Jonathan A. Michaels
@JonAMichaels
How do we move? I study brains and machines at York University (Assistant Professor). Full-time human.
Can the motor system use sensory expectations to prepare for unexpected events? Excited to share my latest work with @andpru – where we establish that sensory expectations shape neural population dynamics in motor circuits! 🧵 and paper below 1/
Something I love about teaching: the opportunity to revisit foundational studies. Here, the measurement of potentials in spindle afferents under stimulation of individual fusimotor fibers (!) by Kuffler, Hunt, & Qilliam. journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…
In this lecture, we discuss task-optimized models of the motor system, surveying the classic work of Evarts, Georgopolous, @MarkChurchland, @shenoystanford, and many others, showing how they build up to trained RNNs as a canonical paradigm of the motor system (e.g. the work of…
Very exciting initiative!
We’re excited to announce the 18 teams we’re funding in Precision Neurotechnologies 🧠 They’ll work to unlock new ways to interface with the brain at the neural circuit level, with unprecedented precision. (1/3)
Great decision. Congrats Frank!
We celebrate the arrival of @WillettNeuro, who joins the department as an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery. Dr. Willett previously worked as a research scientist in the Neural Prosthetics Translational Lab, where he will continue as co-director: stan.md/frank-willett
663 days since the senseless tragedy that took An, we present a manuscript that reports some of the discoveries that she left us. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Excited to share my latest work with @DiedrichsenJorn and @andpru. In this work, we ask whether motor sequence learning is motoric at all! Check out the 🧵version of the abstract: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/n
More holiday reading! We argue that BCIs should be classified based on their intended application, and that this language is best for the public, regulators, policy makers, etc.
What is or isn't a "BCI"? (Brain Computer Interface) We argue in @natBME today that if the tech stimulates or records brain activity AND does computation, it's a BCI. This definition would align with the popular concept of BCI, but we still need a way to discuss different…
📢📢📢 Big paper out from the lab today! We show how motor circuits across cortex and thalamus do sensory planning and how this improves reaching.
Can the motor system use sensory expectations to prepare for unexpected events? Excited to share my latest work with @andpru – where we establish that sensory expectations shape neural population dynamics in motor circuits! 🧵 and paper below 1/