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Publications of the Laboratory for Computational Motor Control


Text Book:

 

Computational Neurobiology of Reaching and Pointing: A Foundation for Motor Learning.  Shadmehr R, and Wise SP (2005) MIT Press, Cambridge MA.  Citations

·         Stefan Schaal, Network: Computation in Neural Systems 18:1-3, 2007

·         Stephen Scott, Quart Rev Biology 81:86, 2006

·         Stephen Grill, Annals of Neurology 58:492, 2005


Review Articles

A computational neuroanatomy for motor control. Shadmehr R and Krakauer JW (2008) Experimental Brain Research 185:359-381. Abstract

Towards a computational neuropsychology of action.  Krakauer JW and Shadmehr R (2007) Progress in Brain Research 165:383-394. Abstract

Consolidation of motor memory. Krakauer JW and Shadmehr R (2006) Trends in Neurosciences 29: 58-64.  Abstract  Citations

Learning dynamics of reaching. Shadmehr R, Donchin O, Hwang EJ, Hemminger SE, Rao A (2005) Motor Cortex in Voluntary Movements: A distributed system for distributed functions, A. Riehle and E. Vaadia (eds), CRC Press, pp. 297-328.  Abstract Citations

Generalization as a behavioral window to the neural mechanisms of learning internal models. Shadmehr R (2004) Human Movement Science, 23:543-568. 
Abstract  Citations

Motor Learning and Memory for Reaching and Pointing. Shadmehr R, Wise SP (2004) In: The Cognitive Neurosciences, Third Edition, M.S. Gazzaniga (ed), MIT Press, pp. 511-524.
Abstract  Citations

Motor control. Wise SP, Shadmehr R (2002) In: Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, Ramachandran, V. S. (ed), Academic Press: San Diego, CA, vol. 3, pp. 137-157.  
Citations

Error correction and the basal ganglia. Smith MA, and Shadmehr R (2000) Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4:367-369.
Citations

Learning and memory formation of arm movements. Shadmehr R, Thoroughman K (2000) In: Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement, J. M. Winters and P. E. Crago (eds), Springer-Verlag, pp. 347-353. Citations

The equilibrium point hypothesis for control of posture, movement, and manipulation.  Shadmehr R (1998) In: Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, M. A. Arbib (ed), MIT Press, pp. 370-372.  Abstract  Citations

Issues of actuator and kinematic redundancy in biological motor control. Shadmehr R (1991) In: Research Notes in Neural Computing: Visual Structures and Integrated Functions, MA Arbib, J-P Ewert (eds), Springer, pp. 239-254. Abstract Citations


Research Articles:

2008

Active learning: learning a motor skill without a coach. Huang VS, Shadmehr R, and Diedrichsen J (2008) Journal of Neurophysiology in press. Abstract

Spontaneous recovery of motor memory during saccade adaptation. Ethier V, Zee DS, and Shadmehr R (2008) Journal of Neurophysiology 99:2577-2583.  Abstract

Adaptive control of saccades via internal feedback. Chen-Harris H, Joiner WM, Ethier V, Zee DS, and Shadmehr R (2008) Journal of Neuroscience 28:2804-2813.  Abstract Supplementary-material Commentary

Motor adaptation as a process of re-optimization.  Izawa J, Rane T, Donchin O, and Shadmehr R (2008) Journal of Neuroscience 28:2883-2891.  Abstract Supplementary-material Citations

Sequential neural changes during motor learning in schizophrenia.  Rowland LM, Shadmehr R, Kravitz D, and Holcomb HH (2008) Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging 163:1-12.  Abstract

2007

Impairment of retention but not acquisition of a visuomotor skill through time-dependent disruption of primary motor cortex. Hadipour-Niktarash A, Lee CK, Desmond JE, and Shadmehr R (2007) Journal of Neuroscience 27:13413-13419.  Abstract Citations

Sensory prediction errors drive cerebellum-dependent adaptation of reaching. Tseng YW, Diedrichsen J, Krakauer JW, Shadmehr R, and Bastian AJ (2007) Journal of Neurophysiology 98:54-62.  Abstract Citations

Dissociating timing and coordination as functions of the cerebellum. Diedrichsen J, Criscimagna-Hemminger SE, and Shadmehr R (2007)   Journal of Neuroscience, 27:6291-6301. Abstract Citations

