1

Prefrontal cortex encodes behavior states decoupled from motor execution
Rautio IV, Nevjen F, Hem I, Dunn BA, Whitlock JR (2026)
Cell Rep 45:117138

2

Prenatal and early postnatal periods differentially shape the maturation of human cortical microstructure and myelin
Tsigaras T, Dukart J, Oldham S, Eickhoff SB, Paquola C (2026)
PLoS Biol 24:e3003722

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Laminar CBV and BOLD response characteristics over time and space in the human primary somatosensory cortex at 7T
Dresbach S, Gulban OF, Steinbach T, Eck J, Kashyap S, Kaas A, Weiskopf N, Goebel R, Huber R (2026)
Imaging Neurosci (Camb) 4:IMAG.a.1157

4

Cognition emerges from phase dynamics of intrinsic coordination
Song Y, Chen J, Calhoun VD, Iraji A (2026)
bioRxivorg:2026.03.26.714488

5

Rapid concerted switching of the neural code in the inferotemporal cortex
Shi Y, Bi D, Hesse JK, Lanfranchi FF, Chen S, Tsao DY (2026)
Nature:1–10

6

Thalamic activation of the visual cortex at the single-synapse level
Chen Y, Kloos M, Varga Z, Zhang Y, Piro I, Sato TK, Sakmann B, Nelken I, Konnerth A (2026)
Science 391:1349–1354

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Reciprocal fronto-parietal interactions support motor anticipation during sequential reaching
Bardanikas G, Jana S, Meirhaeghe N, Barthelemy F, Riehle A, Grün S, Brovelli A, Brochier T (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.03.709252

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Active dissociation of intracortical spiking and high gamma activity
Lei T, Scheid MR, Flint RD, Glaser JI, Slutzky MW (2026)
Nature:1–7

9

Cerebellar contributions to action and cognition: Prediction, timescale, and continuity
Tsay JS, Ivry RB (2026)
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 123:e2524258123

10

Stretch-evoked motor responses in the brainstem are modulated by task instructions
Nikonowicz RC, Reddy NA, Medina MC, Bright MG, Sergi F (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.04.03.716388

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Faster fowl fall frequently: speed and force regulation during turning maneuvers by guinea fowl on high and low friction terrains
Goldsmith H, Hall J, Daley MA (2026)
J Exp Biol 229:jeb250929

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Extracellular spike waveforms: Morphology, biophysics, and classification strategies
Sun SH, Ibbotson MR (2026)
J Neurosci 46:e1741252025

13

Open questions in elucidating neural mechanisms underlying sensory-guided motor control
Q&A (2026)
Nat Commun 17:3260

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1

Autogenic spinal excitatory circuit ensures skilled hand movements in primates
Kim G, Tomatsu S, Umeda T, Takei T, Funato T, Seki K (2026)
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 123:e2525051123

2

Inhibitory normalization of error signals improves learning in neural circuits
Eyono RH, Levenstein D, Ghosh A, Cornford J, Richards B (2026)
arXiv [q-bioNC]

3

Clarifying the conceptual dimensions of representation in neuroscience
Pohl S, Walker EY, Barack DL, Lee J, Denison RN, Block N, Meyniel F, Ma WJ (2026)
Nat Rev Neurosci:1–16

4

Duration between rewards controls the rate of behavioral and dopaminergic learning
Burke DA, Taylor A, Jeong H, Lee S, Zsembik L, Wu B, Floeder JR, Naik GA, Chen R, Namboodiri VMK (2026)
Nat Neurosci:1–15

5

Limb state accounts for differences between motor imagery and action in motor cortex
Johnson SN, Rybář M, Greenspon CM, Moore DD, Downey JE, Dekleva BM, Hatsopoulos NG (2026)
medRxiv:2026.03.13.26348353

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Extent of damage to descending output from cortex rather than to specific cortical regions drives the emergence of flexor synergy in non-human primates
Baines A, Glover IS, Baker AME, Krakauer JW, Baker SN (2026)
bioRxivorg:2026.03.04.709517

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Nested spatiotemporal theta-gamma waves organize hierarchical processing across the mouse visual cortex
Harris B, Gong P (2026)
Nat Commun 17:2629

8

Overlap in neural representations of coordinated wrist and finger movements in human motor cortex
Emonds AMX, Okorokova EV, Blumenthal GH, Collinger JL, Bensmaia SJ, Miller LE, Downey JE, Sobinov AR (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.19.712976

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Using tools as cues for motor adaptation in virtual reality
King AM, Boulrice JJ, Modchalingam S, Mikula L, ’t Hart BM, Henriques DYP (2026)
J Neurophysiol 135:642–652

10

Interhemispheric transfer of sensory and working memory information is dictated by behavioral strategy
Avidan E, Sherer SD, Gilad A (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.18.712808

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The digital sphinx: Can a worm brain control a fly body?
Brunton BW, Abe ETT, Hu LJ, Tuthill JC (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.20.713233

12

Processes within the subspaces leading to changes in performance and keeping it unchanged
De SD, Latash ML (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.23.713586

13

A right-hemispheric language network at single-neuron resolution
Schiffl LF, Held LM, Waitzmann F, Eder M, Chen H, Alkan G, Favero P, Utzschmid A, Eisenkolb VM, Grosse-Wentrup M, Gjorgjieva J, Wagner A, Gempt J, Meyer B, Jacob SN (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.24.713937

14

Functional hierarchy of the human neocortex across the lifespan
Taylor HP IV, Huynh KM, Thung K-H, Lin G, Lyu W, Lin W, Ahmad S, Yap P-T (2026)
Nature:1–10

15

Computational framework to predict and shape human–machine interactions in closed-loop, co-adaptive neural interfaces
Madduri MM, Yamagami M, Li SJ, Burckhardt S, Burden SA, Orsborn AL (2026)
Nat Mach Intell 8:372–387

Superlab Papers

How does the cerebellum contribute to cognitive functions?
Diedrichsen J, McDougle SD (2026)
PLoS Biol 24:e3003688

Journal Club

Tatiana Engel, (Princeton University), recently joined us to talk about her recent paper:

The dynamics and geometry of choice in the premotor cortex
Genkin M, Shenoy KV, Chandrasekaran C, Engel TA (2025)
Nature 645, 168–176

