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Sensorimotor Control Group
Welcome to the Sensorimotor Research Lab which is part of the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at the Radboud University Nijmegen, and housed within the Donders Centre for Cognition. The objective of our research group is to elucidate the computational and neural strategies in human sensorimotor processing, using modeling, psychophysical and neuroimaging techniques. Our main focus is on how sensory information is transformed into spatial representations and motor actions and how different spatial representations are maintained and kept on-line during self-motion. Optimal control and Bayesian models are developed to guide our research, while neuroimaging techniques (fMRI and MEG) are used to identify the neural circuitry and neuronal communication for these different transformations, particularly in cerebral cortex. Our research objective is pursued from a neuroscience systems point of view, with research projects studying topics such as spatial perception, visuospatial updating, multisensory integration, effector selection, motor learning, and sensory-guided actions of eye and limb movements. The group contributes to the Perception, Action, and Control research theme of the Donders Institute, in particular to its subtheme Sensorimotor Integration.
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Dr. Brian Corneil (visiting professor from Univ West Ontario, Canada)
New Publications 2011
- Van Der Werf, J*. Buchholz V.N.*, Jensen O., Medendorp W.P.
- Reorganization of oscillatory activity in human parietal cortex during spatial updating
- Cerebral Cortex, in press (*: authors contributed equally)
- Delnooz C.C., Helmich R.C., Medendorp W.P., Van de Warrenburg B.P., Toni I.
- Writer's cramp: Increased dorsal premotor activity during intended writing.
- Hum Brain Mapp, in press
- Buchholz V.N., Jensen O., Medendorp W.P.
- Multiple reference frames in cortical oscillatory activity during tactile remapping for saccades
- Journal of Neuroscience, 31:16864-71, 2011
- Dessing, J.C., Crawford, J.D., Medendorp, W.P.
- Spatial updating across saccades during manual interception
- Journal of Vision, 11(10), 2011.
- Medendorp W.P., Buchholz V.N., Van Der Werf J., Leone F.T.H.
- Parietofrontal circuits in goal-oriented behavior
- European Journal of Neuroscience, 33:2017-27, 2011
- Clemens I.A.H.*, De Vrijer M.*, Selen L.P.J., Van Gisbergen J.A.M, Medendorp W.P.
- Multisensory processing in spatial orientation: an inverse probabilistic approach
- Journal of Neuroscience, 31(14), 5365-5377, 2011 (*: authors contributed equally)
- Crawford J.D., Henriques D.Y.P., Medendorp W.P.
- Three-dimensional transformations for goal-directed action
- Annual Review of Neuroscience, 34:309-31, 2011.
- Selen L.P.J., Medendorp W.P.
- Saccadic updating of object orientation for grasping movements
- Vision Research, 51:898-907, 2011
- Heed T., Beurze S.M., Toni I., Roder B., Medendorp W.P.
- Functional rather than effector-specific organization of human posterior parietal cortex.
- Journal of Neuroscience, 31: 3066-3076, 2011
- Medendorp W.P.
- Spatial constancy mechanisms in motor control
- Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci., 366: 476-491, 2011
Grant Support
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
- Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
- European Research Council (ERC)
- Donders Centre for Cognition
- Donders Centre for Neuroscience