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| THE BOSTON ACTION CLUBThe Boston Action Club presents a forum of
interactive meetings on movement neuroscience for researchers in the Boston
area. The series of talks is interdisciplinary bringing together presenters
and audience from such disparate fields as Biology, Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Psychology and
Cognitive Science, Physics, and Kinesiology. The presentations are held
in a highly interactive style, followed by more interactions in social
gatherings.
Schedule Spring 2013
Location: 306
Egan Research Center, Northeastern University
Time:
Thursdays, 5 - 6:30pm
January 10 Hermano Igo Krebs abstract
(Mechanical Engineering, MIT)
Distinct Robotic Training Protocols
Differentially
Alter Motor Recovery in Chronic Stroke
Faburary 7 Brett Fajen and Jonathan Matthis abstract
(Cognitive Science, RPI)
Guiding Locomotion in Complex and Dynamic Environments
Faburary 28
David Paydarfar abstract
(Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Wyss Institute, Harvard University)
Neural Oscillators on the Edge: Harnessing Noise to Promote Stability
March 21 Frank Guenther abstract
(Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, BU)
The
Neural Mechanisms of Speech: From Computational Modeling to
Neural Prosthesis
April 11 Tamar Flash abstract
(Applied Mathematics and Computer Science,
Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Motor Planning,
Timing, Perception and Coordination: Seeking Common
Principles across
Tasks and Levels of Representation
May 23 Alvaro Pascual-Leone
(Neurology, Harvard Medical
School)
Schedule Fall 2012
Location: 306
Egan Research Center, Northeastern University
Time:
Thursdays, 5 - 6:30pm
September 20
Michael Turvey abstract
(Psychology, University of Connecticut)
Human Odometry: Experiments and Theoretical Implications
October 25
Dan Ferris abstract
(Bioengineering, University of Michican)
Robotic Exoskeletons and
Mobile Brain Imagings for Human Locomotion
Novermber 8 Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi abstract
(Rehabilitation institute of Chicago, Northwestern University)
Learning to Move and
Learning to Push
December 13
Rob Howe abstract
(Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science)
Why do simple robot grippers work as well as human hands?
Schedule Spring 2012
Location: 340
Egan Research Center, Northeastern University
Time:
Thursdays, 5 - 6:30pm
January 12
Eve Marder abstract
(Biology,
Brandeis University)
A Variability, Homeostasis, and Modulation in a Rhythmic Motor Network
February 2
CJ Heckman abstract
(Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago)
Reverse engineering motor output
to identify the detailed
structure of motor commands
February 23 Cara Stepp abstract
Biomedical Engineering, Boston University)
Voluntary Control of Anterior Neck Musculature in Individuals with Dysphagia
March 15
Heidi Schambra abstract
(Neurology, Columbia University)
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- A Primer: What it Does, How it Works
March 29
Mark Shelhamer abstract
(Biomedical Engineering, Johns
Hopkins University)
Prediction and Adaptation in Saccades, and the Role of Fractal Correlations
April
12
Daniel Corcos abstract
(Neuroscience, University of Illinois at Chicago)
A Comparison of the Effects of Progressive Resistance Exercise
and Flexibility and Balance
Exercise on Parkinson’s Disease
June 7
Devin Jindrich abstract
(Kinesiology, California State
University)
The LIMB Lab: Comparative Biomechanics and Motor Control,
with Applications to Ergonomics
and Rehabilitation
August 2
Andrea d'Avella abstract
(Laboratory of Neuromotor
Physiology, University of Rome)
Muscle Synergies for Motor Control
Schedule Fall 2011
Location: 340
Egan Research Center, Northeastern University
Time:
Thursdays, 5 - 6:30pm
September 8 Tamar Flash abstract
(Applied
Mathematics and Computer Science, Weizmann Institute, Israel)
September 15 Matthew Tresch abstract
(Biomedical
Engineering, RIC, Northwestern University)
October 6 Edwin Robertson abstract
(Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University)
October 20 Ed Large (Center of Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
and Psychology,
Florida Atlantic University) abstract
November 10 Andrew Biewener (Biology, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard
University) abstract
December 1 Amy Bastian (Neurology, Kennedy Krieger Institute
and Johns
Hopkins University) abstract
December 8 Dinesh Pai (Computer Science,