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/e2rqL0VA5IE

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1

JEDI: Jointly embedded inference of neural dynamics
Jamkhandi A, Korojy A, Codol O, Lajoie G, Perich MG (2026)
arXiv [q-bioNC]

2

A spinal substrate for modular control of natural behavior
Nicola F, Li L, Riesenmy T, Pursley R, Roome RB, Markowitz JE, Levine AJ (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.12.711392

3

Lifelong behavioral screen reveals an architecture of vertebrate aging
Bedbrook CN, Nath RD, Zhang L, Linderman SW, Brunet A, Deisseroth K (2026)
Science 391:eaea9795

4

Competitive interactions shape mammalian brain network dynamics and computation
Luppi AI, Sanz Perl Y, Vohryzek J, Ali H, Mediano PAM, Rosas FE, Milisav F, Suárez LE, Gini S, Gutierrez-Barragan D, Yee Y, Froudist-Walsh S, Gozzi A, Misic B, Deco G, Kringelbach ML (2026)
Nat Neurosci:1–19

5

Evolutionarily conserved neural dynamics across mice, monkeys, and humans
Codol O, Asclipe M, Sobinov AR, Chen Z, Park J, Hatsopoulos NG, Dudman JT, Gallego JA, Lajoie G, Perich MG (2026)
bioRxivorg:2026.03.06.709637

6

Peripheral anatomy and central connectivity of proprioceptive sensory neurons in the Drosophila wing
Lesser E, Moussa AJ, Tuthill JC (2026)
Elife 14

7

Spatial transcriptomics reveals human cortical layer and area specification
Qian X et al. (2025)
Nature:1–11

8

Rapid integration of somatosensory feedback in planning tongue movements
Kim JJ, Dong M, O’Connor DH (2026)
bioRxivorg:2026.03.03.709371

9

Tactile and pain mechanical sensitivity of the human hand
Giner MJ, Mazar M, Aleixandre-Carrera F, Talavera K, Delicado-Miralles M, Miralles-Liborio V, Velasco E (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.02.23.707479

10

Dynamic engagement of the motor cortex in controlling movement
Dragoi T, Loschinskey Z, Hasnain MA, DePasquale B, Economo MN (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.01.13.699314

11

Linking neural manifolds to circuit structure in recurrent networks
Pezon L, Schmutz V, Gerstner W (2026)
Neuron

Superlab Papers

Multi-task fMRI outperforms resting-state fMRI for revealing task-invariant organization of the human brain
Nettekoven C, Shahbazi A, Arafat B, Skenderija M, Xiang JD, Pinho AL, Diedrichsen J (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.09.710558

Speed-dependent modulation of tactile edge orientation discrimination
Sukumar V, Pruszynski JA (2026)
J Neurophysiol 135:725–732

Journal Club

Ryan Canfield, recently graduated PhD student with Dr. Amy Orsborn and Dr. Gregory Horwitz at University of Washington, joined us to talk about his recent paper:

The spatiotemporal structure of neural activity in motor cortex during reaching
Canfield RA, Ouchi T, Fang H, Macagno B, Smith LI, Scholl LR, Orsborn AL (2025)
bioRxiv:2025.10.17.683171

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/F23AW0k4y_M

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1

The human insula encodes somatotopic representation of motor execution with an effector-specific connectome map to primary motor cortex
Kerezoudis P, Jensen MA, Klassen BT, Worrell GA, Gregg NM, Ince NF, Van Gompel JJ, Hermes D, Miller KJ (2026)
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 123:e2517734123

2

The methodological foundations of lesion network mapping remain sound
Siddiqi SH, Horn A, Schaper FL, Khosravani S, Cohen AL, Joutsa J, Rolston JD, Ferguson MA, Snider SB, Winkler AM, Akram H, Smith S, Nichols TE, Friston K, Boes AD, Fox MD (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.02.24.707529

3

PANDORA: Population Archive of Neuroimaging Data Organized for Rapid Analysis
Abivardi A, Webster M, McCarthy P, Alfaro-Almagro F, Radosavljevic L, Miller KL, Jbabdi S, Woolrich MW, Gong W, Beckmann CF, Elliott LT, Nichols TE, Smith SM (2026)
medRxiv:2026.01.05.26343425

4

Proprioceptive Cortical Neurons Implement Optimal State Estimation
Palacio-Manzano M, Scheer I, Prsa M (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.02.23.707432

5

Finding the groove in neural space
Bhatt R, Sheets DE, Jordan PM, Downey JE, Merchant H, Greenspon CM (2026)
medRxiv:2026.02.26.26347169

6

A central somatotopic map of the fly leg supports spatially targeted grooming
Elabbady L, Chou G, Sustar A, Cook A, Collman F, Tuthill JC (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.02.27.708590

7

Closed-loop error damping in human BCI using pre-error motor cortex activity
Gontier C, Hockeimer W, Kunigk NG, Canario E, Endsley LJ, Downey JE, Weiss JM, Dekleva B, Collinger JL (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.02.25.707999

8

Arm control and its recovery after selective lesions of sensorimotor cortex and the red nucleus: A kinematic study in non-human primates
Baines A, Poll A, Baker AME, Krakauer JW, Baker SN (2025)
bioRxiv:2025.08.06.668715

9

On attaining and estimating steady walking speed
Wong JD, Darici O, Kuo A (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.01.708843

10

Genetically encoded assembly recorder temporally resolves cellular history
Yan Y, Lu J, Li Z, Zhao Z, Shay TF, Wang S, Lei Y, Wang Y, Chen W, Parker P, Yang H, Qi A, Sun Y, Bergles DE, Baker D, Lin D (2026)
Nature:1–3

11

Structure, disorder, and dynamics in task-trained recurrent neural circuits
Clark DG, Bordelon B, Zavatone-Veth JA, Pehlevan C (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.02.708943

12

The molecular basis of force selectivity by PIEZO2
Mulhall EM, Yarishkin O, Hill RZ, Koster AK, Patapoutian A (2026)
Nature:1–9

13

Granule cells reorient cortical manifolds to separate contexts but preserve their geometry
Garcia-Garcia MG, Wojcik MJ, Thota S, Drake L, Otchere A, Akinwale O, Ramos L, Costa RP, Wagner MJ (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.03.709240

