Tarkesh Singh
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Sensorimotor neuroscientist! 🇮🇳 ➡️🇸🇬 ➡️ 🇺🇸
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NPR
6 days ago
Parkinson's disease appears to disrupt a brain network involved in everything from movement to memory.
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This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms
Parkinson's disease appears to disrupt a brain network involved in everything from movement to memory.
https://n.pr/4kpKWtv
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Fred Crevecoeur
3 days ago
Paper is out by
@harikalidindi.bsky.social
: feedback control model of neural population activity
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Feedback control of random networks as a model of flexible motor cortical dynamics across tasks
Kalidindi and Crevecoeur develop a computational framework linking feedback-controlled networks to limb dynamics. They demonstrate that optimal control of fixed network reproduces key motor cortical d...
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(26)00069-0?rss=yes
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Max Kozlov
4 days ago
Scientists are increasingly turning to AI chatbots for help drafting the grant proposals that fund their careers. Preliminary data indicate that these tools are linked with a slightly higher funding rate and might be pulling the focus of research towards safe, less-innovative ideas.
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AI help in grant proposals tied to higher funding odds at NIH
But funding proposals to US agencies also tend to be more similar to previously funded projects if they are written or edited with the help of a chatbot.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00369-3
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Society for the Neural Control of Movement
7 days ago
Tomorrow is the deadline! Get your poster submission for #NCMKobe26 in before the deadline of 23:59 PST February 10!
ncm-society.org/subm...
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Nico Dosenbach
9 days ago
Breakthrough
@nature.com
study showcases new non-invasive treatment for Parkinson’s Disease that targets the somato-cognitive action network (SCAN) with personalized neuromodulation, for superior outcomes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Introducing Prism
Prism is a free LaTeX-native workspace with GPT-5.2 built in, helping researchers write, collaborate, and reason in one place.
https://openai.com/index/introducing-prism/
7 days ago
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Biomechanical costs influence decisions made during ongoing actions | Journal of Neurophysiology | American Physiological Society
Accurate interaction with the environment relies on the integration of external information about the spatial layout of potential actions and knowledge of their costs and benefits. Previous studies ha...
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.00090.2024?utm_source=journal-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=JNP-feb2026&_zs=0QlbW&_zl=OL5p4
9 days ago
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Society for the Neural Control of Movement
10 days ago
Last few days to get your #NCMKobe26 poster submission in! Review the guidelines, make sure you have access to the platform, and submit before the deadline at 23:59 PST February 10.
ncm-society.org/subm...
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Society for the Neural Control of Movement
12 days ago
While preparing your #NCMKobe26 abstract, read through the highlights from #NCMPan25! The meeting highlight article is now available for review. Thank you to some of the scholarship winners from 2025 for putting the article together.
journals.physiology....
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Raphael Wimmer
20 days ago
OpenAI just released Prism, a LaTeX editor with embedded ChatGPT for free. Writing a paper has never been easier. Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier. It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
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Michael Hout
2 months ago
Our upcoming (NSF-funded) OPAM workshop will feature Dr Johnny van Doorn (of University of Amsterdam) presenting on the theory and practice of Bayesian statistics (using JASP software). Please register and join us for the workshop (on January 26th), here:
www.opamconference.com/online-works...
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Brad Wyble
about 1 month ago
We recently published a theoretical review about how compositional and generative mechanisms in working memory provide a flexible engine for creative perception and imagery. Pre-print:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Paper:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Andrew Pruszynski
about 2 months ago
I started r/sensorimotorneuro a while back because I thought Reddit would make a great platform for what we used to do on science twitter. Its been wildly unsuccessful so far but you never know:
www.reddit.com/r/sensorimot...
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Sensory. Motor and all Systems Neuroscience
This is a space to discuss all things systems neuroscience (and adjacent) from cool new findings and papers to upcoming meetings and job opportunities. Keep it civil.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sensorimotorneuro/
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Earl K. Miller
2 months ago
It's all about beta, baby! Cerebellar-cortical beta oscillations emerge as a predictive signal facilitating the stability of behavioral performance
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#neuroscience
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Cerebellar-cortical beta oscillations emerge as a predictive signal facilitating the stability of behavioral performance
Bracco et al. show that pre-movement beta oscillations emerge in a cerebello-cortical network as the environment becomes predictable and outcomes stabilize. The evolution of these oscillations predict...
