Luc Selen
From SensorimotorLab.com
Luc Selen is a postdoc in the group of Pieter Medendorp. Before that he worked as a postdoc in the Computational and Biological Learning Lab of Daniel Wolpert in Cambridge, UK. His PhD-research was carried out at the Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Under supervision of Jaap van Dieen and Peter Beek he finished his thesis on the role of joint impedance in attenuating the effects of neuromuscular noise on movement kinematics. From the same institution he received his MSc, "summa cum laude", in "Coordination, Learning and Development".
Luc's research interests can be best summarized as on on how humans are able to interact effectively and efficiently with their environment, given uncertainty due to internal- and external noise and ambiguity. His research on internal noise has mainly focused on how impedance/stiffness control contributes in generating stable arm movements despite the destabilizing effects of internally generated neuromotor noise. Furthermore, he investigates how partial and noisy information about task goals are incorporated in motor preparation. In the lab of Pieter Medendorp his focus will shift to the mechanisms underlying the spatial percept of our environment despite the fact that information visual information is discrete, due to saccades, and that our sensors, especially the vestibular system, are noisy.
In 2010 Luc received a Veni-grant from NWO for a project on motor learning in accelerating environments.
Publications
- Selen L.P.J., Shadlen M.N. & Wolpert D.M.
- Deliberation in the motor system: reflex gains track evolving evidence leading to a decision.
- Journal of Neuroscience, 32(7), 2276-2286, 2012
- Clemens I., 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
- Selen, L.P.J. & Medendorp, W.P.
- Saccadic updating of object orientation for grasping movements.
- Vision Research, 51(8), 898-907, 2011
- Selen, L.P.J., Franklin, D.W. & Wolpert, D.M.
- Impedance control reduces instability that arises from motor noise.
- Journal of Neuroscience, 29(40), 12606-12616, 2009
- Faisal, A.A., Selen, L.P.J., & Wolpert, D.M.
- Noise in the nervous system.
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 9(4), 292-303, 2008
- Selen, L.P.J., Beek, P.J. & van Dieën, J.H.
- Fatigue-induced changes of impedance and performance in target tracking.
- Experimental Brain Research, 181(1), 99-108, 2007
- Selen, L.P.J., van Dieën, J.H. & Beek, P.J.
- Impedance Modulation and Feedback Corrections in Tracking Targets of Variable Size and Frequency.
- Journal of Neurophysiology, 96, 2750-2759, 2006
- Selen, L.P.J., Beek, P.J. & van Dieën, J.H.
- Impedance is modulated to meet accuracy demands during goal-directed arm movements .
- Experimental Brain Research, 172(1), 129-138, 2006
- Selen, L.P.J., Beek, P.J. & van Dieën, J.H.
- Can co-activation reduce kinematic variability? A simulation study.
- Biological Cybernetics, 93(5), 373-381, 2005
- Van Dieën, J.H. Selen, L.P.J. & Cholewicki, J.
- Trunk muscle activation in low-back pain patients, an analysis of the literature.
- Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 13(4), 333-351, 2003
Collaborators
Prof. Daniel M. Wolpert
Prof. Mike N. Shadlen
Dr. Alaa A. Ahmed
Dr. David W. Franklin