns for different movement contexts.