14

Consistent EMG encoding during reach and grasp by neurons in motor cortex
Ciucci C, Ma X, Rizzoglio F, Gasper E, Sobinov AR, Miller LE (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.02.709159

15

Data Visualization (Second Edition)
Healy K (2026)
https://socviz.co/

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1

Does anodal tDCS over M1 really enhance motor sequence learning? A non-replication of earlier findings in a double-blind, pre-registered large-sample study in humans
Kerstens S, van Boekholdt L, Vanderheyden H, Smedt LD, Seminck N, Van Bogaert T, Albouy G, King BR, Orban de Xivry J-J, Mc Laughlin M (2025)
medRxiv:2025.10.06.25337371

2

Astrocytes enable amygdala neural representations supporting memory
Bukalo O, O’Sullivan R, Tanisumi Y, Mendez A, Weinholtz C, Zimmerman S, Offenberg V, Carpenter O, Bhagwat H, Mosley S, O’Malley JJ, Lyons K, Fang Y, Goldschlager J, Ostroff LE, Penzo MA, Wake H, Halladay LR, Holmes A (2026)
Nature:1–8

3

Global remapping of the sensory homunculus emerges early in childhood development
Tucciarelli R, Bird L, Straka Z, Szymanska M, Kollamkulam M, Sonar HA, Paik J, Clode D, Hoffmann M, Cowie D, Makin TR (2026)
Nat Commun 17:1591

4

Human hippocampal neurogenesis in adulthood, ageing and Alzheimer’s disease
Disouky A, Sanborn MA, Sabitha KR, Mostafa MM, Ayala IA, Bennett DA, Lu Y, Zhou Y, Keene CD, Weintraub S, Gefen T, Mesulam M-M, Geula C, Maienschein-Cline M, Rehman J, Lazarov O (2026)
Nature:1–10

5

Expert motor synergies emerge predominantly offline during early skill learning
Kistler W, Fakhreddine R, Rodriguez GR, Hayward M, Buch ER, Bestmann S, Cohen L (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.02.24.707000

6

Layer 5 Martinotti and pyramidal neurons encode spatial information in the primary motor cortex
Ciralli B, Malfatti T, Kullander K (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.02.25.707928

7

Vectorized instructive signals in cortical dendrites
Francioni V, Tang VD, Toloza EHS, Ding Z, Brown NJ, Harnett MT (2026)
Nature:1–10

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1

Myelin sheaths in the central nervous system can withstand damage and dynamically remodel
Arafa D et al. (2026)
Science 391:eadr4661

2

TRIBE: TRImodal Brain Encoder for whole-brain fMRI response prediction
d’Ascoli S, Rapin J, Benchetrit Y, Banville H, King J-R (2025)
arXiv [csLG]

3

Hierarchy in neuronal representations of multiple tasks in prefrontal cortex
Sheng Q, Luo S, Li D, Jia J, Fan Z, He Z, Wang F, Chen Y, Yuan S, Cheng Z, Li CT, Xie Y (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.02.10.705211

4

Feedback control of random networks as a model of flexible motor cortical dynamics across tasks
Kalidindi HT, Crevecoeur F (2026)
Cell Reports 45:116991

5

Neural population geometry and optimal coding of tasks with shared latent structure
Wakhloo AJ, Slatton W, Chung S (2026)
Nat Neurosci:1–11

6

The evolution of gene regulation in mammalian cerebellum development
Sarropoulos I et al. (2026)
Science 391:eadw9154

7

The equilibrium point hypothesis revisited: why threshold control does not explain human movement
Mangalam M, Stergiou N (2026)
Exp Brain Res 244:44

8

Feature-tuned synaptic inputs to somatostatin interneurons drive context-dependent processing
Hendricks WD, Sadahiro M, Mossing D, Veit J, Adesnik H (2026)
Neuron

9

Shared somatosensory–motor neural population dynamics track motor recovery after stroke
Heimbuch IS, Khanna P, Novik L, Morecraft RJ, Ganguly K (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.02.10.705199

10

Neuropixels reveal laminar microcircuit organization in monkey V1 in vivo
Carr N, Zhu S, Chen X, Lee EK, Perliss A, Moore T, Chandrasekaran C (2026)
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 123:e2521556123

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1

In praise of artifice
Rust NC, Movshon JA
Nat Neurosci 8:1647–1650

2

Sensory adaptation supports flexible evidence accumulation during perceptual decision making
McGaughey KD, Gold JI
bioRxiv:2026.02.03.703553

3

The layer 6b theory of attention
Zolnik TA, Eickholt BJ, Molnár Z, Larkum ME
Neuron

4

A system for live sorting of neuronal spiking activity from large-scale recordings
Muralidharan S, Leng C, Orts L, Trepka E, Zhu S, Panichello M, Jonikaitis D, Pennington J, Pachitariu M, Moore T
bioRxiv:2025.12.29.696938

5

Eye tracking insights into movement preparation and execution under nonstandard visual movement feedback
Quirmbach F, Helmert JR, Pannasch S, Dix A, Limanowski J
bioRxiv:2026.02.04.703867

6

Action Progress Organizes Motor Memory
Makino Y, Suemitsu K, Hirashima M
bioRxiv:2026.02.09.704807

7

Cortical traveling waves in time and space: Physics, physiology, and psychology
Cruddas J, Pang JC, Fornito A
Neuron

8

Moving intentions from brains to machines
Beste C, Slagter HA, Herff C, Kamitani Y, Coninx S, van Wezel R, Frings C
Trends Cogn Sci

9

Evidence for representation of pretend objects by Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo
Bastos APM, Krupenye C
Science 391:583–586

10

Primate dexterous hand movements are controlled by functionally distinct premotoneuronal systems
Takei T, Oya T, Seki K
Sci Adv 12

11

Months-long stability of the head-direction system
Skromne Carrasco S, Viejo G, Peyrache A
Nature

12

Mapping the causal roles of non-primary motor areas in human reach planning and execution
Haddadshargh G, de Freitas RM, Mak J, Boos A, Fang X, Collinger JL, McKernan G, Zhan L, Liu F, Wittenberg GF
Hum Brain Mapp 47:e70465

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1

Sparse input representations explain odor discrimination in complex, concentration-varying mixtures
McCalmon H, Cai G, Tsibouris C, Pashakhanloo F, Chung S, Kapoor V, Murthy VN
bioRxiv:2026.01.27.702074

