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Overview

John Porrill is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research principally focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with particular attention to the subfields of Neurology, Sensory Systems, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The major topics of their work include:

  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on sensorimotor processing and adaptive feedback control mechanisms. These include the following papers:

  • "A multizone cerebellar chip for bioinspired adaptive robot control and sensorimotor processing," published in 2021 in the Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • "World Statistics Drive Learning of Cerebellar Internal Models in Adaptive Feedback Control: A Case Study Using the Optokinetic Reflex," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors in Porrill's research include:

  • Paul Dean
  • Sean Anderson
  • Emma D. Wilson
  • Tareq Assaf
  • Jonathan Rossiter

In terms of publication venues, their work has appeared notably in:

  • Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • The cerebellar microcircuit as an adaptive filter: experimental and computational evidence

    Paul Dean;John Porrill;Carl‑Fredrik Ekerot;Henrik Jörntell

  • Cerebral Vasomotion: A 0.1-Hz Oscillation in Reflected Light Imaging of Neural Activity

    J E Mayhew;S Askew;Y Zheng;J Porrill

  • When is now? Perception of simultaneity.

    J. V. Stone;N. M. Hunkin;J. Porrill;R. Wood

  • Spatiotemporal independent component analysis of event-related fMRI data using skewed probability density functions.

    James V. Stone;J. Porrill;N. R. Porter;Iain D. Wilkinson

  • Fitting ellipses and predicting confidence envelopes using a bias corrected Kalman filter

    J. Porrill

  • Stereopsis, vertical disparity and relief transformations.

    J. Garding;J. Porrill;J.E.W. Mayhew;J.P. Frisby

  • Recurrent cerebellar architecture solves the motor-error problem.

    John Porrill;Paul Dean;James V. Stone

  • Optimal combination and constraints for geometrical sensor data

    John Porrill

  • Curve matching and stereo calibration

    John Porrill;Stephen Pollard

  • Active region models for segmenting textures and colours

    Jim Ivins;John Porrill

  • Active region models for segmenting textures and colours

    J. Ivins;J. Porrill

  • 2013 Special Issue: Adaptive filters and internal models: Multilevel description of cerebellar function

    John Porrill;Paul Dean;Sean R. Anderson

  • Decorrelation control by the cerebellum achieves oculomotor plant compensation in simulated vestibulo-ocular reflex.

    Paul Dean;John Porrill;James V. Stone

  • Statistical snakes: active region models

    Jim Ivins;John Porrill

  • Cerebellar Motor Learning: When Is Cortical Plasticity Not Enough?

    John Porrill;Paul Dean

  • Optimal combination and constraints for geometrical sensor data

    J. Porrill

  • Recurrent cerebellar loops simplify adaptive control of redundant and nonlinear motor systems

    John Porrill;Paul Dean

  • Cerebellar-Inspired Adaptive Control of a Robot Eye Actuated by Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

    A. Lenz;S.R. Anderson;A.G. Pipe;C. Melhuish

  • TINA: a 3D vision system for pick and place

    J. Porrill;S. B. Pollard;T. P. Pridmore;J. B. Bowen

  • At the Edge of Chaos: How Cerebellar Granular Layer Network Dynamics Can Provide the Basis for Temporal Filters.

    Christian Rössert;Paul Dean;John Porrill

  • Adaptive-filter models of the cerebellum: computational analysis.

    Paul Dean;John Porrill

  • Synaptic Plasticity in Medial Vestibular Nucleus Neurons: Comparison with Computational Requirements of VOR Adaptation

    John R. W. Menzies;John Porrill;Mayank Dutia;Paul Dean

  • Matching geometrical descriptions in three-space

    S. B. Pollard;J. Porrill;J. E. W. Mayhew;J. P. Frisby

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Dean
Paul Dean University of Sheffield
Jonathan Rossiter
Jonathan Rossiter University of Bristol
Tony J. Prescott
Tony J. Prescott University of Sheffield
Tony P. Pridmore
Tony P. Pridmore University of Nottingham
Chris Melhuish
Chris Melhuish University of the West of England
Anthony G. Pipe
Anthony G. Pipe University of the West of England
Christopher H. Yeo
Christopher H. Yeo University College London
Henrik Jörntell
Henrik Jörntell Lund University
Mayank B. Dutia
Mayank B. Dutia University of Edinburgh
William R. Jacobs
William R. Jacobs Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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