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Dagmar Sternad is associated with Northeastern University in the United States and focuses research efforts predominantly in the fields of Neuroscience and Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Social Psychology, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, as well as Control and Systems Engineering.

The scientist has produced a substantial body of work revolving around key topics such as Motor Control and Adaptation, Muscle activation and electromyography studies, Action Observation and Synchronization, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention, Robot Manipulation and Learning, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics, and Teleoperation and Haptic Systems.

Frequent publication venues for Dagmar Sternad include:

  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • iScience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Computational Biology

Their recent research output features the following papers:

  • Neural Encoding and Representation of Time for Sensorimotor Control and Learning, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Preparing to move: Setting initial conditions to simplify interactions with complex objects, 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
  • Motor control beyond reach-how humans hit a target with a whip, 2022, Royal Society Open Science
  • Back to reality: differences in learning strategy in a simplified virtual and a real throwing task, 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Central nervous system physiology, 2021, Clinical Neurophysiology

Dagmar Sternad has collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Neville Hogan
  • Marta Russo
  • Salah Bazzi
  • Mohsen Sadeghi
  • Aleksei Krotov

Best Publications

  • Local dynamic stability versus kinematic variability of continuous overground and treadmill walking.

    J. B. Dingwell;J. P. Cusumano;P. R. Cavanagh;D. Sternad

  • Role of Hyperactive Cerebellum and Motor Cortex in Parkinson’s Disease

    Hong Yu;Dagmar Sternad;Daniel M. Corcos;David E. Vaillancourt

  • Sensitivity of Smoothness Measures to Movement Duration, Amplitude and Arrests

    Neville Hogan;Dagmar Sternad

  • Rhythmic arm movement is not discrete.

    Stefan Schaal;Dagmar Sternad;Rieko Osu;Mitsuo Kawato

  • Slower speeds in patients with diabetic neuropathy lead to improved local dynamic stability of continuous overground walking

    Jonathan B Dingwell;Jonathan B Dingwell;J. P. Cusumano;D. Sternad;P. R. Cavanagh

  • Decomposition of Variability in the Execution of Goal-Oriented Tasks: Three Components of Skill Improvement.

    Hermann Müller;Dagmar Sternad

  • On rhythmic and discrete movements: reflections, definitions and implications for motor control.

    Neville Hogan;Dagmar Sternad

  • Origins and violations of the 2/3 power law in rhythmic three-dimensional arm movements.

    Stefan Schaal;Dagmar Sternad

  • Complexity of human postural control in young and older adults during prolonged standing

    Marcos Duarte;Dagmar Sternad

  • Learning and transfer of complex motor skills in virtual reality: a perspective review

    Danielle E. Levac;Meghan E. Huber;Dagmar Sternad

  • Dynamic primitives of motor behavior

    Neville Hogan;Dagmar Sternad

  • One-Handed Juggling: A Dynamical Approach to a Rhythmic Movement Task

    Stefan Schaal;Christopher G. Atkeson;Dagmar Sternad

  • It's Not (Only) the Mean that Matters: Variability, Noise and Exploration in Skill Learning.

    Dagmar Sternad

  • Motor learning: changes in the structure of variability in a redundant task.

    Hermann Müller;Dagmar Sternad

  • Dynamic primitives in the control of locomotion

    Neville Hogan;Dagmar Sternad

  • Average phase difference theory and 1∶1 phase entrainment in interlimb coordination

    Dagmar Sternad;M. T. Turvey;R. C. Schmidt

  • A randomization method for the calculation of covariation in multiple nonlinear relations: illustrated with the example of goal-directed movements.

    Hermann Müller;Dagmar Sternad

  • Segmentation of Endpoint Trajectories Does Not Imply Segmented Control

    Dagmar Sternad;Stefan Schaal

  • Interaction of rhythmic and discrete pattern generators in single-joint movements

    Dagmar Sternad;William J. Dean;Stefan Schaal

  • Bouncing a ball: tuning into dynamic stability.

    Dagmar Sternad;Marcos Duarte;Hiromu Katsumata;Stefan Schaal

  • Dynamics of a bouncing ball in human performance.

    Dagmar Sternad;Marcos Duarte;Hiromu Katsumata;Stefan Schaal

  • Neuromotor noise, error tolerance and velocity-dependent costs in skilled performance.

    Dagmar Sternad;Masaki O. Abe;Xiaogang Hu;Hermann Müller

  • The detuning factor in the dynamics of interlimb rhythmic coordination

    Dagmar Sternad;David Collins;M. T. Turvey

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Schaal
Stefan Schaal Google (United States)
Michael T. Turvey
Michael T. Turvey University of Connecticut
Elliot Saltzman
Elliot Saltzman Boston University
Jonathan B. Dingwell
Jonathan B. Dingwell Pennsylvania State University
Mitsuo Kawato
Mitsuo Kawato Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Karl M. Newell
Karl M. Newell University of Georgia
Hermann J. Müller
Hermann J. Müller Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Timothy D. Lee
Timothy D. Lee McMaster University
Christopher G. Atkeson
Christopher G. Atkeson Carnegie Mellon University

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