More than 20 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

Output planning at the input stage in visual working memory
Boettcher SEP, Gresch D, Nobre AC, van Ede F
Science Advances (2021) https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/13/eabe8212

2

Approaches to Revealing the Neural Basis of Muscle Synergies: A Review and A Critique
Cheung VCK, Seki K
J Neurophysiol (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00625.2019

3

A leg to stand on: computational models of proprioception
Dallmann CJ, Karashchuk P, Brunton BW, Tuthill JC
Curr Opin Physiol (2021) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468867321000365

4

Proprioception-based movement goals support imitation and are disrupted in apraxia
Isaacs MW, Buxbaum LJ, Wong AL
bioRxiv (2021) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.17.435845v1

5

Brain network reorganisation in an adolescent after bilateral perinatal strokes
Laumann TO, Ortega M, Hoyt CR, Seider NA, Snyder AZ, Dosenbach NU
Lancet Neurol (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00062-4

6

Single-trial decoding of movement intentions using functional ultrasound neuroimaging
Norman SL, Maresca D, Christopoulos VN, Griggs WS, Demene C, Tanter M, Shapiro MG, Andersen RA
Neuron (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.03.003

7

Reward boosts reinforcement-based motor learning
Vassiliadis P, Derosiere G, Dubuc C, Lete A, Crevecoeur F, Hummel FC, Duque J
bioRxiv (2021) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.23.436627v1

8

Dynamics of fMRI patterns reflect sub-second activation sequences and reveal replay in human visual cortex
Wittkuhn L, Schuck NW
Nat Commun (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21970-2

9

Brain kernel: a new spatial covariance function for fMRI data
Wu A, Nastase SA, Baldassano CA, Turk-Browne NB, Norman KA, Engelhardt BE, Pillow JW
bioRxiv (2021) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.22.436524v1

10

Delayed motor learning in a 16p11.2 deletion mouse model of autism is rescued by locus coeruleus activation
Yin X, Jones N, Yang J, Asraoui N, Mathieu M-E, Cai L, Chen SX
Nat Neurosci (2021) https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41593-021-00815-7

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.