Advances in Computational Motor Control III

Symposium at the Society for Neuroscience Conference

Friday, October 22, 2004

Room 32AB, San Diego Convention Center

12:00-1:00 Registration

1:00-1:05 Opening Remarks

1:05-3:00 Session 1

· Invited talk: Mitsuo Kawato (ATR)
”Movement variability: a touchstone for competing computational theories”

· E. Todorov, W. Li (UC San Diego)
”Hierarchical optimal feedback control of redundant systems”

· M. Shapiro, R. Kenyon (University of Illinois)
“Time-optimal control of fast point-to-point movements”

· M. MacIver, M. Nelson, J. Burdick (Northwestern, University of Illinois, Caltech)
“Matching of sensing and motor volumes in active sensory systems”

· D. Reinkensmeyer, J. Liu, J. Emken, J. Bobrow (UC Irvine)
“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”

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-5:30 Session 2

· M. Smith, R. Shadmehr (Johns Hopkins)
“Modulation of the rate of error-dependent learning by the statistical properties of the task”

· K. Thoroughman, J. Taylor (Washington University)
“Experience-dependent adaptation of the spatial generalization of human motor adaptation”

· R. Scheidt (Marquette University)
“A vector ARX model of motor adaptation during reaching”

· V. Della-Maggiore, N. Malfait, D. Ostry, T. Paus (Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill)
“Stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex interferes with arm trajectory adjustments during the learning of new dynamics”

· H. Gomi, N. Saijo, N. Abekawa, I. Murakami, S. Nishida (NTT Communication Science Labs)
“Quick manual following response induced by large-field visual motion: What drives the response and how is it driven?”

· D. Pai, S. Sueda, Q. Wei (Rutgers)
“Simulation of 3D neuro-musculo-skeletal systems with contact”

5:30-7:00 Dinner (on your own)

7:00-9:00 Session 3

· Invited talk: John Donoghue (Brown)
“Neural Ensemble Signals from Human Motor Cortex”

· M. Churchland, B. Yu, S. Ryu, G. Santhanam, A. Afshar, K. Shenoy (Stanford)
“Role of movement preparation in movement generation”

· E. Torres, C. Buneo, R. Andersen (Caltech)
“On-line spatiotemporal learning and adaptation in the posterior parietal region during obstacle avoidance: Theory, behavior, and neurophysiology”

· S. Bressler (Florida Atlantic University)
“Synchronized sensorimotor beta oscillations in motor maintenance behavior”

· J. Porrill, P. Dean (University of Sheffield)
“Recurrent cerebellar loops simplify adaptive control of redundant and non-linear motor systems”

9:00-9:05 Closing Remarks