Reading List 325

readinglist
Published

March 6, 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

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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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.