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(25)01559-3
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Jesse Dean
2 months ago
Have an idea for an early-stage study investigating the neural mechanisms of rehabilitation? Submit a pilot project application to the new Neuro-PRECISE Center at MUSC!
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Michelle Marneweck
2 months ago
I am looking to hire a great postdoc to join our lab in sunny Eugene at the University of Oregon for fun behavioral/fMRI experiments on sensorimotor control in young and older adults. Please share/get in touch if interested!
pages.uoregon.edu/mmar/
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Reza Shadmehr
2 months ago
We tend to think of neurons as either excitatory or inhibitory, but some neurons chemically inhibit their downstream targets while electrically exciting their neighbors. What is gained by having an inhibitory neuron excite its neighbor?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Society for the Neural Control of Movement
3 months ago
Deadline is quickly approaching for team/panel and individual oral submissions for #NCMKobe26! The submission deadline is 23:59 PST December 1. More information -
ncm-society.org/subm...
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Last three days to apply for the position.
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Hannah Block
3 months ago
🧠Want to start a
#PhD
in sensorimotor
#neuroscience
in Fall 2026? Our NIH- and NSF-funded lab at
@iubloomington.bsky.social
uses human behavior and noninvasive brain stimulation to study motor learning and perception. More info:
blocklab.net/openings.html
or
[email protected]
. Deadline is Dec. 15.
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Society for the Neural Control of Movement
3 months ago
NCM is proud to offer meeting support awards for #NCMKobe26 again this year! The first round of applications are due Dec 1 and more information can be found on the website. Please share with others in your community so we can support as many people as possible.
ncm-society.org/dive...
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Juan Gallego
3 months ago
🚨Job alert🚨 The lab has up to *3 postdoc openings* for comp systems neuroscientists interested in describing and manipulating neural population dynamics mediating behaviour This is part of a collaborative ARIA grant "4D precision control of cortical dynamics"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383909
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3 Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Champalimaud Foundation (Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383909
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Society for the Neural Control of Movement
4 months ago
Don't forget to get your submission in for #NCMKobe26! Team/panel and individual orals close at 23:59 PDT Dec 1. Learn more -
ncm-society.org/subm...
#NCMKobe26!
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Come join us in beautiful Happy Valley! Last two weeks to submit applications.
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4 months ago
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Bianca R. Baltaretu, PhD
4 months ago
Our (
@jdcrawford.bsky.social
) new preprint review of 'Cortical Mechanisms for Transsaccadic Vision: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Feature Updating' is now up! Check it out:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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SfN Journals
4 months ago
#eNeuro
| Acute Loss of Tactile Input Leads to General Compensatory Changes in Eye–Hand Coordination during Object Manipulation
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0487-23.2025
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Acute Loss of Tactile Input Leads to General Compensatory Changes in Eye–Hand Coordination during Object Manipulation
Current models of motor control emphasize the critical role of sensory feedback, as demonstrated by movement coordination deficits following sensory impairment. When both vision and touch are available for object-oriented manual behaviors, they serve distinct roles; vision guides the execution of planned movements, while touch provides more direct feedback on hand–object interactions. The impact of losing somatosensory feedback on eye–hand coordination during dexterous object manipulation tasks has not been thoroughly studied. Conceivably, vision is recruited to compensate for the feedback lost when touch is abolished based on the dexterity demands of the behavior. To investigate this, we tested healthy participants of either sex on a manual dexterity task requiring the movement of small metal pegs, both before and after the administration of digital anesthesia, which selectively abolished cutaneous sensations in the fingertips while preserving motor function. We recorded participants' gaze and hand positions. Despite loss of cutaneous feedback, participants successfully completed the pegboard task. However, they exhibited significantly longer trial times and altered force profiles. Notably, acute somatosensory loss triggered a rapid shift in visual behavior, characterized by a tighter coupling between gaze and hand positions across all task actions, even those not directly involving object manipulation. These changes, which occurred with anesthesia of the dominant and nondominant hands, were not evident with sham (saline) injections. Our findings underscore the contributions of sensory feedback to force control in service of dexterous object manipulation and reveal the nonselective nature of compensatory gaze–hand coordination processes.
