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Germany
2023

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
71
Citations
24506
World Ranking
949
National Ranking
29

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Gregor Schöner is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of neuroscience and engineering, with significant contributions in cognitive neuroscience and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers several interdisciplinary subfields, including social psychology, artificial intelligence, and physical therapy, sports therapy, and rehabilitation. Key research topics include neural dynamics and brain function, motor control and adaptation, muscle activation and electromyography studies, action observation and synchronization, balance, gait, and falls prevention, visual perception and processing mechanisms, as well as neural and behavioral psychology studies.

Gregor Schöner has published numerous papers in a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication platforms include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), the Journal of Neurophysiology, Cognitive Science, Scientific Reports, and Attention Perception & Psychophysics.

  • A neuromuscular model of human locomotion combines spinal reflex circuits with voluntary movements, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Estimating the time structure of descending activation that generates movements at different speeds, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scene memory and spatial inhibition in visual search, 2020, Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • Habituation and Dishabituation in Motor Behavior: Experiment and Neural Dynamic Model, 2022, Frontiers in Psychology
  • A Neural Dynamic Model of the Perceptual Grounding of Spatial and Movement Relations, 2021, Cognitive Science

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Schöner's career. Frequent co-authors include Lei Zhang, Rachid Ramadan, Cora Hummert, Jan Tekülve, and Jean-Stéphane Jokeit. The partnership with these researchers has contributed to multiple publications across different scientific disciplines and topics.

Best Publications

  • The uncontrolled manifold concept: identifying control variables for a functional task

    John P. Scholz;Gregor Schöner

  • The dynamics of embodiment: a field theory of infant perseverative reaching.

    Esther Thelen;Gregor Schöner;Christian Scheier;Linda B. Smith

  • Dynamic pattern generation in behavioral and neural systems

    G. Schoner;J. A. S. Kelso

  • Identifying the control structure of multijoint coordination during pistol shooting.

    John P. Scholz;Gregor Schöner;Mark L. Latash

  • Motor control strategies revealed in the structure of motor variability.

    Mark L. Latash;John P. Scholz;Gregor Schöner

  • Toward a New Theory of Motor Synergies

    Mark L. Latash;John P. Scholz;Gregor Schöner

  • Dynamic field theory of movement preparation.

    Wolfram Erlhagen;Gregor Schöner

  • A stochastic theory of phase transitions in human hand movement

    G Schöner;H Haken;J A S Kelso;J A S Kelso

  • Nonequilibrium phase transitions in coordinated biological motion: critical fluctuations

    J.A.S. Kelso;J.A.S. Kelso;J.P. Scholz;J.P. Scholz;G. Schöner;G. Schöner

  • Space-time behavior of single and bimanual rhythmical movements: data and limit cycle model.

    B. A. Kay;J. A. Kelso;E. L. Saltzman;G. Schöner

  • Dynamics of behavior: Theory and applications for autonomous robot architectures

    Gregor Schöner;Michael Dose;Christoph Engels

  • Self-organization of coordinative movement patterns ☆

    J.A.S. Kelso;G. Schöner

  • Control and estimation of posture during quiet stance depends on multijoint coordination.

    Wei-Li Hsu;John P. Scholz;Gregor Schöner;John J. Jeka

  • Recent Developments and Problems in Human Movement Science and Their Conceptual Implications

    Gregor Schoner

  • Learning as change of coordination dynamics: theory and experiment.

    Gregor Schöner;Pier G. Zanone;J. A. S. Kelso

  • Structure of motor variability in marginally redundant multifinger force production tasks.

    Mark L. Latash;John F. Scholz;Frederic Danion;Gregor Schöner

  • A synergetic theory of environmentally-specified and learned patterns of movement coordination

    G. Schöner;J. A. Kelso

  • A dynamic theory of coordination of discrete movement

    G. Schöner

  • Nonequilibrium phase transitions in coordinated biological motion: Critical slowing down and switching time

    J.P. Scholz;J.P. Scholz;J.A.S. Kelso;J.A.S. Kelso;G. Schöner;G. Schöner

  • Coupling of fingertip somatosensory information to head and body sway

    J. J. Jeka;Gregor Schöner;Tjeerd Dijkstra;Pedro Ribeiro

  • Temporal stability of the action-perception cycle for postural control in a moving visual environment.

    T. M. H. Dijkstra;G. Schöner;C. C. A. M. Gielen

  • Position and Velocity Coupling of Postural Sway to Somatosensory Drive

    John Jeka;Kelvin Oie;Gregor Schöner;Tjeerd Dijkstra

  • Frequency-dependence of the action-perception cycle for postural control in a moving visual environment - relative phase dynamics

    T. M. H. Dijkstra;Gregor Schöner;Martin A. Giese;C. C. A. M. Gielen

  • Bridging the representational gap in the dynamic systems approach to development

    John P. Spencer;Gregor Schöner

  • Target Representation on an Autonomous Vehicle with Low-Level Sensors

    Estela Bicho;Pierre Mallet;Gregor Schöner

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Spencer
John P. Spencer University of East Anglia
Mark L. Latash
Mark L. Latash Pennsylvania State University
Martin A. Giese
Martin A. Giese University of Tübingen
John J. Jeka
John J. Jeka University of Delaware
Hubert R. Dinse
Hubert R. Dinse Ruhr University Bochum
Hermann Haken
Hermann Haken University of Stuttgart
Esther Thelen
Esther Thelen Indiana University
Alexa Riehle
Alexa Riehle Aix-Marseille University
Christian Igel
Christian Igel University of Copenhagen
Jürgen Schmidhuber
Jürgen Schmidhuber King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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