2

Neural modes in motor cortex cycle over fast timescales
Clarke SE, Jun EJ, Nuyujukian P
bioRxiv:2026.01.26.701671

3

How AI Impacts Skill Formation
Shen JH, Tamkin A
arXiv [csCY]

4

Audiomotor prediction errors drive speech adaptation even in the absence of overt movement
Parrell B, Naber C, Kim OA, Nizolek CA, McDougle SD
bioRxiv:2024.08.13.607718

5

RPNT: Robust pre-trained neural transformer – A pathway for generalized motor decoding
Fang H, Canfield RA, Ouchi T, Macagno B, Shlizerman E, Orsborn AL
arXiv [csLG]

6

Dynamics of working memory drift and information flow across the cortical hierarchy
Li H-H, Ma WJ, Curtis CE
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 123:e2518110123

7

Deepmriprep: Voxel-based morphometry preprocessing via deep neural networks
Fisch L et al.
Nat Comput Sci:1–10

8

Mixed-selective organization of reach and grasp in the primate fronto-parietal network
Fathian A, Lehmann SJ, Michaels JA, Scherberger H
Prog Neurobiol 258:102889

9

Representational drift reflects ongoing balancing of stochastic changes by Hebbian learning
Eppler J-B, Lai T, Aschauer DF, Rumpel S, Kaschube M
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 123:e2503046123

10

Neural subspace reorganization reflects value-based decision making
Li H, Chrysanthidis N, Brincat SL, Rose J, Miller EK
bioRxiv:2026.02.02.703171

11

The curse of dimensionality in motor cortex
Silvernagel MP, Tor A, Jun EJ, Clarke SE, Sutherland R, Marshall K, Wu Y, Abdulla MU, Even-Chen N, Nuyujukian P, Brain Interfacing Laboratory
bioRxiv:2026.01.26.701668

12

Closed-loop imitation learning reveals muscle-centric and latent-goal codes in primate sensorimotor cortex
Marin Vargas A, Chiappa AS, Perez Rotondo A, Mathis MW, Mathis A
bioRxiv:2026.02.01.703133

13

The unexpected sight: improvement of visual function following intracortical microstimulation of the human occipital cortex
Alfaro A, Soo L, Waclawczyk D, Morollón R, Grani F, Fernandez E
Brain Commun 8:fcaf504

14

Representation of action sequence boundaries by macaque prefrontal cortical neurons
Fujii N, Graybiel AM
Science 301:1246–1249

15

Brain-computer interface control with artificial intelligence copilots
Lee JY, Lee S, Mishra A, Yan X, McMahan B, Gaisford B, Kobashigawa C, Qu M, Xie C, Kao JC
Nat Mach Intell 7:1510–1523

16

Parkinson’s disease as a somato-cognitive action network disorder
Ren J et al.
Nature:1–9

17

Distinct neural dynamics in prefrontal and premotor cortex during flexible perceptual decisions
Wang T, Lee EK, Carr N, Li Y, Chandrasekaran C
bioRxiv:2026.02.02.702013

18

Neural population activity for memory: Properties, computations, and codes
Dupret D, Fusi S, Panzeri S
Neuron 114:390–407

19

Integrated approaches for investigating the neural bases of movement - highlights from the 34th annual meeting of the society for the neural control of movement
Dowdall L, Geminiani A, Kosugi A, Lemke SM, Liu S, Nashef A, Perks KM, Chowdhury RR, Thanawalla AR, Wang T, Wei R-H, Wood JM
J Neurophysiol

Superlab Papers

Reward-driven emergence of auditory pattern encoding in the primate motor system
Neupane S, Kashefi M, Kersten R, Pruszynski JA, Grahn JA, Michaels JA
bioRxiv:2026.01.29.702435

Neural representations of speech production in neocortical and cerebellar regions
Jossinger S, Arafat B, Diedrichsen J
bioRxiv:2026.01.30.702863

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1

Infinite hidden Markov models can dissect the complexities of learning
Bruijns SA, International Brain Laboratory, Bougrova K, Laranjeira IC, Lau PYP, Meijer GT, Miska NJ, Noel J-P, Pan-Vazquez A, Roth N, Socha KZ, Urai AE, Dayan P
Nat Neurosci 29:186–194

2

Oxygen-free metabolism in the bird inner retina supported by the pecten
Damsgaard C et al.
Nature:1–7

3

Precision in motion: Reactive and anticipatory control of mouse tongue movement for interception
ELTabbal M, Galetzka C, Kuhn B
bioRxiv:2026.01.25.701632

4

Spontaneous behavior is a succession of self-directed tasks
Weinreb C, Kannan LT, Newman-Boulle A, Sainburg T, Gillis WF, Plotnikoff A, Makowska S, Pearl JE, Osman MAM, Linderman SW, Datta SR
Neuron

Superlab Papers

A context-free model of savings in motor learning
Shahbazi M, Codol O, Michaels JA, Gribble PL
bioRxiv:2025.03.26.645562

Journal Club

Jessie Liu, Postdoc in the Chang Lab at UCSF, joined us to talk about her recent paper on speech sequencing:

Liu JR, Zhao L, Hullett PW, Chang EF (2025)
Speech sequencing in the human precentral gyrus
Nat Hum Behav 9:2327–2344

YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOcr_PauaVU

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1

Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow
Osuna-Mascaró AJ, Auersperg AMI
Curr Biol 36:R44–R45

2

Motor learning and adaptation in bird flight
Bodin C, Wong JCM, Windsor S, Woolley SC
bioRxiv:2026.01.20.700397

3

The geometry of context-dependent biased decisions during learning
Nogueira R, Esteki S, Fusi S, Kiani R
bioRxiv:2026.01.14.699497

4

Subject fingerprinting and task classification rely on distinct functional connectivity features
Aggarwal H, Ponce AF, Shankar S, Mzayek Y, Pérez-Millan A, Pinho AL, Thual A, Thirion B
Brain Struct Funct 231:12

5

Age-related shift towards feedforward motor control under uncertainty
Kreter N, Sager C, Barany D, Dundon N, Marneweck M
Research Square

6

The cerebellar components of the human language network
Casto C, Poliak M, Tuckute G, Small H, Sherlock P, Wolna A, Lipkin B, D’Mello AM, Fedorenko E
Neuron

