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

Passive Proprioceptive Training Alters the Sensitivity of Muscle Spindles to Imposed Movements
Ackerley R, Samain-Aupic L, Ribot-Ciscar E
eNeuro

2

Mice alternate between discrete strategies during perceptual decision-making
Ashwood ZC, Roy NA, Stone IR, Urai AE, Churchland AK, Pouget A, Pillow JW
Nat Neurosci

3

Movement characteristics impact decision-making and vice versa
Carsten T, Fievez F, Duque J
bioRxiv:2022.02.02.478832

4

Decoding the information structure underlying the neural representation of concepts
Fernandino L, Tong J-Q, Conant LL, Humphries CJ, Binder JR
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

5

Adaptive Interlimb Coordination Mechanism for Hexapod Locomotion Based on Active Load Sensing
Fukuhara A, Suda W, Kano T, Kobayashi R, Ishiguro A
Front Neurorobot

6

Orphan nuclear receptors Err2 and 3 promote a feature-specific terminal differentiation program underlying gamma motor neuron function and proprioceptive movement control
Khan MN, Cherukuri P, Negro F, Rajput A, Fabrowski P, Bansal V, Lancelin C, Lee T-I, Bian Y, Mayer WP, Akay T, Müller D, Bonn S, Farina D, Marquardt T
bioRxiv:2022.01.25.477566

7

A low-cost and shielding-free ultra-low-field brain MRI scanner
Liu Y, Leong ATL, Zhao Y, Xiao L, Mak HKF, Tsang ACO, Lau GKK, Leung GKK, Wu EX
Nat Commun

8

Mutation bias reflects natural selection in Arabidopsis thaliana
Monroe JG, Srikant T, Carbonell-Bejerano P, Becker C, Lensink M, Exposito-Alonso M, Klein M, Hildebrandt J, Neumann M, Kliebenstein D, Weng M-L, Imbert E, Ågren J, Rutter MT, Fenster CB, Weigel D
Nature

9

Sensory Schwann cells are required for mechanical nociception and touch perception
Ojeda-Alonso J, Calvo-Enrique L, Paricio-Montesinos R, Kumar R, Zhang M-D, Poulet JFA, Ernfors P, Lewin GR
bioRxiv:2022.02.04.477749

10

Coupling of pupil- and neuronal population dynamics reveals diverse influences of arousal on cortical processing
Pfeffer T, Keitel C, Kluger DS, Keitel A, Russmann A, Thut G, Donner TH, Gross J
Elife

11

Event boundaries shape temporal organization of memory by resetting temporal context
Pu Y, Kong X-Z, Ranganath C, Melloni L
Nat Commun

12

The Brain-Computer Metaphor Debate Is Useless: A Matter of Semantics
Richards BA, Lillicrap TP
Frontiers in Computer Science

13

Activity-dependent spinal cord neuromodulation rapidly restores trunk and leg motor functions after complete paralysis
Rowald A et al.
Nat Med

14

Wilhelm E, Quoilin C, Derosiere G, Paço S, Jeanjean A, Duque J
Corticospinal suppression underlying intact movement preparation fades in late Parkinson’s disease
medRxiv


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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.