Here are the articles that we have been reading this week.

Enjoy!
—Paul, Andrew & Jörn


1

Training of a discrete motor skill in humans is accompanied by increased excitability of the fastest corticospinal connections at movement onset
Wiegel P, Leukel C
J Physiol (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP279879


2

Saccade vigor and the subjective economic value of visual stimuli
Yoon T, Jaleel A, Ahmed AA, Shadmehr R
J Neurophysiol 123:2161–2172 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00700.2019


3

Rewards interact with explicit knowledge to enhance skilled motor performance
Anderson SP, Adkins TJ, Gary BS, Lee TG
J Neurophysiol (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00575.2019


4

The effect of wrist posture on extrinsic finger muscle activity during single joint movements
Beringer CR 3rd, Mansouri M, Fisher LE, Collinger JL, Munin MC, Boninger ML, Gaunt RA
Sci Rep 10:8377 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65167-x


5

Mapping human laryngeal motor cortex during vocalization
Eichert N, Papp D, Mars RB, Watkins KE
bioRxiv:2020.02.20.958314 (2020)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.20.958314v2.abstract?%3Fcollection=


6

Quick compensatory mechanisms for tongue posture stabilization during speech production
Ito T, Szabados A, Caillet J-L, Perrier P
J Neurophysiol (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00756.2019


7

Decoding neural signals with a compact and interpretable convolutional neural network
Petrosuan A, Lebedev M, Ossadtchi A
bioRxiv:2020.06.02.129114 (2020)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.02.129114v1


8

Modulation of soleus muscle H-reflexes and ankle muscle co-contraction with surface compliance during unipedal balancing in young and older adults
Alizadehsaravi L, Bruijn SM, Maas H, van Dieën JH
Exp Brain Res (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-020-05784-0


9

Patterns of multisensory facilitation distinguish peripersonal from reaching space
Zanini A, Patané I, Blini E, Salemme R, Koun E, Farnè A, Brozzoli C
bioRxiv:2020.06.01.127282 (2020)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.01.127282v1


10

Canadian Education is Steeped in Anti-Black Racism
Maynard R
The Walrus (2017)
https://thewalrus.ca/canadian-education-is-steeped-in-anti-black-racism/



Superlab Papers

A critical re-evaluation of fMRI signatures of motor sequence learning
Berlot E, Popp NJ, Diedrichsen J
Elife 9 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.55241



Disclaimer

Please keep in mind that the appearance of a paper on our reading list should not necessarily be considered an endorsement of the work unless of course we explicitly endorse it, for example in a blurb. As always, please read papers with a critical eye.