Superlab Papers

Sensory expectations and prediction error during feedback control in the human brain
Emanuele M, Gribble P, Pruszynski JA, Michaels JA, Diedrichsen J
bioRxiv:2026.01.19.700321

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1

Preserved cerebellar functions despite structural degeneration in older adults
de Witte A, Matthijs A, Parrell B, Mantini D, Gooijers J, Orban de Xivry J-J
eLife

2

High performance sorting of motor unit action potentials with EMUsort
O’Connell S, Michaels JA, Wang R, Mamidipaka S, Venkatesh M, Aresh N, Pachitariu M, Pruszynski JA, Sober SJ, Pandarinath C
bioRxiv:2026.01.06.697952

3

Repeatable, low-drift recordings in behaving non-human primates using flexible microelectrodes
Woods DP, Adams GM, Mozumder R, Dang W, Chen AY, Constantinidis C, Gonzales DL
bioRxiv:2026.01.09.698500

4

Facial gestures are enacted through a cortical hierarchy of dynamic and stable codes
Ianni GR, Vázquez Y, Rouse AG, Schieber MH, Prut Y, Freiwald WA
Science 391:eaea0890

5

Evidence accumulation from experience and observation in the cingulate cortex
Chen R, Radkani S, Valluru N, Yoo SBM, Jazayeri M
Nature:1–9

6

Dynamic engagement of the motor cortex in controlling movement
Dragoi T, Loschinskey Z, Hasnain MA, DePasquale B, Economo MN
bioRxiv:2026.01.13.699314

7

Enabling skilled human-computer interaction after paralysis via a wearable sEMG interface
Despradel Rumaldo DL et al.
bioRxiv:2026.01.09.698484

8

The Story behind the Science: Preprints of pandemic potential-how bioRxiv and medRxiv brought preprints to the life sciences
Sever R
MBio:e0298925

9

The SAFE Labs Handbook as a tool for improving lab culture
Donà E, Gahan JM, Lau P, Jeschke J, Ott T, Reinhard K, Sinigaglia C, Treur JL, Vogl T, Bugeon S, Mariotti L, Rossi LF, Coen P
Elife 14

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1

Mental representation without neural representation: Understanding the evidence
Krakauer JW, Ramsey W
PsyArXiv

2

Janet Shibley Hyde Sinks Stereotypes With Data
Armstrong K
APS Observer 32

3

EEG is better left alone
Delorme A
Sci Rep 13:2372

4

Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization
Hayden BY, Heilbronner SR, Yoo SBM
Nat Neurosci:1–12

5

Context-dependent low-dimensional neural dynamics unfold in distinct subspaces, dimensionality, and dynamical strength for natural walking and reaching
Ling AS, Silvernagel MP, Clarke SE, Jun EJ, Abdulla MU, Nuyujukian P, Brain Interfacing Laboratory
bioRxivorg:2025.12.19.695640

6

Intuitive, multidimensional motor unit control after paralysing spinal cord injury using non-invasive recordings
Yang X, Rawji V, Gibbs C, Jia T, Vila LG, Grison A, Nair A, Farina D, Gallego JA
medRxiv:2025.12.09.25341760

7

A system for live sorting of neuronal spiking activity from large-scale recordings
Muralidharan S, Leng C, Orts L, Trepka E, Zhu S, Panichello M, Jonikaitis D, Pennington J, Pachitariu M, Moore T
bioRxiv:2025.12.29.696938

8

Surrogate deep neural networks reveal hierarchical handwriting encoding in the human motor cortex
Chen J, Xu T, Xiong X, Yang X, Wang Y, Qi Y
Cell Rep 45:116837

9

Humans plan for the near future to walk economically on uneven terrain
Darici O, Kuo AD
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 120:e2211405120

10

How heterogeneity shapes dynamics and computation in the brain
Dahmen D, Hutt A, Indiveri G, Kennedy A, Lefebvre J, Mazzucato L, Motter AE, Narayanan R, Payvand M, Planert H, Gast R
Neuron

11

Breath as an internal context: Respiratory phase alignment between encoding and retrieval optimizes memory performance
Nakamura NH, Yoshino K, Fukunaga M
bioRxiv:2025.12.25.696473

12

Multi-timescale neural adaptation underlying long-term musculoskeletal reorganization
Philipp R, Hara Y, Uchida N, Ota N, Oya T, Funato T, Seki K
bioRxiv:2024.10.18.618983

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1

Universal scale-free representations in human visual cortex
Gauthaman RM, Ménard B, Bonner MF
PLoS Comput Biol 21:e1013714

2

Convergent information flows explain recurring firing patterns in cerebral cortex
Guarino D, Filipchuk A, Destexhe A
Nat Neurosci:1–9

3

Distributed neural dynamics underlie the shift from movement preparation to execution
Yin Z, Liu JK, Kornysheva K
bioRxiv:2025.12.09.693175

4

Cerebellar outputs for rapid directional refinement of forelimb movement
Thanawalla AR, Wilcox O, Rhee E, Jiang J, Huang KW, Yusufi R, Saklaway D, Nagamori A, Conner JM, Chen AI, Azim E
bioRxiv:2025.10.01.679895

5

Selective engagement of the primate orbitofrontal cortex during value-based but not perceptual decisions
Moll MG, Read RK, Wallis JD, Elston TW
bioRxiv:2025.11.17.688922

6

Simulated complex cells contribute to object recognition through representational untangling
Slapik MB, Shouval HZ
Neural Comput:1–20

7

Tactile-evoked EEG dataset for natural perception using an integrated stimulation-recording framework
Mao L, Liu P, Li J, Wang X, Su H, Zhang X, Sun J, Li T
Sci Data:1–9

8

Cell-type-specific manifold analysis discloses independent geometric transformations in the hippocampal spatial code
Esparza J, Quintanilla JP, Cid E, Medeiros AC, Gallego JA, de la Prida LM
Neuron 113:1098-1109.e6

9

The hierarchical organization of human praxis: A lesion-connectome mapping study of limb and oral apraxias
Nishio Y, Itabashi R, Kataoka Y, Yazawa Y, Mori E
bioRxiv:2025.12.13.694084

