2012 Program - Society for the Neural Control of Movement

Poster Sessions | Authors, Titles and Affiliations
1-G-78 Safety margins and variability in a
redundant object manipulation task
Christopher Hasson1, Dagmar Sternad1 1Northeastern University
1-G-79 Can we learn what the brain optimizes?
Alexander Terekhov1, Vincent Hayward2 1Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), 2Institut des Systèmes
Intelligents et de Robotique, UPMC – CNRS,
1-G-80 Implementation of stochastic feedback
control and Bayesian nonlinear filtering in spiking
neuron populations
Atiyeh Ghoreyshi1, Terence Sanger1 1University of Southern California
1-G-81 Learning rate modulation vs. dimensionality
reduction as a mechanism for structural learning
Alkis Hadjiosif1, Maurice A Smith1 1Harvard University
1-G-82 Augmentation of perceived visual error
improves control and enhances retention of a
discrete task
Dagmar Sternad1, Meghan E Huber1, Anastasia Kyvelidou1 1Northeastern University
1-G-83 Interaction of sensory uncertainty and
motor variability during reaching: A simulation
study
Gregory Apker1, Christopher Buneo1 1Arizona State University
Scholarship Winners
New investigators and faculty are essential for the future of
any field of scientific inquiry. NCM has historically
encouraged conference participation by graduate students
and post-doctoral fellows. The scholarship program is
designed to provide partial support for them to participate
1-G-84 Synaptic changes in strength at the
hippocampal formation during the acquisition of
classical eyeblink conditioning in behaving rabbits
Alejandro Carretero1, Renny Pacheco1, Jose Maria Delgado1, Agnès Gruart1 1División de Neurociencia
1-G-85 Correlates of desirability in the primary
motor cortex of primates
Joseph Francis1, Brandi Marsh1, Marcello DiStasio1, Aditya Tarigoppula1 1SUNY Downstate Medical School
1-G-86 A context-dependent process mediates
decay in motor adaptation
James Ingram1, J Randall Flanagan2, Daniel M Wolpert1 1University of Cambridge, 2Queen’s University
1-G-87 Evolution of grip and object representations
in the MI-PMv circuit: A neural trajectory analysis
Carlos Vargas-Irwin1, Lachlan L Franquemont1, Michael J Black2, John P Donoghue1 1Brown University Neuroscience Department, 2Max Planck Institute
for Intelligent Systems
1-G-88 Trial-by-trial assessment of separate
learning processes during motor adaptation
Jordan Taylor1, Melissa A Burney1, Jacob L Wilson1, John W Krakauer2, Richard B Ivry1 1University of California, Berkeley, 2Johns Hopkins University
in the conference and is open to student and post-doc
members in good standing. Our scholarship program is
funded through the support of our sponsors.
Below is a list of the 2012 NCM Scholarship Winners:
Scholarship Winner Mentor
Eiman Azim Columbia University Thomas M. Jessell
Gabriel Diaz University of Texas, Austin Mary Hayhoe
Raed Joundi Oxford University Dr. Ned Jenkinson
Joseph O’Doherty University of California, San Francisco Philip N. Sabes
David Thura University of Montreal Paul E. Cisek
Aaron Wong Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Mark Shelhamer
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