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Brian D. Corneil is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada.

Their research primarily spans the field of neuroscience with a significant focus on cognitive neuroscience. Additional subfields of study include biomedical engineering, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and physical therapy, sports therapy, and rehabilitation.

The scientist's work covers topics such as motor control and adaptation, muscle activation and electromyography studies, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, tactile and sensory interactions, visual perception and processing mechanisms, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, and balance, gait, and falls prevention.

The following recent papers exemplify their research output:

  • The influence of temporal predictability on express visuomotor responses, 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • High-contrast, moving targets in an emerging target paradigm promote fast visuomotor responses during visually guided reaching, 2021, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Trial-by-trial modulation of express visuomotor responses induced by symbolic or barely detectable cues, 2021, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Symbolic cues enhance express visuomotor responses in human arm muscles at the motor planning rather than the visuospatial processing stage, 2022, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • An Emerging Target Paradigm to Evoke Fast Visuomotor Responses on Human Upper Limb Muscles, 2020, Journal of Visualized Experiments

Brian D. Corneil has frequently published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Brain Stimulation
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Neuroscience

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Vivian Weerdesteyn, Gerald E. Loeb, Guy Wallis, Rebecca A. Kozak, and Sebastian Lehmann.

Best Publications

  • Cognitive control signals for neural prosthetics

    Sam Musallam;Richard A. Andersen;Brian D. Corneil;Bradley Greger

  • A consensus guide to capturing the ability to inhibit actions and impulsive behaviors in the stop-signal task

    Frederick Verbruggen;Adam R. Aron;Guido Ph Band;Christian Beste

  • Auditory-Visual Interactions Subserving Goal-Directed Saccades in a Complex Scene

    B. D. Corneil;M. Van Wanrooij;D. P. Munoz;A. J. Van Opstal

  • Overt Responses during Covert Orienting

    Brian D. Corneil;Douglas P. Munoz

  • Neck muscle responses to stimulation of monkey superior colliculus. I. Topography and manipulation of stimulation parameters.

    Brian D. Corneil;Etienne Olivier;Douglas P. Munoz

  • Combined eye-head gaze shifts to visual and auditory targets in humans.

    Jenny E. Goldring;Michael C. Dorris;Brian D. Corneil;Peter A. Ballantyne

  • Visual responses on neck muscles reveal selective gating that prevents express Saccades

    Brian D Corneil;Brian D Corneil;Etienne Olivier;Douglas P Munoz

  • The Influence of Auditory and Visual Distractors on Human Orienting Gaze Shifts

    Brian D. Corneil;Douglas P. Munoz

  • Neck muscle responses to stimulation of monkey superior colliculus. II. Gaze shift initiation and volitional head movements.

    Brian D. Corneil;Etienne Olivier;Douglas P. Munoz

  • Neuromuscular consequences of reflexive covert orienting.

    Brian D Corneil;Brian D Corneil;Douglas P Munoz;Brendan B Chapman;Tania Admans

  • Widespread Presaccadic Recruitment of Neck Muscles by Stimulation of the Primate Frontal Eye Fields

    James K Elsley;Benjamin Nagy;Sharon L Cushing;Brian D Corneil

  • Neck muscles in the rhesus monkey. II. Electromyographic patterns of activation underlying postures and movements.

    Brian D. Corneil;Etienne Olivier;Frances J. R. Richmond;Frances J. R. Richmond;Frances J. R. Richmond;Gerald E. Loeb;Gerald E. Loeb;Gerald E. Loeb

  • Engagement of visual fixation suppresses sensory responsiveness and multisensory integration in the primate superior colliculus.

    A H Bell;B D Corneil;D P Munoz;M A Meredith

  • The influence of stimulus properties on multisensory processing in the awake primate superior colliculus.

    A H Bell;B D Corneil;M A Meredith;D P Munoz

  • A Trial-by-Trial Window into Sensorimotor Transformations in the Human Motor Periphery.

    Chao Gu;Daniel K. Wood;Paul L. Gribble;Paul L. Gribble;Brian D. Corneil

  • Recruitment of a Head-Turning Synergy by Low-Frequency Activity in the Primate Superior Colliculus

    Sam Rezvani;Brian D Corneil

  • A Causal Role for the Cortical Frontal Eye Fields in Microsaccade Deployment.

    Tyler R. Peel;Ziad M. Hafed;Suryadeep Dash;Stephen G. Lomber

  • Evidence for interactions between target selection and visual fixation for saccade generation in humans.

    Douglas P. Munoz;Brian D. Corneil

  • Countermanding Eye-Head Gaze Shifts in Humans: Marching Orders Are Delivered to the Head First

    Brian D. Corneil;James K. Elsley

  • Neck muscles in the rhesus monkey. I. Muscle morphometry and histochemistry.

    Frances J. R. Richmond;Kan Singh;Kan Singh;Brian D. Corneil

  • Magnetic resonance image-guided implantation of chronic recording electrodes in the macaque intraparietal sulcus.

    H Scherberger;I Fineman;I Fineman;S Musallam;D.J Dubowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas P. Munoz
Douglas P. Munoz Queen's University
Stephen G. Lomber
Stephen G. Lomber McGill University
Paul L. Gribble
Paul L. Gribble University of Western Ontario
Etienne Olivier
Etienne Olivier Université Catholique de Louvain
W. Pieter Medendorp
W. Pieter Medendorp Radboud University
Richard A. Andersen
Richard A. Andersen California Institute of Technology
J. Douglas Crawford
J. Douglas Crawford York University
Ziad M. Hafed
Ziad M. Hafed University of Tübingen
Stefan Everling
Stefan Everling University of Western Ontario
Jeffrey D. Schall
Jeffrey D. Schall Vanderbilt University

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