Reading List 322

readinglist
Published

February 13, 2026

Trainees and PIs from the Sensorimotor Superlab at Western University contribute to this reading list. Here are the articles that have interested us this week.

Enjoy!

—the superlab

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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Disclaimer

Articles appear on this list because they caught our eye, but their appearance here is not necessarily an endorsement of the work. We hope that you find something on this list you might not otherwise have come across—but, as always, please read with a critical eye.