Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab

#Sensorimotor #Neuroscience Lab at Simon Fraser University. We study how the brain🧠 uses what it sees👁️. Lab Director: Dr. Dan Marigold. Tweets by Trainees.

[Simon Fraser University @SFU]

Brain research is getting a boost at #SFU with a new Institute led by BC Leadership Chair and @SFU_Science professor @ar0mcintosh. This announcement marks a new phase of engaged and impactful #neuroscience and neurotechnology research at SFU. https://t.co/jOq31NiVxJ
#SFUResearch

[Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab @SMNLab]

Overall, we show that experiencing an adverse physical consequence during errors enhances motor memory. This suggests the brain considers the potential physical consequences of movement error when learning and that balance-threatening consequences serve to enhance this process

[Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab @SMNLab]

New #preprint from @AmandaBakkum and @SMNLab: “Learning from the physical consequences of our actions improves motor memory.” Mini 🧵👇Please see paper for more details. https://t.co/yZgYPq5ZJI

[Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab @SMNLab]

Furthermore, the consequence group showed increased recall and savings of the learned visuomotor mapping one week later despite exposure to a competing mapping during initial learning—evidence of greater motor memory consolidation

[Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab @SMNLab]

Overall, our results demonstrate the robustness of motor memories formed during walking and highlight the potential influence of balance control on sensorimotor learning.

See the paper for more details https://t.co/1BT31hELKe

[Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab @SMNLab]

Check out our new paper (now in print) with @AmandaBakkum, @maxdonelan, and Dan Marigold in @JNeurophysiol. We asked how the necessity to control balance during adaptation affects savings of learning. Thread👇

Link to paper for more details https://t.co/1BT31hELKe

[Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab @SMNLab]

For reaching, we found evidence of initial recall, though neither group demonstrated savings (Fig.1). In contrast, both walking groups showed recall and savings. Additionally, we found that challenging balance enhanced savings during walking (Fig.2).

[JNP @JNeurophysiol]

#ArticlesInPress "Savings in sensorimotor learning during balance-challenged walking but not reaching"
Amanda Bakkum, et al.
#Locomotion #Adaptation #Neuroscience
@AmandaBakkum @SFU

https://t.co/IzDvI8gpMU

[Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab @SMNLab]

Now published in print in @CurrentBiology our latest work with @javidomzam: Motives driving gaze and walking decisions.

Thank you @ssukumar92 and @AlayaAAhmed for their great dispatch (https://t.co/fmOjvr8gUi).

Link to article: https://t.co/E5c8TuhcOr

[Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab @SMNLab]

Huge congratulations to @AmandaBakkum for successfully defending her PhD yesterday! We are so proud and can’t wait to see what the future holds for you.

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Walking while blindfolded shows the importance of visual cues needed to manage precise foot placement & avoid falling. But how do we make decisions when there is an abundance of visual cues to choose from? Exciting new research from the @SMNLab https://t.co/ek2ZZmtKjN @javidomzam

[Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab @SMNLab]

Check out our paper for more details https://t.co/MqSu7qaRM2

[Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab @SMNLab]

What drives decisions of where we look and step when walking in complex environments? In our latest paper in @CurrentBiology @CellPressNews, we suggest these decisions depend on the value we assign to information gain, being certain of our actions, and conserving energy. Thread

[Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab @SMNLab]

This work formed part of Javier Domínguez-Zamora’s doctoral thesis: @javidomzam