Evolution of motor memory during the seconds after observation of motor error.  Huang VS and Shadmehr R (2007) Journal of Neurophysiology 97:3976-3985.  Abstract Citations

The dynamics of memory as a consequence of optimal adaptation to a changing body. Kording KP, Tenenbaum JB, and Shadmehr R (2007)   Nature Neuroscience 10:779-786.  Abstract  Citations

2006

Generalization of motor learning depends on history of prior action. Krakauer JW, Mazzoni P, Ghazizadeh A, Ravindran R, and Shadmehr R (2006)   PLoS Biology, 4:e316.  Abstract  Citations

A spatially unbiased atlas template of the human cerebellum.  Diedrichsen J (2006) NeuroImage, 33:127-138.  Abstract  Citations

Effects of cerebellar thalamus disruption on adaptive control of reaching. Chen H, Hua SE, Smith MA, Lenz FA, and Shadmehr R (2006) Cerebral Cortex, 16:1462-1473.  Abstract  Citations

Interacting adaptive processes with different timescales underlie short-term motor learning.  Smith MA, Ghazizadeh A, and Shadmehr R (2006) PLoS Biology 4:e179.  Abstract  Synopsis  Citations

Why does the brain predict sensory consequences of oculomotor commands?  Optimal integration of the predicted and the actual sensory feedback. Vaziri S, Diedrichsen J, and Shadmehr R (2006) Journal of Neuroscience, 26:4188-4197.  Abstract  Citations

Dissociable effects of the implicit and explicit memory systems on learning control of reaching.  Hwang EJ, Smith MA, and Shadmehr R (2006) Experimental Brain Research, 173:425-437.  Abstract  Citations

A computational model of how an interaction between the thalamocortical and thalamic reticular neurons transforms the low-frequency oscillations of the globus pallidus. Hadipour-Niktarash A (2006)   Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 20:299-320. 

Adaptation and generalization in acceleration dependent force fields. Hwang EJ, Smith MA, and Shadmehr R (2006)   Experimental Brain Research 169:496-506.  Abstract  Citations

2005

Neural correlates of reach errors. Diedrichsen J, Hashambhoy Y, Rane T, and Shadmehr R (2005)  Journal of Neuroscience 25:9919-9931.  Abstract  Citations

Internal models of limb dynamics and encoding of limb state. Hwang EJ and Shadmehr R (2005)   Journal of Neural Engineering 2:S266-S278.  Abstract  Citations

Detecting and adjusting for artifacts in fMRI time series data. Diedrichsen J, and Shadmehr R (2005)   Neuroimage 27:624-634. Abstract  Citations

Intact ability to learn internal models of arm dynamics in Huntington's disease but not cerebellar degeneration. Smith MA and Shadmehr R (2005) Journal of Neurophysiology 93:2809-2821. Abstract  Citations

Internal models and contextual cues: encoding serial order and direction of movement. Wainscott SK, Donchin O, and Shadmehr R (2005) Journal of Neurophysiology 93:786-800. 
Abstract  Citations

Parametric models for motion planning and control in biomimetic robotics. Dordevic GS, Rasic M, and Shadmehr R (2005) IEEE Transactions in Robotics 21:80-92.
Abstract Citations

2004

Change in desired trajectory caused by training in a novel motor task. Donchin O, and Shadmehr R (2004) Proc IEEE EMBS 26:4495-4497. Abstract

2003

Saccade adaptation in response to altered arm dynamics. Nanayakkara T, and Shadmehr R (2003) Journal of Neurophysiology 90:4016-4021. Abstract  Citations

A Gain-Field Encoding of Limb Position and Velocity in the Internal Model of Arm Dynamics. Hwang EJ, Donchin O, Smith MA, and Shadmehr R (2003) PLoS Biology 1(2):209-220. 
Abstract  Supplementary-material  Synopsis  Citations

Quantifying generalization from trial-by-trial behavior of adaptive systems that learn with basis functions: Theory and experiments in human motor control. Donchin O, Francis JT, and Shadmehr R (2003) Journal of Neuroscience, 23:9032-9045. 
Abstract  Supplementary-material  Citations
 
