Proceedings of the Annual Symposium
Advances in Computational Motor Control
Emanuel Todorov and Reza Shadmehr, editors
ISSN 1944-4001
*** 2009 program ***
Volume 7, 2008
Single-trial analysis of neural population activity during motor preparation
B. Yu, J. Cunningham, M. Churchland, G. Santhanam, S. Ryu, M. Sahani and K. Shenoy
The activity of primary motor cortex is shaped by the properties of the musculoskeletal system
T. Lillicrap and S. Scott
Parallels between sensory and motor information processing
E. Todorov
Humans optimally adapt afferent feedback to stabilize unstable loads
A. Schouten, W. Mugge, E. de Vlugt and F. van der Helm
Interactions between sensory and motor components of adaptation predicted by a Bayesian model
A. Haith, C. Jackson, C. Miall and S. Vijayakumar
Uncertainty in state estimate and feedback determines the rate of motor adaptation
K. Wei and K. Kording
The cerebellum and the adaptive control of saccades via internal feedback
M. Xu, H. Chen-Harris, D. Zee and R. Shadmehr
On the feedback control of coordinated eye-head gaze shifts
D. Guitton and H. Galiana
Learning to learn: Environmental consistency modulates motor adaptation rates
N. Castro, M. Hemphill and M. Smith
Optimization strategies in human reinforcement learning
H. Hoffmann, E. Theodorou and S. Schaal
Exploration and exploitation in reward based visuomotor learning
J. Izawa and R. Shadmehr
More bits for behavior: From the movement of C. elegans towards the principles of animal action
G. Stephens and W. Bialek
Adaptation to a sub-optimal desired trajectory
M. Mistry, E. Theodorou, G. Law, T. Yoshioka, S. Schaal and M. Kawato
Optimization analysis of human stance control predicts the observed non-linear stimulus-response behavior of a system dominated by sensory noise
H. van der Kooij and R. Peterka
Understanding the role of the spinal cord in voluntary movement by discrete circuit modeling: bottom-up strategy
G. Raphael and G. Loeb
A Bayesian explanation for curved movement paths
J. Smeets, H. Slijper, J. Richter, E. Over and M. Frens
Optimal feedback control of rhythmic movements: The bouncing ball revisited
R. Ronsse, K. Wei and D. Sternad
A control-theoretic investigation of dynamic spatial behavior
B. Mettler and Z. Kong
Gain fields for the distance between the ocular fixation point and the arm
S. Chang and L. Snyder
A new view of how the superior colliculus supports gaze stability
Z. Hafed and R. Krauzlis
The primate oculomotor system plans saccades to objects not points
M. Phillips and M. Goldberg
Volume 6, 2007
Adaptive optimal control approaches to sensorimotor learning
D. Braun, D. Wolpert, A. Aertsen, S. Rotter, R. Pas, E. Vaadia and C. Mehring
Optimal task-dependent changes of bimanual feedback control and adaptation
J. Diedrichsen and N. Dowling
It takes time for beliefs to converge on reality: An example from the motor system
J. Izawa and R. Shadmehr
Evidence accumulation and stopping bounds: Lessons from a probabilistic categorization task
T. Yang and M. Shadlen
Different dynamics of eye-hand coordination in depth and direction reflect differences in predictive control
S. Gielen and J. Welten
Human movement generation based on convergent flow fields: a computational model and a behavioral experiment
H. Hoffmann and S. Schaal
The evolution of force profiles in a motor adaptation task reveals motor primitives with spindle-like properties that predict the difficulty of learning different types of force-sfield perturbation
G. Sing, W. Joiner, T. Nanayakkara, J. Brauyanoc and M. Smith
Divided attention during motor memory formation affects specifically fast adaptive processes and alters mid-movement feedback control
J. Taylor and K. Thoroughman
Causal inference in motor adaptation
K. Wei and K. Kording
Anticipatory postural adjustments during the size-weight illusion reveal simultaneous Bayesian and 'anti'-Bayesian weight estimation
J. Brayanov and M. Smith
Volume 5, 2006
Primitives for optimal control
E. Todorov
Changing the noise in dynamics of reaching predictably changes control of reaching
J. Izawa, T. Rane, O. Donchin and Reza Shadmehr
The nervous system independently controls motion and force
V. Chib, M. Krutky, K. Lynch and F. Mussa-Ivaldi
Muscle synergies during locomotion define a flexible substrate for neural control
N. Krouchev, J. Kalaska and T. Drew
Adaptation induces curvature in saccades, revealing multiple time-scales of plasticity
H. Chen, W. Joiner, R. Shadmehr and D. Zee
Patterns of anterograde interference in reaching arm movements explained by a multi-rate learning model
G. Sing and M. Smith
A cerebellar model for predictive motor control: From reflex to preflex
J. McKinstry, G. Edelman and J. Krichmar
Long-term retention in the adaptive control of reaching explained by a model of short-term learning
M. Ifediba and M. Smith
Modeling neural representations of sensory feedback and changes in motor adaptive strategy
K. Thoroughman and M. Fine
Learning with unstable neural representations: experiment and theory
U. Rokni, A. Richardson, E. Bizzi and S. Seung
Narrow directional tuning explains both post-adaptation and trial-to-trial generalization patterns for visuomotor rotation learning
H. Tanaka, T. Sejnowski and J. Krakauer
Physically-based model for decoding motor-cortical activity
G. Shakhnarovich, S. Kim and M. Black
Volume 4, 2005
Bridging the gap between optimal feedback control and sensorimotor neurophysiology
E. Todorov and B. Huh
Optimal control predicts task-dependent feedback control of human hand movements
M. Chhabra and D. Knill
Optimal sensorimotor transformations for balance
D. Lockhart and L. Ting
The coordination of complex movements