10

BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex
Epp SM, Castrillón G, Yuan B, Andrews-Hanna J, Preibisch C, Riedl V
Nat Neurosci:1–12

11

Reduced rank regression for neural communication: a tutorial for neuroscientists
Wu B, Pillow J
arXiv [q-bioNC]

12

From skin to cortex: End-to-end spiking neural network simulation of tactile information flow
Rault N, Tompos T, Marx EF, Zeldenrust F, Degertekin L, Celikel T
bioRxiv:2025.12.03.692094

13

Crossmodal attention develops in the first year of life: Cortical signatures of tactile to visual exogenous spatial cuing at 8 but not 5 months of age
Orioli G, Thomas RL, Begum Ali J, Mason L, van Velzen JL, Bremner AJ
bioRxiv:2025.12.03.691887

14

Toward a science of prospective learning
Kording KP, Vogelstein JT, Chaudhari P, Verstynen T
Neuron 113:4103–4106

15

Cerebellar-cortical beta oscillations emerge as a predictive signal facilitating the stability of behavioral performance
Bracco M, Vasudevan V, Rohira V, Welniarz Q, Razafinimanana M, Richard A, Gitton C, Meunier S, Valero-Cabré A, Schwartz D, Popa T, Gallea C
Curr Biol

16

Inferring system and optimal control parameters of closed-loop systems from partial observations
Geadah V, Arbelaiz J, Ritz H, Daw ND, Cohen JD, Pillow JW
arXiv [mathOC]

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1

An informational account of anticipatory coarticulation – theoretical considerations and empirical plausibility
Kasper J, Kell CA, Perrier P
J Neurolinguistics 78:101298

2

Tiny recurrent neural networks for discovering cognitive strategies
Ji-An L
Nat Rev Neurosci

3

Efficient and reproducible pipelines for spike sorting large-scale electrophysiology data
Buccino AP, Sridhar A, Feng D, Svoboda K, Siegle JH
bioRxiv:2025.11.12.687966

4

A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain
Nordmann GC, Balay SD, Kapuruge TN, Numi M, Leeb C, Nimpf S, Malkemper EP, Landler L, Keays DA
Science:eaea6425

5

Differential controls of forelimb versus whole‑body movements by striatum
Cao J, Zhao Y, Yu J
bioRxiv:2025.11.10.687756

6

Coordination of spike timing among the neurons of the cerebellum
Fakharian MA, Taeckens EA, Vasserman AN, Shoup AM, Shadmehr R
bioRxiv:2025.12.03.692114

7

From skin to cortex: End-to-end spiking neural network simulation of tactile information flow
Rault N, Tompos T, Marx EF, Zeldenrust F, Degertekin L, Celikel T
bioRxiv:2025.12.03.692094

8

Striatal ensembles specify and control granular forelimb actions
Rodrigues-Vaz I, Athalye VR, Peterka DS, Costa RM
bioRxiv:2025.12.03.692128

9

Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence
Mathis MW, Mathis A
Nat Rev Neurosci

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1

Monkeys have rhythm
Rajendran VG, Prado L, Marquez JP, Merchant H
Science 390:940–944

2

A non-monotonic code for event probability in the human brain
Foucault C, Bounmy T, Demortain S, Thirion B, Eger E, Meyniel F
Nat Commun 16:10695

3

Coordinated multilaminar dynamics underlie multiplexed computation in motor cortex
López-Galdo L, Nougaret S, Battaglia D, Kilavik BE
bioRxiv:2025.11.26.690660

4

Inferential planning in the frontal cortex
Donnarumma F, Parr T, Friston K, Whittington J, Pezzulo G
bioRxiv:2025.11.26.690672

5

Policy-gradient reinforcement learning as a general theory of practice-based motor skill learning
Haith AM
bioRxiv:2025.10.17.682587

6

A transient neural code for feedback-driven motor corrections during teaching
Kudryashova N, Hurwitz C, Perich MG, Hennig MH
bioRxiv:2025.03.21.644350

7

Topological turning points across the human lifespan
Mousley A, Bethlehem RAI, Yeh F-C, Astle DE
Nat Commun 16:10055

8

Brain-wide analysis reveals movement encoding structured across and within brain areas
Wang ZA, Kurgyis B, Chen S, Kang B, Chen F, Liu Y, Liu D, Svoboda K, Li N, Druckmann S
Nat Neurosci:1–12

9

An adaptive and flexible role for primary sensory cortex
Waiblinger C, Reedy AR, Stanley GB
Nat Neurosci:1–11

10

A scalable, causal, and energy efficient framework for neural decoding with spiking neural networks
Mentzelopoulos G, Asmanis I, Kording KP, Dyer EL, Daniilidis K, Vitale F
arXiv [csLG]

11

Generative inference unifies feedback processing for learning and perception in natural and artificial vision
Toosi T, Miller KD
bioRxiv:2025.10.21.683535

12

Concurrent saliency and intentional maps in posterior parietal cortex
Zheng R, Gu Y, Cui H
bioRxiv:2025.11.27.689962

13

Know thyself by knowing others: Learning neuron identity from population context
Arora V, Lachi D, Knight IJ, Azabou M, Richards B, Hurwitz CL, Siegle J, Dyer EL
arXiv [csLG]

14

Dynamical principles in neuroscience
Rabinovich MI, Varona P, Selverston AI, Abarbanel HDI
Rev Mod Phys 78:1213–1265

15

Multidimensional motoneuron control using intramuscular microelectrode arrays in tetraplegic spinal cord injury
Grison A, Gibbs C, Rawji V, Vila LG, Szczech I, Varghese R, Bryan P, Kundu A, Yang X, Gallego JA, Farina D
medRxiv:2025.07.17.25331429

Journal Club

• Harrison Ritz (Princeton University) Postdoc working with Jonathan Cohen and Nathanial Daw joined us to talk about his paper:

  Humans actively reconfigure neural task states
  Ritz H, Jha A, Pillow J, Daw ND, Cohen JD (2024)
  bioRxiv:2024.09.29.615736

  YouTube video: https://youtu.be/MdOkOjSa7JA

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1

Infinite horizon control captures modulation of movement duration in reaching movements
De Comite A, Kalidindi HT, Pruszynski JA, Crevecoeur F
bioRxiv:2025.10.22.683958

