Reading List 350

readinglist
Published

October 16, 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

Eye versus hand effector-specificity in the parieto-frontal cortex and cerebellum in humans
Rubino C., Masoudi K., Gallivan J., Crawford J. D. (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.10.13.759011

2

Near-random behavior in strategic games
Boger T., Amir D., Yousif S. R. (2027)
Cognition 278:106737

3

Targeted stimulation of motor cortex ensembles drives learned movements
Chen Q. et al. (2026)
Nature

4

Neural circuit mechanisms for multi-tasking
Beiran M. et al. (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.10.01.755960

5

A high-dimensional population code in the bat motor cortex during natural dexterous flight
Styr B., Qi K. K., Chen X., Liberti W. A., Yartsev M. M. (2026)
Cell

6

Mitigating Partial Observability in Sequential Decision Processes via the Lambda Discrepancy
Allen C. et al. (2024)
arXiv:2407.07333

7

Older adults do not have a higher metabolic cost than younger adults in outdoor overground walking
van der Kruk E., Jongbloed K. J. P., Orlandi M., Miller M. F., Silverman A. K. (2026)
Journal of Experimental Biology 229

8

RoboJEPA: Scaling Robotic Latent World Models
Zholus A. et al. (2026)
arXiv:2610.10515

9

Temporal prediction captures retinal spiking responses across animal species
Taylor L., Zenke F., King A. J., Harper N. S. (2026)
Nature Communications 17

10

Human claustrum neurons encode uncertainty and prediction errors during aversive learning
Hu M. et al. (2026)
Nature Neuroscience

11

Structured and flexible representations in medial-frontal cortex support goal-directed navigation
Doohan P. T. et al. (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.06.09.729603

12

A metric for comparing complex systems by their dynamics
Ostrow M., Eisen A. J., Kozachkov L., Redman W. T., Fiete I. (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.07.16.738953

13

Eyes on the prize: a neural basis of perceptual choking under pressure
McDonnell M. E. et al. (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.09.30.755534

Superlab Papers

Reaching movements in virtual reality depend on the seen avatar arm and not just the acting arm
Ipwanshek O., Babin K., Gribble P. L., Culham J. C. (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.10.05.756878

Archive

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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.