Reading List 327

readinglist
Published

March 27, 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

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

6

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

7

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

9

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

11

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

Archive

You can look at an archive of our previous posts here: https://superlab.ca

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.