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

A unified energy-optimality criterion predicts human navigation paths and speeds
Brown GL, Seethapathi N, Srinivasan M
PNAS 118 (2021)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020327118

2

Measuring fingerpad deformation during active object manipulation
Delhaye BP, Schiltz F, Barrea A, Thonnard J-L, Lefevre P
bioRxiv:2021.07.20.453037
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.20.453037v1

3

No consolidation without representation: Correspondence between neural and psychological representations in recent and remote memory
Gilboa A, Moscovitch M
Neuron (2021)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.04.025

4

Sensorimotor knowledge from task-irrelevant feedback contributes to motor learning
Jiang W, Liu Y, Bi Y, Wei K
J Neurophysiol (2021)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00174.2021

5

Neural representations of space in the hippocampus of a food-caching bird
Payne HL, Lynch GF, Aronov D
Science 373:343–348 (2021)
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/373/6552/343

6

Large-scale all-optical dissection of motor cortex connectivity reveals a segregated functional organization of mouse forelimb representations
Resta F, Montagni E, de Vito G, Scaglione A, Mascaro ALA, Pavone FS
bioRxiv:2021.07.15.452461
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.15.452461v1

7

Sensorimotor strategies and neuronal representations for shape discrimination
Rodgers CC, Nogueira R, Pil BC, Greeman EA, Park JM, Hong YK, Fusi S, Bruno RM
Neuron (2021)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.05.019

8

Dopamine firing plays a double role in coding reward prediction errors and signaling motivation in a working memory task
Sarno S, Beiran M, Falco-Roget J, Diaz-deLeon G, Rossi-Pool R, Romo R, Parga N
bioRxiv:2020.05.01.071977
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.01.071977v2.abstract?%3Fcollection=

9

Fast Grip Force Adaptation To Friction Relies On Localized Fingerpad Strains
Schiltz F, Delhaye BP, Crevecoeur F, Thonnard J-L, Lefèvre P
bioRxiv:2021.07.20.452911
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.20.452911v1

10

Repetition effects in action selection reflect effector- but not hemisphere-specific coding
Seegelke C, Schonard C, Heed T
bioRxiv:2021.07.16.450393
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.16.450393v1

11

The measurement, evolution, and neural representation of action grammars of human behavior
Stout D, Chaminade T, Apel J, Shafti A, Faisal AA
Sci Rep 11:13720 (2021)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92992-5

12

Neurodevelopment of the association cortices: Patterns, mechanisms, and implications for psychopathology
Sydnor VJ, Larsen B, Bassett DS, Alexander-Bloch A, Fair DA, Liston C, Mackey AP, Milham MP, Pines A, Roalf DR, Seidlitz J, Xu T, Raznahan A, Satterthwaite TD
Neuron (2021)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.06.016


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.