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0487-23.2025
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The Department of Kinesiology at Penn State is inviting applications for an open-rank faculty position in sensorimotor control and rehabilitation neuroscience. Please share this opportunity with interested colleagues in your network.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
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Open-Rank Faculty Position in Sensorimotor Control and Rehabilitation Neuroscience
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/job/Penn-State-University-Park/Open-Rank-Faculty-Position-in-Sensorimotor-Control-and-Rehabilitation-Neuroscience_REQ_0000072092-1
5 months ago
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Aaron L Wong
5 months ago
Several prior studies have examined behavior in kitchen-like environments to gain insights into cognitive and motor function, e.g.,
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
and
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Jocelyn Hafer
5 months ago
Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at UD is hiring a biomechanist! We invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position with a preferred research focus in musuloskeletal modeling.
careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
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University of Delaware - Details - Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
https://careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job/502320/kinesiology-and-applied-physiology-tenuretrack-assistant-professor
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Nature Human Behaviour
5 months ago
In this 'How to' Comment,
@gribblelab.org
gives advice on how to think about one's academic website and how to go about building one.
#AcademicWebsite
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How to design your academic website - Nature Human Behaviour
An academic website serves as both a public-facing window on the world wide web and an important internal laboratory resource. In this ‘How to’ piece, I outline how to build your academic website, including what content to include, and ways to build and launch your site.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02310-6
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Earl K. Miller
5 months ago
New paper! Evidence for an active handoff between hemispheres during target tracking
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
#neuroscience
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Evidence for an active handoff between hemispheres during target tracking
The brain has somewhat separate cognitive resources for the left and right sides of our visual field. Despite this lateralization, we have a smooth and unified perception of our environment. This rais...
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2025/09/18/JNEUROSCI.0841-25.2025
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Chris J Dallmann
5 months ago
Now out in
@nature.com
: Our study discovering a neural circuit in Drosophila that predictively inhibits proprioceptor axons during voluntary leg movements, such as walking and grooming.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thomas Luo
5 months ago
How does the brain decide? 🧠 Our new
@nature.com
paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc. After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
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Transitions in dynamical regime and neural mode during perceptual decisions - Nature
Simultaneous recordings were made of hundreds of neurons in the rat frontal cortex and striatum, showing that decision commitment involves a rapid, coordinated transition in dynamical regime and neura...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09528-4
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JJ
5 months ago
The myth of optimality in human movement science
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The myth of optimality in human movement science
The concept of optimality dominates contemporary human movement science, with researchers across biomechanics, motor control, and neuroscience routine…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763425003537
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Adrian Haith
5 months ago
New pre-print! We attempt to survey the two different universes of motor learning research: basic (meetings like NCM, MLMC) and applied (e.g. NASPSA), and consider what these fields can learn from each other and what the future might look like if they can be better integrated. More in Eric's 🧵 👇
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VR Summit
5 months ago
Our next
#SpeakerSpotlight
for VR Summit 2025! ✨ Featuring: Gavin Buckingham (Univ. of Exeter) Jason Friedman (Tel Aviv Univ.) Jeroen Smeets (VU Amsterdam) 📅 Summit Oct 20–21 • Rotunde Bochum Register/submit:
vrs.rub.de
#VRSummit
#XR
#VR
#HCI
#Neuroscience
#VRresearch
#VRcademicSky
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Casey terHorst
5 months ago
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/grfp-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-program
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We investigated how eye movements might influence reflexes during balance tasks. We found that when people tracked a moving object with smooth pursuit versus keeping their gaze fixed, their leg muscle reflexes were enhanced during perturbations.