2

Time, space, memory and brain-body rhythms
Buzsáki G
Nat Rev Neurosci:1–18

3

JAXLEY: differentiable simulation enables large-scale training of detailed biophysical models of neural dynamics
Deistler M, Kadhim KL, Pals M, Beck J, Huang Z, Gloeckler M, Lappalainen JK, Schröder C, Berens P, Gonçalves PJ, Macke JH
Nat Methods:1–9

4

Cardiac, respiratory, and gastric rhythms independently modulate motor corticospinal excitability in humans
Engelen T, Schuhmann T, Sack AT, Tallon-Baudry C
PLoS Biol 23:e3003478

5

Characterizing neuronal population geometry with AI equation discovery
Tilbury R, Kwon D, Haydaroglu A, Ratliff J, Schmutz V, Carandini M, Miller KJ, Stachenfeld K, Harris KD
bioRxiv:2025.11.12.688086

6

Motor cortical output integrates distorted proprioceptive feedback
Li Y, Xu XH, Pan S, An X, Mulcahey PJ, Qiu Z, Zhao S, Li N, Pearson J, Huang ZJ
bioRxivorg:2025.11.11.687832

7

A habit and working memory model as an alternative account of human reward-based learning
Collins AGE
Nat Hum Behav:1–13

8

High-dose high-intensity arm neurorehabilitation in chronic stroke improves general motor control
Dawson AC, Galea JM, Sporn S, Krakauer JW, Bestmann S, Ward NS
medRxiv:2025.11.18.25340491

9

Neural dynamics outside task-coding dimensions drive decision trajectories through transient amplification
Pereira-Obilinovic U, Daie K, Chen S, Svoboda K, Darshan R
bioRxiv:2025.11.20.689599

10

Sensorimotor integration during grasping is mediated by distinct M1 circuits
Botta K, Dolfini E, Casarotto A, Koch G, D’Ausilio A, Fadiga L
J Neurophysiol 134:1320–1328

11

Vicarious body maps bridge vision and touch in the human brain
Hedger N, Naselaris T, Kay K, Knapen T
Nature:1–9

12

Connectivity underlying motor cortex activity during goal-directed behaviour
Finkelstein A, Daie K, Rózsa M, Darshan R, Svoboda K
Nature:1–7

13

Characterizing control between interacting subsystems with deep Jacobian estimation
Eisen AJ, Ostrow M, Chandra S, Kozachkov L, Miller EK, Fiete IR
NIPS 39

14

Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces
Tafazoli S, Bouchacourt FM, Ardalan A, Markov NT, Uchimura M, Mattar MG, Daw ND, Buschman TJ
Nature:1–9

15

In search for the invisible: motor inhibition in monkey premotor cortex and its RNN replicas
Alboré N, Galluzzi A, Pani P, Ferraina S, Mattia M
bioRxiv:2025.11.24.690225

Superlab Papers

Sequence preparation is not always associated with a reaction time cost
Panjehpour A, Kashefi M, Diedrichsen J, Pruszynski JA
bioRxiv:2025.11.11.687917

Journal Club

• Juliana Trach (Yale University) PhD student in Sam McDougle’s lab joined us to talk about her paper:

  Trach JE, McDougle SD
  Mental graphs structure the storage and retrieval of visuomotor associations
  Nat Hum Behav:1–15

  YouTube video: https://youtu.be/6LlDYxDV8wo

• Lucas Tian (Rockefeller University) Postdoc in Winrich Freiwald’s lab joined us to talk about his paper:

  Neural representation of action symbols in primate frontal cortex
  Tian LY, Garzón KU, Hanuska DJ, Rouse AG, Eldridge MAG, Schieber MH, Wang X-J, Tenenbaum JB, Freiwald WA
  bioRxivorg:2025.03.03.641276

  YouTube video: https://youtu.be/hCuUE7XEg8o

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1

A reference atlas of the human dorsal root ganglion
Bhuiyan SA et al.
bioRxiv:2025.11.05.686654

2

Transcranial direct current stimulation of the supplementary motor area modulates behavioral and peripheral electrophysiological measures of motor preparation
Kumar A, Murthy A
bioRxiv:2025.10.31.685710

3

Selective direct influence of motor cortex on limb muscle activity during naturalistic climbing in mice
Koh N, Ma Z, Sarup A, Kristl AC, Agrios M, Young M, Miri A
Nat Neurosci:1–13

4

Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping
Komi S, Kaur J, Winther A, Adamsson Bonfils MC, Houser GA, Sørensen RJF, Li G, Sobriel K, Berg RW
bioRxiv:2025.11.08.687367

5

Brain dissection photogrammetry: a tool for studying human white matter connections integrating ex vivo and in vivo multimodal datasets
Vavassori L, Rheault F, Nocerino E, Annicchiarico L, Corsini F, Zigiotto L, De Benedictis A, Barbareschi M, Rozzanigo U, Avesani P, Sarubbo S, Petit L
Nat Commun 16:9801

6

Activity in primate visual cortex is minimally driven by spontaneous movements
Talluri BC, Kang I, Lazere A, Quinn KR, Kaliss N, Yates JL, Butts DA, Nienborg H
Nat Neurosci 26:1953–1959

7

Fundamental performance bounds on reservoir computing
Qian D, Fiete I
Phys Rev E 112:054214

8

The drain of scientific publishing
Beigel F, Brockington D, Crosetto P, Derrick G, Fyfe A, Barreiro PG, Hanson MA, Haustein S, Larivière V, Noe C, Pinfield S, Wilsdon J
arXiv [csDL]

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1

A neuroimaging database combining movie-watching, eye-tracking, sensorimotor mapping, and cognitive tasks
Levchenko E, Chow-Wing-Bom H, Dick F, Tierney A, Skipper JI
bioRxiv:2025.09.25.678556

2

Contextual effects during sensorimotor adaptation are an emergent property of population coding in a cerebellar-inspired model
Wang T, Ivry RB
Sci Adv 11:eadr4540

3

Specialized structure of neural population codes in parietal cortex outputs
Safaai H, Wang AY, Kira S, Blanco Malerba S, Panzeri S, Harvey CD
Nat Neurosci:1–11

4

Motor learning after stroke: what we’ve learned and what lies ahead
Koch ET, Dukelow SP, Cluff T
Brain:awaf388

