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.

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1

Sensory prediction error drives subconscious motor learning outside of the laboratory
Albert ST, Blaum E, Blustein D
bioRxiv:2023.02.22.529399

2

Hebbian priming of human spinal motor learning
Bjørndal JR, Beck MM, Jespersen L, Christiansen L, Lundbye-Jensen J
bioRxiv:2023.02.17.528541

3

Ventral premotor cortex influences spinal cord activation during force generation
Braaß H, Feldheim J, Chu Y, Tinnermann A, Finsterbusch J, Büchel C, Schulz R, Gerloff C
bioRxiv:2023.02.22.529375

4

People adapt a consistent center-of-mass trajectory in a novel force field
Bucklin MA, Brown G, Gordon KE
J Neurophysiol

5

Larger and denser: an optimal design for surface grids of EMG electrodes to identify greater and more representative samples of motor units
Caillet AH, Avrillon S, Kundu A, Yu T, Phillips ATM, Modenese L, Farina D
bioRxiv:2023.02.18.529050

6

Ongoing movement controls sensory integration in the dorsolateral striatum
de la Torre-Martinez R, Ketzef M, Silberberg G
Nat Commun

7

Increased cortical inhibition immediately following brief motor memory reactivation supports reconsolidation and overnight offline learning gains
Eisenstein T, Furman-Haran E, Tal A
bioRxiv:2023.02.21.529358

8

Pupil size encodes uncertainty during exploration
Fan H, Burke TD, Sambrano D, Dial E, Phelps EA, Gershman SJ
PsyArXiv

9

The developmental basis of fingerprint pattern formation and variation
Glover JD et al.
Cell

10

How to construct liquid-crystal spectacles to control vision of real-world objects and environments
Gomez MA, Snow JC
Behav Res Methods

11

Biomimetic Multi-channel Microstimulation of Somatosensory Cortex Conveys High Resolution Force Feedback for Bionic Hands
Greenspon CM et al.
bioRxiv:2023.02.18.528972

12

Age-related increases in reaction time result from slower preparation, not delayed initiation
Hardwick RM, Forrence AD, Costello MG, Zackowski K, Haith AM
J Neurophysiol

13

Statistical power in network neuroscience
Helwegen K, Libedinsky I, van den Heuvel MP
Trends Cogn Sci

14

Rate versus synchrony codes for cerebellar control of motor behavior
Herzfeld DJ, Joshua M, Lisberger SG
bioRxiv:2023.02.17.529019

15

Loss of set in muscle responses to limb perturbations during cerebellar dysfunction
Hore J, Vilis T
J Neurophysiol

16

Whole mouse body histology using standard IgG antibodies
Mai H, Luo J, Hoeher L, Al-Maskari R, Horvath I, Paetzold JC, Todorov M, Hellal F, Ertürk A
bioRxiv:2023.02.17.528921

17

Parallel movement planning is achieved via an optimal preparatory state in motor cortex
Meirhaeghe N, Riehle A, Brochier T
Cell Rep

18

Epidural stimulation of the cervical spinal cord for post-stroke upper-limb paresis
Powell MP et al.
Nat Med

19

Reorganization of corticospinal projections after prominent recovery of finger dexterity from partial spinal cord injury in macaque monkeys
Sawada M, Yoshino-Saito K, Ninomiya T, Oishi T, Yamashita T, Onoe H, Takada M, Nishimura Y, Isa T
bioRxiv:2023.02.19.529046

20

Manipulating the rapid consolidation periods in a learning task affects general skills more than statistical learning and changes the dynamics of learning
Szücs-Bencze L, Fanuel L, Szabó N, Quentin R, Nemeth D, Vékony T
eNeuro

21

A wearable platform for closed-loop stimulation and recording of single-neuron and local field potential activity in freely moving humans
Topalovic U et al.
Nat Neurosci

22

Tracking neural activity from the same cells during the entire adult life of mice
Zhao S, Tang X, Tian W, Partarrieu S, Liu R, Shen H, Lee J, Guo S, Lin Z, Liu J
Nat Neurosci


Superlab Papers

MotorNet: a Python toolbox for controlling differentiable biomechanical effectors with artificial neural networks
Codol O, Michaels JA, Kashefi M, Pruszyski JA, Gribble PL
bioRxiv:2023.02.17.528969

Myomatrix arrays for high-definition muscle recording
Chung B et al.
bioRxiv:2023.02.21.529200


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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.