Learned dynamics of reaching movements generalize from dominant to non-dominant arm. Criscimagna-Hemminger SE, Donchin O, Gazzaniga MS, and Shadmehr R (2003) Journal of Neurophysiology 89:168-176. 
Abstract  Primer  Citations

2002

Mechanisms influencing acquisition and recall of motor memories. Donchin O, Sawaki L, Madupu G, Cohen LG, and Shadmehr R (2002) Journal of Neurophysiology 88:2114-2123.  Abstract  Citations

A real-time state predictor in motor control: study of saccadic eye movements during unseen reaching movements. Journal of Neuroscience Ariff G, Donchin O, Nanayakkara T, and Shadmehr R (2002) 22:7721-7729.  Abstract  Citations

Linking motor learning to function approximation: Learning in an unlearnable force field. Donchin O and Shadmehr R (2002) Adv Neural Inform Proc Systems, Dietterich T. G., Becker S., Ghahramani Z. (eds), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, vol. 14, pp. 197-203.  Abstract  Citations

2001

Learning dynamics of reaching movements results in the modification of arm impedance and long-latency perturbation responses. Wang T, Dordevic GS, and Shadmehr R (2001) Biological Cybernetics 85:437-448.  Abstract  Citations

Long-Term Adaptation to Dynamics of Reaching Movements: A PET Study. Nezafat R, Shadmehr R, and Holcomb HH (2001) Experimental Brain Research 140:66-76.  Abstract  Citations

2000

Learning of action through adaptive combination of motor primitives. Thoroughman KA and Shadmehr R (2000) Nature 407:742-747.  Abstract  News&Views  Citations

Spatial generalization from learning dynamics of reaching movements. Shadmehr R and Moussavi ZMK (2000) Journal of Neuroscience, 20:7807-7815.  Abstract  Citations

Motor disorder in Huntington's disease begins as a dysfunction in error feedback control. Smith MA, Brandt J, and Shadmehr R (2000) Nature 403:544-549.  Abstract  News&Views  Citations

1999

Electromyographic correlates of learning an internal model of reaching movements. Thoroughman KA and Shadmehr R (1999) Journal of Neuroscience 19:8573-8588.  Abstract  Citations

Computational nature of human adaptive control during learning of reaching movements in force fields. Bhushan N, and Shadmehr R (1999) Biological Cybernetics 81:39-60.  Abstract  Citations

Evidence for a forward dynamics model in human adaptive motor control. Bhushan N, and Shadmehr R (1999) Adv Neural Inform Proc Systems 11:3-9.  Abstract Citations

Inhibitory Control of Competing Motor Memories. Shadmehr R, and Holcomb HH (1999) Experimental Brain Research 126:235-251.  Abstract  Citations

1998

Time dependent motor memory processes in amnesic subjects. Shadmehr R, Brandt J, and Corkin S (1998) Journal of Neurophysiology 80:1590-1597.  Abstract  Citations

1997

Neural correlates of motor memory consolidation. Shadmehr R and Holcomb HH (1997) Science 277:821-825.  Abstract  Citations

Functional stages in the formation of human long-term motor memory. Shadmehr R and Brashers-Krug T (1997) Journal of Neuroscience 17:409-419. Abstract  Citations

Accelerated learning of a difficult motor task through training in a virtual environment. Todorov E, Shadmehr R, and Bizzi E (1997) Journal of Motor Behaviour 29:147-158 Abstract  Citations

1996

Consolidation in human motor memory. Brashers-Krug T, Shadmehr R, and Bizzi E (1996) Nature 382:252-255.  Abstract  Citations

1995

Sense of muscular effort and somesthetic afferent information in humans. Sanes JN, and Shadmehr R (1995) Can J Physiol Pharmacol, 73(2):223-233. Abstract  Citations

Interference in learning internal models of inverse dynamics in humans. Shadmehr R, Brashers-Krug T, and Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1995) In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, vol. 7, G. Tesauro, D. S. Touretzky, T. K. Leen (eds), MIT Press, pp. 1117-24. Abstract  Citations

Catastrophic interference in human motor learning. Brashers-Krug T, Shadmehr R, and Todorov E (1995) In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, vol. 7, G. Tesauro, D. S. Touretzky, T. K. Leen (eds), MIT Press, pp. 19-26. Abstract  Citations

