Promotional Information

Provides an overview of the various neural mechanisms that contribute to learning new motor and sensory skills and to adapting to changed circumstances, including the use of devices and implants to substitute for lost sensory or motor abilities (brain machine Interfaces)

Table of Contents

SECTION I: Assistive Technologies To Enhance Sensorimotor Performance



Building the Bionic Eye: An Emerging Reality and OpportunityLotfi B. Merabet
Insights from darkness: What the study of blindness has taught us about brain structure and functionRon Kupers and Maurice Ptito
A dynamical systems view of motor preparation: Implications for neural prosthetic system designKrishna V. Shenoy, Matthew T. Kaufman, Maneesh Sahani, and Mark M. Churchland
Physically Interactive Robotic Technology for NeuroMotor RehabilitationNeville Hogan & Hermano I. Krebs
Sensory Feedback for Upper Limb ProsthesesSteven S. Hsiao, Michael Fettiplace, Bejan Darbandi
Stimulus-driven changes in sensorimotor behavior and neuronal functional connectivity: Application to brain machine interfaces and neurorehabilitationJames M. Rebesco, Lee E. Miller
Inference from populations: going beyond modelsSteven M. Chase & Andrew B. Schwartz
Tactile communication systems: Optimizing the display of informationLynette A. Jones
Understanding Haptics by Evolving Mechatronic SystemsGerald E. Loeb, George A. Tsianos, Jeremy A. Fishel, Nicholas Wettels and Stefan Schaal
SECTION II: Neurorehabilitation

Technology Improves Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Jan Kowalczewski and Arthur Prochazka.
Guiding task-oriented gait training after stroke or spinal cord injury (SCI) by means of a biomechanical gait analysis.Sylvie Nadeau , Cyril Duclos , Laurent Bouyer and Carol L. Richards
Involvement of the corticospinal tract in the control of human gaitDorothy Barthélemy, Michael J. Grey, Jens Bo Nielsen, Laurent Bouyer
Vision restoration after brain and retina damage: the "Residual Vision Activation Theory"Bernhard A. Sabel, Petra Henrich-Noack, Anton Fedorov and Carolin Gall
Real-Time Functional Magnetic Imaging – Brain Computer Interface And Virtual Reality: Promising Tools For The Treatment Of PaedophiliaPatrice Renaud, Christian Joyal, Mathieu Goyette, Niels Birbaumer
Shaping plasticity to enhance recovery after injuryNuma Dancause, PT, PhD & Randolph J. Nudo, PhD

Reviews

"This is a great resource for those looking for a collection of studies on neural plasticity and neural mechanisms covered at the annual symposium. It clearly highlights some of the innovations made in the field and does so in a concise and organized manner."--Doody.com, October 4, 2013