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Emilio Bizzi

Emilio Bizzi

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Neuroscience

D-Index
77
Citations
32502
World Ranking
1801
National Ranking
867

Overview

Emilio Bizzi is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of neuroscience, with a specialized emphasis on cognitive neuroscience.

Their recent publications include two papers:

  • From motor planning to execution: a sensorimotor loop perspective, 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Cortical pattern generation during dexterous movement is input-driven, 2020, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Frequent co-authors include Robert Ajemian, with whom they have published multiple works.

They have contributed to the following main topics in their research:

  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
  • Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Their publications have appeared in the following venues:

  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

This scientist's work integrates multiple aspects of neuroscience, especially concentrating on mechanisms underlying motor control, sensory feedback loops, and cognitive processes related to brain dynamics. Their involvement in interdisciplinary topics reflects varied interests within both fundamental and applied neuroscience research.

Best Publications

  • Combinations of muscle synergies in the construction of a natural motor behavior

    Andrea d'Avella;Philippe Saltiel;Emilio Bizzi

  • HUMAN ARM TRAJECTORY FORMATION

    W. Abend;E. Bizzi;P. Morasso

  • Neural, mechanical, and geometric factors subserving arm posture in humans

    FA Mussa-Ivaldi;N Hogan;E Bizzi

  • Consolidation in human motor memory

    Thomas Brashers-Krug;Reza Shadmehr;Emilio Bizzi

  • Posture control and trajectory formation during arm movement

    E Bizzi;N Accornero;W Chapple;N Hogan

  • Characteristics of motor programs underlying arm movements in monkeys

    A. Polit;E. Bizzi

  • Computations underlying the execution of movement: a biological perspective

    Emilio Bizzi;Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi;Simon Giszter

  • Convergent force fields organized in the frog's spinal cord

    SF Giszter;FA Mussa-Ivaldi;E Bizzi

  • Shared and specific muscle synergies in natural motor behaviors

    Andrea d'Avella;Emilio Bizzi

  • The construction of movement by the spinal cord

    Matthew C. Tresch;Philippe Saltiel;Emilio Bizzi

  • Mechanisms Underlying Achievement of Final Head Position

    E. Bizzi;A. Polit;P. Morasso

  • COMBINING MODULES FOR MOVEMENT

    E. Bizzi;V.C.K. Cheung;A. d'Avella;P. Saltiel

  • Muscle synergy patterns as physiological markers of motor cortical damage.

    Vincent Chi-Kwan Cheung;Andrea Turolla;Michela Agostini;Stefano Silvoni

  • Does the nervous system use equilibrium-point control to guide single and multiple joint movements?

    E. Bizzi;N. Hogan;F. A. Mussa-Ivaldi;S. Giszter

  • Motor learning by field approximation

    F Gandolfo;F A Mussa-Ivaldi;E Bizzi

  • The neural origin of muscle synergies

    Emilio Bizzi;Vincent C. K. Cheung

  • Central and Sensory Contributions to the Activation and Organization of Muscle Synergies during Natural Motor Behaviors

    Vincent C. K. Cheung;Andrea d'Avella;Matthew C. Tresch;Emilio Bizzi

  • Linear combinations of primitives in vertebrate motor control

    F A Mussa-Ivaldi;S F Giszter;E Bizzi

  • Arm trajectory formation in monkeys.

    E. Bizzi;N. Accornero;W. Chapple;N. Hogan

  • Neuronal correlates of motor performance and motor learning in the primary motor cortex of monkeys adapting to an external force field.

    Chiang-Shan Ray Li;Camillo Padoa-Schioppa;Emilio Bizzi

  • Effect of load disturbances during centrally initiated movements

    E. Bizzi;P. Dev;P. Morasso;A. Polit

  • Eye-head coordination in monkeys: evidence for centrally patterned organization.

    Emilio Bizzi;Ronald E. Kalil;Vincenzo Tagliasco

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea d'Avella
Andrea d'Avella University of Messina
Reza Shadmehr
Reza Shadmehr Johns Hopkins University
Jose M. Carmena
Jose M. Carmena University of California, Berkeley
Peter König
Peter König Osnabrück University
Daniel Z. Press
Daniel Z. Press Harvard Medical School
Neil Burgess
Neil Burgess University College London
Michael P. Kilgard
Michael P. Kilgard The University of Texas at Dallas
Kamil Ugurbil
Kamil Ugurbil University of Minnesota

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