1994

Adaptive representation of dynamics during learning of a motor task. Shadmehr R and Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1994) Journal of Neuroscience 14:3208-3224. Abstract  Citations

Computational elements of the adaptive controller of the human arm. Shadmehr R, and Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1994) In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, J. D. Cowan, G. Tesauro, J. Alspector (eds), vol. 6, Morgan Kaufmann, pp. 1077-1084. Abstract Citations

1993

Postural force fields of the human arm and their role in generating multi-joint movements. Shadmehr R, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Bizzi E (1993) Journal of Neuroscience 13(1):45-62.  Abstract  Citations

Control of equilibrium position and stiffness through postural modules. Shadmehr R (1993) Journal of Motor Behavior 25(3):228-241. Abstract Citations

Geometric structure of the adaptive controller of the human arm. Shadmehr R and Mussa-Ivaldi FA (1993) A.I. Memo 1437, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, M. I. T. Abstract  Citations

1992

Principal component analysis of optical emission spectroscopy and mass spectrometry: Application to Reactive Ion Etch process parameter estimation. Shadmehr R, Angell D, Chou PB, Oehrlein GS, and Jaffe RS (1992) Journal of Electrochemical Society 139(3):907-914. Abstract  Citations

A mathematical analysis of the force-stiffness characteristics of muscles and the role of reflexes in control of a single joint system. Shadmehr R, and Arbib MA (1992) Biological Cybernetics 66:463-477. Abstract  Citations

1991

A target feedback device for ventilatory muscle training. Belman MJ and Shadmehr R (1991) Journal of Clinical Monitoring 7(1):42-48. Abstract Citations

1990

Learning virtual equilibrium trajectories for control of a robot arm. Shadmehr R (1990) Neural Computation 2(4):446-456. Abstract Citations

A neural network for non-linear Bayesian estimation in drug therapy. Shadmehr R and D'Argenio DZ (1990) Neural Computation 2:216-225. Abstract Citations

Relative contribution of neuro-transmission failure to muscle fatigue. Kuei JH, Shadmehr R, and Sieck GC (1990) Journal of Applied Physiology 68(1):174-180. Abstract  Citations

Efficacy of positive vs. negative pressure ventilation in unloading the respiratory muscles. Belman MJ, Soo Hoo GW, Kuei JH, and Shadmehr R (1990) Chest 98:850-856. Abstract  Citations

1989

A neural model for generation of some behaviors in the fictive scratch reflex. Shadmehr R (1989) Neural Computation 1(2):240-250. Abstract

1988

Targeted resistive ventilatory muscle training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Belman MJ and Shadmehr R (1988) Journal of Applied Physiology 65:2726-2735.  Abstract  Citations


Theses:

Adaptive control of saccades in humans. Vincent Ethier (2008) MS Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

Enhancing motor learning through theoretical and experimental methods: Acquisition, retention, and learning strategies. Vincent Huang (2007) PhD Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

Cerebellar and Cerebellar-Thalamic Contributions to Motor Adaptation. Haiyin Chen (2007) PhD Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

Time-dependent contribution of primary motor cortex to visuomotor memory retention. Christine Lee (2006) MS Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

Effects of changing noise in dynamics of reaching on changes in control of reaching: an optimal control perspective. Tushar Rane (2006) MS Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

Saccadic remapping of reach targets. Siavash Vaziri (2006)   MS Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

State-space models of online acquisition in motor memory. Ali Ghazizadeh (2005) MS Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

Representation of proprioceptive information for generation of arm dynamics. EunJung Hwang (2004) PhD Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

The influence of a forward model of arm dynamics on eye behavior in saccadic tracking of manual reaching tasks. Greg D. Ariff (2001) MS Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

Error correction, the basal ganglia, and the cerebellum. Maurice Smith (2001) PhD Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

Control force change due to adaptation of forward model in human motor control. Tie Wang (2000) MS Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

Human motor learning in stationary and nonstationary novel dynamic environments: psychophysical, electromyographic, and computational verification and extension of the inverse model hypothesis. Kurt A. Thoroughman (1999) PhD Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

A Computational Approach to Human Adaptive Motor Control. Nikhil Bhushan (1998) MS Thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

A computational theory for posture and movement in a multi-joint limb. Reza Shadmehr (1991), Technical Report 91-7, Center for Neural Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Abstract