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Smooth pursuit eye movements contribute to long-latency reflex modulation in the lower extremity
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/epdf/10.1152/jn.00023.2025
6 months ago
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Kinarm
6 months ago
Hey Kinarm users! Did you see the post about the new release, but not have the time to read it? We're happy to share a new video summary of the new features. Today Dexterit-E; tomorrow Explorer
youtu.be/SjPUrbwp98Q?...
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Dexterit-E 3.11 - New Features!
YouTube video by Kinarm
https://youtu.be/SjPUrbwp98Q?si=U3F_kcmFqn_umEh4
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Lorenz Assländer
6 months ago
Paper was recently featured in J Neuroscience; author copy through OSF.
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/2...
osf.io/emskv/
With sky-less Matthias Albrecht, Markus Gruber, and Robert Peterka. Supported by AFF
@uni-konstanz.de
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Is It Me or the Train Moving? Humans Resolve Sensory Conflicts with a Nonlinear Feedback Mechanism in Balance Control
Humans use multiple sensory systems to estimate body orientation in space. Sensory contributions change depending on context. A predominant concept for the underlying multisensory integration (MSI) is...
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/45/29/e2303242025
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Eye and hand coarticulation during problem solving reveals hierarchically organized planning | Journal of Neurophysiology | American Physiological Society
During everyday activities -such as preparing a cup of coffee or traveling across cities -we often plan ahead and execute sequences of actions. Yet, how such planning unfolds when solutions must be fo...
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/jn.00188.2025
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Blake Richards
7 months ago
1/3) This may be a very important paper, it suggests that there are no prediction error encoding neurons in sensory areas of cortex:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I personally am a big fan of the idea that cortical regions (allo and neo) are doing sequence prediction. But... 🧠📈 🧪
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Sensory responses of visual cortical neurons are not prediction errors
Predictive coding is theorized to be a ubiquitous cortical process to explain sensory responses. It asserts that the brain continuously predicts sensory information and imposes those predictions on lo...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.02.616378v3.abstract
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Rachel Hawe
8 months ago
Looking for OTs and PTs who work in stroke rehab to complete our survey on how bilateral coordination is assessed! This will help us create clinically feasible assessment tools. Please share!
redcap.link/neuRAL.BCsur...
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BILATERAL COORDINATION SURVEY
https://redcap.link/neuRAL.BCsurvey
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6 months ago
Fast Feedback Interception Test: an interview with the co-creators
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwMS...
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Fast Feedback Interception Test: an interview with the co-creators
YouTube video by Kinarm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwMSPIvwZWY
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Society for the Neural Control of Movement
6 months ago
Do you know an outstanding early career researcher in the NCM Community? Nominate them for the Early Career Award! Deadline for nominations is Sept 8 and more details can be found on the website -
ncm-society.org/awards/
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7 months ago
We are excited to share our new paper that dives into how ongoing decision deliberation reflects ongoing movements: (
jneurosci.org/content/45/3...
A tour-de-force by the incredible Jan Calalo.
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Mara Breen
7 months ago
Mount Holyoke College in lovely western Massachusetts is hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist. Amazing students and fantastic faculty support - please share!
mtholyoke.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Behavior
Job no: R-0000002388 Position Title: Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Behavior Work Type: Faculty Full time In-Person Start Date: 07/01/2026 Job Description: The Department of Neuroscience and ...
https://mtholyoke.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Assistant-Professor-of-Neuroscience-and-Behavior_R-0000002388
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Rubber arm illusion in octopus: Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Rubber arm illusion in octopus
The feeling of a body as belonging to oneself is called the sense of body ownership and the centerpiece of conscious experience. Kawashima and Ikeda investigated the sense of body ownership in an octo...
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2900592-5
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Jörn Diedrichsen
7 months ago
Careful dissection of motor sequence learning by
@andpru.bsky.social
and
@mkashefi.bsky.social
. In my humble opinion this should be an instant classic 😏.
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
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Motor sequence learning involves better prediction of the next action and optimization of movement trajectories
Learning new sequential movements is a fundamental skill for many animals. Motor sequence learning may arise from three distinct processes: (1) improved execution of individual movements independent o...
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2025/07/17/JNEUROSCI.0299-25.2025.long
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