Reading List 330

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Published

April 24, 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

Recurrent cortical networks encode natural sensory statistics via sequence filtering
Deveau CE, Zhou Z, LaFosse PK, Deng Y, Mirbagheri S, Steinmetz N, Histed MH (2026)
Neuron 114:1489-1503.e4

2

Overcoming the ceiling effects of experts’ motor expertise through active haptic training
Hirano M, Sakurada M, Furuya S (2020)
Sci Adv 6

3

Enhanced somatosensory inhibition sharpens hand representation and sensorimotor skills in pianists
Hirano M, Kimoto Y, Shiotani S, Furuya S (2025)
J Neurosci

4

A central somatotopic map of the fly leg supports spatially targeted grooming
Elabbady L, Chou GM, Sustar A, Cook A, Collman F, Tuthill JC (2026)
Curr Biol

5

Language models transmit behavioural traits through hidden signals in data
Cloud A, Le M, Chua J, Betley J, Sztyber-Betley A, Mindermann S, Hilton J, Marks S, Evans O (2026)
Nature 652:615–621

6

Proprioceptive judgements made with the hand and the jaw: two distinct but functionally related body parts
Robertson LS, Butler AA, Fisher G, Gandevia SC, Héroux ME (2026)
Sci Rep:1–16

7

Neuronal competition shapes the encoding, consolidation, and retrieval of precise spatial memories in mice
Wang Y, Wu B, Jacob AD, Ramsaran AI, Fallahi A, Jung JH, Fang X, Duncan KD, Schlichting ML, Frankland PW, Josselyn SA (2026)
Curr Biol

8

Somatosensory input drives membrane potential dynamics in motor cortex during voluntary limb movement
Voigt BC, Rau F, Estebanez L, Poulet JFA (2026)
PLoS Biol 24:e3003749

9

Rhesus macaque versus rat divergence in the corticospinal projectome
Sinopoulou E et al., (2022)
Neuron

10

A neural geometry for forelimb proprioception in the cervical spinal cord
Bollu T, Goulding M (2025)
bioRxiv:2025.09.26.678887

11

Objects feel stiffer in the nondominant hand when comparing between hands
Arusi S, Leib R, Nisky I (2026)
J Neurophysiol 135:1034–1048

12

Stability of neural manifolds at minimal dimensionality despite motor representational drift
Abdulla MU, Clarke SE, Jun EJ, Nuyujukian P (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.01.30.702162

13

Outplaying elite table tennis players with an autonomous robot
Dürr P et al. (2026)
Nature 652:886–891

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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.