5

Agile and cooperative aerial manipulation of a cable-suspended load
Sun S, Wang X, Sanalitro D, Franchi A, Tognon M, Alonso-Mora J
Sci Robot 10:eadu8015

6

Single-cell, multi-region profiling of the macaque brain across the lifespan
Yang W et al.
bioRxiv:2025.10.31.685880

7

Striatal pathways for action counting and steering
Fallon IP, Roshchina M, Hong F, Fernandez S, Ruan S, Yin HH
bioRxiv:2025.11.02.686102

8

A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation
Casamitjana A et al.
Nature:1–8

9

Dissociable roles of primary motor and supplementary motor cortex in shaping the neural drive to muscle
Escalante YR, Lei Y
bioRxiv:2025.10.28.685170

10

The missing half of the neurodynamical systems theory
Wang X-J
The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives

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1

Infinite horizon control captures modulation of movement duration in reaching movements
De Comite A, Kalidindi HT, Pruszynski JA, Crevecoeur F
bioRxiv:2025.10.22.683958

2

Single-unit activations confer inductive biases for emergent circuit solutions to cognitive tasks
Tolmachev P, Engel TA
Nat Mach Intell 7:1742–1754

3

Are online corrections really a distinct class of movement?
Mekhaiel DY, Goodale MA, Corneil BD
bioRxiv:2025.03.14.643316

4

Purkinje cell spatial correlation dynamics are key to cerebellar cortical contributions to behavior
Streng ML, Carter RE, Kottke BW, Togneri K, Wasserman E, Rajendran V, Kodandaramaiah SB, Krook-Magnuson E, Ebner TJ
J Neurosci 45

5

Relative-location tuning in five frontal areas in a rhesus monkey
Lebedev MA, Wise SP
bioRxiv:2025.10.25.684521

6

Very briefly hiding the hand impedes goal-directed arm movements
Brenner E, Smeets JBJ
Perception:3010066251389521

7

Longitudinal measures of monkey brain structure and activity through adolescence predict cognitive maturation
Zhu J, Garin CM, Qi X-L, Machado A, Wang Z, Ben Hamed S, Stanford TR, Salinas E, Whitlow CT, Anderson AW, Zhou XM, Calabro FJ, Luna B, Constantinidis C
Nat Neurosci:1–12

8

Spinal cord stimulation improves motor function and spasticity in chronic post-stroke upper limb hemiparesis
de Freitas RM et al.
medRxiv:2025.08.01.25332445

9

Stopping muscle contractions and relaxations during action inhibition involves global and targeted control dependent on muscle state
De Havas J, Ibañez J, Gomi H, Bestmann S
J Neurosci 45:e1170252025

10

Evolutionary expansion of the corticospinal system is linked to dexterity in Peromyscus mice
Tyssowski KM, Cohen JD, Guo J-Z, Richardson PR, Cortina KE, Smith IH, Eijogu DC, Hantman AW, Hoekstra HE
bioRxiv:2025.10.16.682851

11

Unintended bias in the pursuit of collinearity solutions in fMRI analysis
Mumford JA, Demidenko MI, Bjork JM, Chaarani B, Feczko EJ, Garavan HP, Hagler DJ Jr, Nelson SM, Wager TD, Poldrack RA
Imaging Neurosci (Camb) 3:IMAG.a.958

12

Ultrasound-driven programmable artificial muscles
Shi Z, Zhang Z, Schnermann J, Neuhauss SCF, Nama N, Wittkowski R, Ahmed D
Nature 646:1096–1104

13

Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats
Isparta S, Ocklenburg S, Siniscalchi M, Goursot C, Ryan CL, Doucette TA, Reinhardt PR, Gosse R, Çıldır ÖŞ, Serenella d’Ingeo, Freund N, Güntürkün O, Demirbas YS
Curr Biol 35:R597–R598

Superlab Papers

Sensory expectations shape neural population dynamics in motor circuits
Michaels JA, Kashefi M, Zheng J, Codol O, Weiler J, Kersten R, Lau JC,
Gribble PL, Diedrichsen J, Pruszynski JA
Nature (2025): 1-10

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1

Voluntary activation of maximal single and all finger power grip contractions
Chauhan D, Aruneethan T, Tran T, Zarnett-Klein J, Shah E, Behnia S, Paris MT
J Appl Physiol 138:45–54

2

Head-direction cells as a neural compass in bats navigating outdoors on a remote oceanic island
Palgi S, Ray S, Maimon SR, Waserman Y, Ben-Ari L, Eliav T, Tuval A, Cohen C, Keyyu JD, Ali AI, Mouritsen H, Las L, Ulanovsky N
Science 390:eadw6202

3

Mental representation without neural representation: Understanding the evidence
Krakauer JW, Ramsey W
PsyArXiv

4

Hierarchical dynamic coding coordinates speech comprehension in the human brain
Gwilliams L, Marantz A, Poeppel D, King J-R
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 122:e2422097122

5

Coarse-graining reveals collective predictive information in a sensory population
Kline AG, Koch-Janusz M, Walczak AM, Mora T, Palmer SE
bioRxiv:2025.10.18.683195

6

Flexible tapping synchronization in macaques: dynamic switching of timing strategies within rhythmic sequences
Castillo-Almazán A, Pérez O, Prado L, Jacoby N, Merchant H
J Neurophysiol 134:580–590

7

The spatiotemporal structure of neural activity in motor cortex during reaching
Canfield RA, Ouchi T, Fang H, Macagno B, Smith LI, Scholl LR, Orsborn AL
bioRxiv:2025.10.17.683171

8

Subretinal photovoltaic implant to restore vision in geographic atrophy due to AMD
Holz FG et al.
N Engl J Med

9

Foot placement control underlies stable locomotion across species
De Comite A, Seethapathi N
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 122:e2413958122

10

Mapping neural subspace dynamics onto the structure of the mouse descending motor system
Hasnain MA, Han Y, Economo MN
bioRxiv:2025.10.17.682917

11

A mechanistic theory of planning in prefrontal cortex
Jensen KT, Doohan P, Sablé-Meyer M, Reinert S, Baram A, Akam T, Behrens TEJ
bioRxiv:2025.09.23.677709

12

Time-dependent facilitation of homologous actions
Hamel R, Savoie F-A, Punt D, Jenkinson N, Hinder MR
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