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

Theoretical limits on the speed of learning inverse models explain the rate of adaptation in arm reaching tasks
Barradas VR, Koike Y, Schweighofer N
bioRxiv:2022.09.07.506913

2

Why I shrank my lab by half
Carpenter AE
Elife

3

Small sensory spinal lesions that affect hand function in monkeys greatly alter primary afferent and motor neuron connections in the cord
Fisher KM, Garner JP, Darian-Smith C
J Comp Neurol

4

Locomotor resilience through load-dependent modulation of muscle co-contraction
Günzel Y, Schmitz J, Dürr V
J Exp Biol

5

Basic principles of processing of afferent information by spinal interneurons
Jankowska E
J Neurophysiol

6

Tracking subject’s strategies in behavioural choice experiments at trial resolution
Maggi S, Hock RM, O’Neill M, Buckley MJ, Moran PM, Bast T, Sami M, Humphries MD
bioRxiv:2022.08.30.505807

7

Neurocognitive and motor-control challenges for the realization of bionic augmentation
Makin TR, Micera S, Miller LE
Nat Biomed Eng

8

Dorsal striatum coding for the timely execution of action sequences
Martinez MC, Zold CL, Coletti MA, Murer MG, Belluscio MA
bioRxiv:2021.11.01.466347

9

Guidelines for Reporting Action Simulation Studies (GRASS): proposals to improve reporting of research in Motor Imagery and Action Observation
Moreno-Verdú M, Hamoline G, Van Caenegem EE, Waltzing BM, Forest S, Chembila-Valappil A, Khan AH, Chye S, Esselaar M, Campbell M, al. E
PsyArXiv

10

Situated Neural Representations: Solving the Problems of Content
Piccinini G
Front Neurorobot

11

Contrasting action and posture coding with hierarchical deep neural network models of proprioception
Sandbrink KJ, Mamidanna P, Michaelis C, Bethge M, Mathis MW, Mathis A
bioRxiv:2020.05.06.081372

12

Neural cognitive signals during spontaneous movements in the macaque
Tremblay S, Testard C, DiTullio RW, Inchauspé J, Petrides M
bioRxiv:2022.09.05.506681

13

Predicting brain activation maps for arbitrary tasks with cognitive encoding models
Walters J, King M, Bissett PG, Ivry RB, Diedrichsen J, Poldrack RA
Neuroimage:119610


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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.