We're hiring! Postdoc position to study the neural control of reaching using high-density multi-area electrophysiology. 5 years of funding, great collaborative environment. Please share with anyone who may be interested. For details, see: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Pruszynski Postdoc 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher, Control Policies in the Primate Motor Circuit Pruszynski Lab @ Sensorimotor Superlab​ The Pruszynski Laboratory at Western University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to j...

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It’s a wrap! Started with the Tokyo Hand Meeting on April 17th at @riken-science.bsky.social campus, then spinal dynamics perspective session with Kazuhiko Seki and Martyn Goulding at the NCM meeting in Kobe! Thank you Simon Giszter for giving a great introduction and serving as discussant!

Our paper is out in Science Advances! What makes primate hands so dexterous? We show that evolutionarily distinct spinal and cortical pathways work together to balance stability and flexibility, supporting remarkable primate hand control. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Primate dexterous hand movements are controlled by functionally distinct premotoneuronal systems

Distinct spinal and cortical pathways coordinate muscle synergies and fine control to support primate dexterous hand movements.

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Thrilled that our new review "Motor Working Memory" is now in press at TiCS! @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social By me + Hanna Hillman We argue that a dedicated research program on 'working memory for movements' is long overdue Link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lmMX4sIRv...

🚨New paper🚨 Neural manifolds went from a niche-y word to an ubiquitous term in systems neuro thanks to many interesting findings across fields. But like with any emerging term, people use it very differently. Here, we clarify our take on the term, and review key findings & challenges rdcu.be/ex8hW

Happy to announce that my lab @ Yale Psychology (actcompthink.org) will be accepting PhD applications this year (for start in Fall '26)! Come for the fun experiments on human learning, memory, & skilled behavior, stay for the best 🍕 in the US. Please reach out if you have any questions!

🧠What do random neural networks have in common with the motor cortex? Turns out, a lot! Both exhibit similar low‑dimensional dynamics across sensorimotor tasks.👇🧵

I wrote a little digest + tribute to an article that shaped my career: Sadtler et al Neural constraints on learning! (and also managed to sneak in a shout out to another one) Read for free here: rdcu.be/eg5To Thanks to the editors for the invite and input!

Neural manifolds: more than the sum of their neurons

Nature Reviews Neuroscience - In this Journal Club, Juan Gallego discusses a 2014 article that provided a first causal hint that neural manifolds may not only be a convenient way to interpret...

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Today is the day! Register now for #NCMPan25 and get the lowest rate. Early bird registration rates available until 23:59 PDT March 17. ncm-society.org/regi...

Want to hear more about how feedback can guide learning in RNNs for motor adaptation. Here is our new paper in Nat. Com. with Barbara Feulner and @juangallego.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A neural implementation model of feedback-based motor learning - Nature Communications

How the brain adapts our movements to new conditions remains unclear. Here, the authors show that a recurrent neural network that controls its output using error-based feedback can learn to count...

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I'm looking for postdocs who'd like to apply for the @connectedminds.bsky.social PDFs with me and collaborators to work on the following potential projects: 1. explainable neuroAI for ANN / SNN models of motor control 2. neuromorphic robotic control 3. neurorobotic artistic performance ... /1

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Can the motor system use sensory expectations to prepare for unexpected events? Excited to share my latest work with @andpru.bsky.social – where we establish that sensory expectations shape neural population dynamics in motor circuits! 🧵 and paper below 1/

Hello, bluesky motor control community! We have a new preprint with Kazuhiko Seki and Tomomichi Oya on the neural basis of dexterous hand movements in primates. Please check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Spinal and cortical premotor control of primate dexterous hand movements

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