J. Diedrichsen and R. Shadmehr
A sensory source for motor variation? An analysis of noise in pursuit eye movements
L. Osborne, S. Lisberger and W. Bialek
Movement drift is the result of optimal sensory combination
J. Smeets, J. van den Dobbelsteen, R. van Beers and E. Brenner
Neither hand nor cursor motions converge to linear paths under some visuomotor rotations: an adaptation study and model
A. Fishbach and F. Mussa-Ivaldi
Motor learning as a weighted average of past experience
A. Mattar and D. Ostry
Motor learning during the delay period between movements
V. Huang and R. Shadmehr
Distinct movement features are represented by distinct neurons in the motor cortex
E. Stark, R. Drori, I. Asher and M. Abeles
Trajectory formation before movement in the posterior parietal cortex
E. Torres, R. Quiroga and R. Andersen
A theory of cerebellum-dependent motor learning and timing based on rebound conductances in deep cerebellar nuclei neurons
D. Wetmore, E. Mukamel and M. Schnitzer
Modular computations in a hierarchical motor network
J. Jing and K. Weiss
Volume 3, 2004
Hierarchical optimal feedback control of redundant systems
E. Todorov and W. Li
Time-optimal control of fast point-to-point movements
M. Shapiro and R. Kenyon
Matching of sensing and motor volumes in active sensory systems
M. MacIver, M. Nelson and J. Burdick
The nervous system appears to minimize a weighted sum of kinematic error, force, and change in force when adapting to viscous environments during reaching and stepping
D. Reinkensmeyer, J. Liu, J. Emken and J. Bobrow
Modulation of the rate of error-dependent learning by the statistical properties of the task
M. Smith and R. Shadmehr
Experience-dependent adaptation of the spatial generalization of human motor adaptation
K. Thoroughman and J. Taylor
A vector ARX model of motor adaptation during reaching
R. Scheidt
Stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex interferes with arm trajectory adjustments during the learning of new dynamics
V. Della-Maggiore, N. Malfait, D. Ostry and T. Paus
Quick manual following response induced by large-field visual motion: What drives the response and how is it driven?
H. Gomi, N. Saijo, N. Abekawa, I. Murakami and S. Nishida
Simulation of 3D neuro-musculo-skeletal systems with contact
D. Pai, S. Sueda and Q. Wei
Role of movement preparation in movement generation
M. Churchland, B. Yu, S. Ryu, G. Santhanam, A. Afshar and K. Shenoy
On-line spatiotemporal learning and adaptation in the posterior parietal region during obstacle avoidance: Theory, behavior, and neurophysiology
E. Torres, C. Buneo and R. Andersen
Synchronized sensorimotor beta oscillations in motor maintenance behavior
S. Bressler
Recurrent cerebellar loops simplify adaptive control of redundant and non-linear motor systems
J. Porrill and P. Dean
Volume 2, 2003
Exploiting sensorimotor adaptation
J. Patton, F. Mussa-Ivaldi, Y. Wei, M. Phillips and M. Stoykov
Stabilization of cerebrocerebellar feedback control without internal dynamic models
S. Massaquoi
Can training change the desired trajectory?
O. Donchin and R. Shadmehr
Optimal trajectory of human arm reaching movements in dynamical environments
K. Ohta, R. Laboissiere and M. Svinin
Constant effort computation as a determinant of motor behavior
E. Guigon, P. Baraduc and M. Desmurget
Stochastic optimal feedback control of nonlinear biomechanical systems
E. Todorov
Computational understanding of the neural circuit for the central pattern generator for locomotion and its control in lamprey
Z. Li, A. Lewis and S. Scarpetta
The boundary of instability as a powerful experimental paradigm for understanding complex dynamical sensorimotor behavior: dexterous manipulation as an example
M. Venkadesan, F. Valero-Cuevas and J. Guckenheimer
Models of Purkinje cell discharge during circular manual tracking in monkey
A. Roitman, S. Pasalar and T. Ebner
Is oppositely directed motor learning implemented with inverse plasticity mechanisms?
E. Boyden, R. Tsien, T. Chatila and J. Raymond
A computational model of reach decisions in the primate cerebral cortex
P. Cisek
Uncertainty reduction at the neuronal ensemble but not in single neurons during motor skill learning
D. Cohen and M. Nicolelis
Volume 1, 2002
Think before you act, but prepare an assortment of partial actions before you think
P. Cisek
A computational neural model of laminar frontal cortex and basal ganglia interactions in movement control
J. Brown, D. Bullock and S. Grossberg
Preparatory activity in motor cortex reflects consolidation of specific internal models
R. Paz, T. Boraud, C. Natan, H. Bergman and E. Vaadia
Modeling neural control of hindlimb movement during cat locomotion
D. Ivashko, B. Prilutsky, J. Chapin and I. Rybak
Studying octopus motor control using a computerized dynamic model
Y. Yekutieli, R. Sagiv, B. Hochner and T. Flash
Time-varying muscle synergies as low-level control modules
A. D’Avella and E. Bizzi
Uncovering representation from trial-to-trial changes in performance during adaptation
O. Donchin and R. Shadmehr
A computational model of adaptation to novel stable and unstable dynamics
D. Franklin, R. Osu, E. Burdet, M. Kawato and T. Milner
Interpreting motor adaptation results within the framework of optimal feedback control
E. Todorov
Minimization of jerk, not torque change or end point error, mimics human movement in dynamically perturbing environments
K. Thoroughman and W. Wang
A model of dimensionality reduction in goal-oriented motions
E. Torres
Patterns in stroke patients’ submovements support adaptive forward/inverse learning model
B. Rohrer, H. Krebs, B. Volpe, W. Frontera, J. Stein and N. Hogan