Here are the articles that we are reading this week.

Enjoy!
—Paul, Andrew & Jörn


1

Intensity Matters: High-intensity Interval Exercise Enhances Motor Cortex Plasticity More Than Moderate Exercise
Andrews, S.C., Curtin, D., Hawi, Z., Wongtrakun, J., Stout, J.C., and Coxon, J.P.
Cereb. Cortex (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhz075


2

Prenatal activity from thalamic neurons governs the emergence of functional cortical maps in mice
Antón-Bolaños, N., Sempere-Ferràndez, A., Guillamón-Vivancos, T., Martini, F.J., Pérez-Saiz, L., Gezelius, H., Filipchuk, A., Valdeolmillos, M., and López-Bendito, G.
Science (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aav7617


3

Positive reward prediction errors during decision-making strengthen memory encoding
Jang, A.I., Nassar, M.R., Dillon, D.G., and Frank, M.J.
Nat Hum Behav (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0597-3


4

Cerebellar Purkinje cells control eye movements with a rapid rate code that is invariant to spike irregularity
Payne, H.L., French, R.L., Guo, C.C., Nguyen-Vu, T.B., Manninen, T., and Raymond, J.L.
Elife 8 (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37102


5

Variation in sequence dynamics improves maintenance of stereotyped behavior in an example from bird song
Duffy, A., Abe, E., Perkel, D.J., and Fairhall, A.L.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1815910116


6

Internal Models in Biological Control
McNamee, D., and Wolpert, D.M.
Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems (2019)
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-control-060117-105206


7

Premovement suppression of corticospinal excitability may be a necessary part of movement preparation
Ibanez, J., Hannah, R., Rocchi, L., and Rothwell, J.C.
bioRxiv, 470153 (2019)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/470153v6.abstract


8

Reinforcement Learning, Fast and Slow
Botvinick, M., Ritter, S., Wang, J.X., Kurth-Nelson, Z., Blundell, C., and Hassabis, D.
Trends Cogn Sci. (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.02.006


9

Predicting fruit fly’s sensing rate with insect flight simulations
Chang, S., and Wang, Z.J.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111, 11246–11251 (2014)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1314738111


10

Representation of a perceptual decision in developing oculomotor commands
Gold, J.I., and Shadlen, M.N.
Nature 404, 390–394 (2000)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35006062



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