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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David L. Sparks is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Medicine and Social Sciences. Subfields include Sociology and Political Science, Education, Emergency Medicine, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Rheumatology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics with notable attention to Critical Race Theory in Education, Urticaria and Related Conditions, Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Neural dynamics and brain function, stochastic dynamics and bifurcation, and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

Recent publications by David L. Sparks include:

  • Fish couple forecasting with feedback control to chase and capture moving prey, 2024, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • In My Feelings: Exploring Implicit Skin Tone Bias among Preservice Teachers, 2021, College Teaching
  • Discussion on: Enumerating the causes and burden of first case operating room delays, 2020, The American Journal of Surgery
  • Enhancing awareness of colorism among pre-service teachers: a field placement approach, 2022, SN Social Sciences
  • Discussion of "Evaluation of Methods for Localized Differential Foundation Movement in Post-Tensioned Concrete Foundations", 2022, Forensic Engineering 2022

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David L. Sparks include:

  • Amy Hendrix-Dicken, with 3 joint publications
  • Jandel Crutchfield, with 2 joint publications
  • Maya Williams, with 2 joint publications
  • Erin Findley, with 2 joint publications
  • J. Ifikhar, with 2 joint publications

Common venues for publishing include:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • College Teaching
  • The American Journal of Surgery
  • SN Social Sciences
  • Forensic Engineering 2022

Among the recognition received, David L. Sparks was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1990.

Best Publications

  • Population coding of saccadic eye movements by neurons in the superior colliculus

    Choongkil Lee;William H. Rohrer;William H. Rohrer;David L. Sparks

  • The brainstem control of saccadic eye movements

    David L. Sparks

  • Translation of sensory signals into commands for control of saccadic eye movements: role of primate superior colliculus

    D. L. Sparks

  • Dissociation of visual and saccade-related responses in superior colliculus neurons.

    L. E. Mays;D. L. Sparks

  • Trace amounts of copper in water induce β-amyloid plaques and learning deficits in a rabbit model of Alzheimer's disease

    D. Larry Sparks;Bernard G. Schreurs

  • The deep layers of the superior colliculus.

    D L Sparks;R Hartwich-Young

  • Randomized controlled trial of atorvastatin in mild to moderate Alzheimer disease LEADe

    H H Feldman;R S Doody;Miia Kivipelto;D L Sparks

  • Corollary discharge provides accurate eye position information to the oculomotor system.

    Barton L. Guthrie;John D. Porter;David L. Sparks

  • SIGNAL TRANSFORMATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE GENERATION OF SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENTS

    David L. Sparks;Lawrence E. Mays

  • Saccades are spatially, not retinocentrically, coded.

    Lawrence E. Mays;David L. Sparks

  • Sensorimotor integration in the primate superior colliculus. II: Coordinates of auditory signals

    M. F. Jay;D. L. Sparks

  • Auditory receptive fields in primate superior colliculus shift with changes in eye position

    Martha F. Jay;David L. Sparks

  • Spatial localization of saccade targets. I. Compensation for stimulation-induced perturbations in eye position.

    David L. Sparks;Lawrence E. Mays

  • Movement selection in advance of action in the superior colliculus.

    Paul W. Glimcher;David L. Sparks

  • Size and distribution of movement fields in the monkey superior colliculus

    David L. Sparks;Richard Holland;Barton L. Guthrie

  • Eye-Head Coordination During Head-Unrestrained Gaze Shifts in Rhesus Monkeys

    Edward G. Freedman;David L. Sparks

  • Age-related distribution of neuropathologic changes in the cerebral cortex of patients with Down's syndrome. Quantitative regional analysis and comparison with Alzheimer's disease.

    P. R. Hof;C. Bouras;D. P. Perl;D. L. Sparks

  • Functional properties of neurons in the monkey superior colliculus: coupling of neuronal activity and saccade onset.

    David L. Sparks

  • Daily variation in the concentration of melatonin and 5-methoxytryptophol in the human pineal gland: effect of age and Alzheimer's disease.

    D.J. Skene;B. Vivien-Roels;D.L. Sparks;J.C. Hunsaker

  • Combined eye-head gaze shifts produced by electrical stimulation of the superior colliculus in rhesus monkeys

    E. G. Freedman;T. R. Stanford;D. L. Sparks

  • Saccades to Remembered Target Locations : an Analysis of Systematic and Variable Errors

    Janis M. White;David L. Sparks;Terrence R. Stanford

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrence R. Stanford
Terrence R. Stanford Wake Forest University
Paul W. Glimcher
Paul W. Glimcher New York University
Paul J. May
Paul J. May University of Mississippi Medical Center
A. J. Van Opstal
A. J. Van Opstal Radboud University
Jon H. Kaas
Jon H. Kaas Vanderbilt University
Paul Dean
Paul Dean University of Sheffield

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