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 synaptic learning rule for exploiting nonlinear dendritic computation
Bicknell BA, Häusser M
Neuron (2021)

2

Mixed-horizon optimal feedback control as a model of human movement
Česonis J, Franklin DW
arXiv [q-bioQM] (2021)

3

De novo motor learning of a bimanual control task over multiple days of practice
Haith AM, Yang C, Pakpoor J, Kita K
bioRxiv:2021.10.21.465196

4

Multi-area recordings and optogenetics in the awake, behaving marmoset
Jendritza P, Klein FJ, Fries P
bioRxiv:2021.10.30.466578

5

Long-term stability of neural activity in the motor system
Jensen KT, Harpaz NK, Dhawale AK, Wolff SBE, Ölveczky BP
bioRxiv:2021.10.27.465945

6

Tickle contagion in the somatosensory cortex
Kaufmann LV, Brecht M, Ishiyama S
bioRxiv:2021.10.22.465426

7

Your head is there to move you around: Goal-driven models of the primate dorsal pathway
Mineault PJ, Bakhtiari S, Richards BA, Pack CC
bioRxiv:2021.07.09.451701

8

Corticospinal populations broadcast complex motor signals to coordinated spinal and striatal circuits
Nelson A, Abdelmesih B, Costa RM
Nat Neurosci (2021)

9

Efference copies: Context matters when ignoring self-induced motion
Nicholas S, Nordström K
Curr Biol 31:R1388–R1390 (2021)

10

COVID-19, stress, and inequities in (neuro)science
Sandi C, Carey MR
Neuron (2021)

11

The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity
Sobinov AR, Bensmaia SJ
Nat Rev Neurosci (2021)

12

Neural network models for spinal implementation of muscle synergies
Song Y, Hirashima M, Takei T
bioRxiv:2021.10.27.466061

13

Forms of explanation and understanding for neuroscience and artificial intelligence
Thompson JAF
J Neurophysiol (2021)


Superlab Papers

Motor planning brings human primary somatosensory cortex into action-specific preparatory states
Ariani G, Pruszynski JA, Diedrichsen J
bioRxiv:2020.12.17.423254


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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.