University of British
Columbia, Canada) abstract
Schedule Spring 2011
Location: 340
Egan Research Center, Northeastern University
Time:
Thursdays, 5 - 6:30pm
January 13 Natalia Dounskaia (Life Sciences, Arizona State University) abstract
February 3 Jack Dennerlein (School of Public Health, Harvard University) abstract
February 17 Paul Dizio (Psychology and Neuroscience, Brandeis University) abstract
March 10 Andrew Spence
(Royal Veterinary College, University of London, England) abstract
March 17 Richard Marsh (Biology, Northeastern University) abstract
April 14 Francisco Valero-Cuevas
(Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California) abstract
May 19 John Krakauer
(Neurology, Johns Hopkins University) abstract June 2 Rebecca Spencer abstract (Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
June 30 Avijit Bakshi abstract (Physics and Neuroscience, Brandeis University)
Location: 340
Egan Research Center, Northeastern University
Time:
Thursdays, 5 - 6:30pm
September 16 Dagmar Sternad (Biology, ECE, & Physics, Northeastern University) abstract
September 30 Tom Roberts (Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology, Brown University) abstract
October 14 Marco Santello
(Bioengineering, Arizona State University) abstract
November 4 Richard Ivry
(Cognitive
and Brain Sciences, University of California at Berkeley ) abstract
December 9 Vincent Cheung (Brain and
Cognitive Sciences, MIT) abstract
Schedule Spring 2010
Location: 340 Egan Research Center, Northeastern University
Time:
Thursdays, 5 - 6:30pm
January
21 Cara Lewis (Physical Therapy, Boston University) abstract
February
11 John Jeka (Kinesiology, University of Maryland) abstract
March
18 Simon Giszter (Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University) abstract
March
31 (wed) Jim Collins (Biomedical Engineering, Boston University) abstract
April 29 Madhu
Venkadesan
(Engineering
& Applied Sciences and Human
Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard University) abstract
May 13
William Warren
(Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Brown University) abstract
June 3
Robert Ajemian (Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT) abstract
June 22 (Tue) Paul Gribble & Jeremy Wong (University of Western Ontario) abstract
Schedule Fall 2009
Location: 340
or 206 Egan Research Center, Northeastern University
Time:
Thursdays, 5 - 6:30pm
September 3
Ken Holt (Physical Therapy, Boston University) abstract
September 24 Joe Perkell (Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT) abstract
October 15 Jean-Jacques Slotine
(Mechanical Engineering and Brain and Cognitive
Sciences, MIT) abstract
November 5 Simon Giszter (Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University) abstract
December 3 Daniel Bullock (Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University) abstract
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Schedule Spring 2009 |
January 22 Elliot
Saltzmann (Physical Therapy, Boston University) abstract
'Inter-unit Timing in Speech
Production: Pattern, Stability, and Hierarchy'
February 12 Joseph
Ayers (Biology, Northeastern University)
abstract
'Controlling Biomimetic Underwater Robots with Electronic Nervous Systems'
March 5
Igo Krebs (Mechanical Engineering, MIT) abstract
'Neurorehabilitation and
Robotics: What Have We Learned So Far'
March
26 Emilio Bizzi (Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT)
'My Take on What We Know
and What We Do Not Know about the Vertebrate Motor
System'
April 16
Paul Dizio (Psychology, Brandeis
University)
abstract
'Motor adaptations to limb
and object dynamics in human arm movements'
May
14
Maurice Smith (Engineering and Applied Science & Center for Brain Science,
Harvard University)
abstract
'Credit Assignment, Time-scales, and Basic Elements in Motor Learning'
[Understanding of the
Nitty-Gritty Details of Motor Learning and its Practical Import...]
June 4
Richard Marsh (Biology, Northeastern
University)
abstract
'Mechanics and Energetics of
In Vivo Muscle Function'
July 2 Round Table Discussion on
Falsification as Scientific Stragegy in Movement Neuroscience
with short presentations by:
Neville Hogan, Mechanical Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT
Eliot Saltzman, Physical Therapy, Boston University
Richard Marsh, Biology, Northeastern University
Paul DiZio, Psychology and Neuroscience, Brandeis University
Robert Ajemian, Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT
Alex Byrne, Philosophy, MIT
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