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

Investigating the online control of goal-directed actions to a tactile target on the body
Abdulrabba S, Tremblay L, Manson GA
Exp Brain Res

2

Submillimeter Lateral Displacement Enables Friction Sensing and Awareness of Surface Slipperiness
Afzal N, Stubbs E, Khamis H, Loutit AJ, Redmond SJ, Vickery RM, Wiertlewski M, Birznieks I
IEEE Trans Haptics

3

Corticothalamic Neurons in Motor Cortex Have a Permissive Role in Motor Execution
Carmona LM, Tun LT, Kim A, Shiao R, Kissner MD, Menon V, Costa RM
bioRxiv:2022.09.20.508799

4

Seeing does not mean processing: Where we look and the visual information we rely on change independently as we learn to walk
Cates A, Gordon K
OSFPreprints

5

Nav1.1 is essential for proprioceptive signaling and motor behaviors
Espino CM, Lewis CM, Ortiz S, Dalal MS, Garlapalli S, Wells KM, O’Neil DA, Wilkinson KA, Griffith TN
bioRxiv:2022.05.05.490851

6

Two types of motor inhibition after action errors in humans
Guan Y, Wessel JR
J Neurosci

7

Error correction and improved precision of spike timing in converging cortical networks
Levi A, Spivak L, Sloin HE, Someck S, Stark E
Cell Rep

8

Triggers for mother love
Livingstone MS
PNAS

9

Monosynaptic facilitation of flexor digitorum superficialis motoneurons mediated by Group Ia afferents from the extensor carpi radialis in humans
Nito M, Yoshimoto T, Hashizume W, Sato T, Shimada K, Shindo M, Naito A
Eur J Neurosci

10

A brainstem map for visceral sensations
Ran C, Boettcher JC, Kaye JA, Gallori CE, Liberles SD
Nature

11

Sensory attenuation from action observation
Scott M
Exp Brain Res

12

Perceived tactile intensity at a fixed primary afferent spike rate varies with the temporal pattern of spikes
Sharma D, Ng KKW, Birznieks I, Vickery RM
J Neurophysiol

13

Cell-type-specific population dynamics of diverse reward computations
Sylwestrak EL, Jo Y, Vesuna S, Wang X, Holcomb B, Tien RH, Kim DK, Fenno L, Ramakrishnan C, Allen WE, Chen R, Shenoy KV, Sussillo D, Deisseroth K
Cell

14

Self-Supervised Learning Of Brain Dynamics From Broad Neuroimaging Data
Thomas AW, Ré C, Poldrack RA
arXiv [q-bioNC]

15

Transformation of primary sensory cortical representations from layer 4 to layer 2
Voelcker B, Pancholi R, Peron S
Nat Commun

16

Advanced Feedback Enhances Sensorimotor Adaptation
Wang T, Avraham G, Tsay JS, Thummala T, Ivry RB
bioRxiv:2022.09.14.508027

17

Functionally distinct NPAS4-expressing somatostatin interneuron ensembles critical for motor skill learning
Yang J, Serrano P, Yin X, Sun X, Lin Y, Chen SX
Neuron


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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.