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

Landscape of human spinal cord cell type diversity at midgestation
Andersen J, Thom N, Shadrach JL, Chen X, Amin ND, Yoon S-J, Greenleaf WJ, Müller F, Pașca AM, Kaltschmidt JA, Pașca S
bioRxiv:2021.12.29.473693


2

A speech planning network for interactive language use
Castellucci GA, Kovach CK, Howard MA, Greenlee JDW, Long MA
Nature


3

High density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe
Chung JE, Sellers KK, Leonard MK, Gwilliams L, Xu D, Dougherty M, Kharazia V, Welkenhuysen M, Dutta B, Chang EF
bioRxiv:2021.12.29.474489


4

From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals
Givon S, Samina M, Ben-Shahar O, Segev R
Behav Brain Res


5

Beyond Broca: Neural Architecture and Evolution of a Dual Motor Speech Coordination System
Hickok G, Venezia JH, Teghipco A
PsyArXiv


6

Double viral vector intersectional approaches for pathway-selective manipulation of motor functions and compensatory mechanisms
Isa T
Exp Neurol


7

A Musculoskeletal Model of the Hand and Wrist Capable of Simulating Functional Tasks
McFarland DC, Binder-Markey BI, Nichols JA, Wohlman SJ, de Bruin M, Murray WM
bioRxiv:2021.12.28.474357


8

The language of social touch is intuitive and quantifiable
McIntyre S, Hauser SC, Kusztor A, Boehme R, Moungou A, Isager PM, Homman L, Novembre G, Nagi S, Israr A, al. E
PsyArXiv


9

A neural surveyor to map touch on the body
Miller LE, Fabio C, Azaroual M, Muret D, van Beers RJ, Farnè A, Medendorp WP
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA


10

Compartmentalized dynamics within a common multi-area mesoscale manifold represent a repertoire of human hand movements
Natraj N, Silversmith DB, Chang EF, Ganguly K
Neuron


11

Beyond dimension reduction: Stable electric fields emerge from and allow representational drift
Pinotsis D, Miller EK
bioRxiv:2021.08.22.457247


12

Motor learning affects car-to-driver handover in automated vehicles
Russell HEB, Harbott LK, Nisky I, Pan S, Okamura AM, Gerdes JC
Sci Robot


13

Dendritic integration of sensory and reward information facilitates learning
Schoenfeld G, Kollmorgen S, Lewis C, Bethge P, Reuss AM, Aguzzi A, Mante V, Helmchen F
bioRxiv:2021.12.28.474360


14

Statistical inference on representational geometries
Schütt HH, Kipnis AD, Diedrichsen J, Kriegeskorte N
arXiv [q-bioQM]


15

Large-scale neural recordings call for new insights to link brain and behavior
Urai AE, Doiron B, Leifer AM, Churchland AK
Nat Neurosci



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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.