Motor Cognition

Undergraduate/graduate course covering the neural mechanisms of human motor control: sensorimotor loops, predictive force control, motor learning, and disorders.

Using a response repetition paradigm with EMG monitoring, we demonstrate that motor imagery and motor execution produce inequivalent and — after controlling for subthreshold muscle activity — uncorrelated repetition effects, challenging the dominant functional equivalence hypothesis.

Using information-theoretic measures, this study quantifies how neural specificity (differentiation) of motor and executive functions declines with age — shedding light on the mechanisms of cognitive aging.

Using fMRI, we show that the perception of object weight and the prediction of force required for lifting are supported by distinct neural circuits — providing key evidence for separate visuomotor and perceptual streams.