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Overview

John W. Krakauer is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Neuroscience. Within these broader areas, their work emphasizes Cognitive Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Neurology, Social Psychology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Krakauer's research topics cover a range of subjects related to motor function and neurological disorders. These include:

  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

The scientist has contributed papers to several frequent publication venues, demonstrating an active role in disseminating research findings. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurorehabilitation and neural repair
  • eLife
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Nature reviews. Neuroscience

Recent papers featuring Krakauer's work illustrate their engaged focus on neurorehabilitation and cognitive brain mechanisms. Notable recent publications are:

  • Comparing a Novel Neuroanimation Experience to Conventional Therapy for High-Dose Intensive Upper-Limb Training in Subacute Stroke: The SMARTS2 Randomized Trial, 2021, Neurorehabilitation and neural repair
  • Two views on the cognitive brain, 2021, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • Answer ALS, a large-scale resource for sporadic and familial ALS combining clinical and multi-omics data from induced pluripotent cell lines, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • Epidural stimulation of the cervical spinal cord for post-stroke upper-limb paresis, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • Against cortical reorganisation, 2023, eLife

Collaboration plays a significant role in Krakauer's research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Meret Branscheidt
  • Alkis M. Hadjiosif
  • Jeff Goldsmith
  • Omar Ahmad
  • Pablo Celnik

Best Publications

  • Error Correction, Sensory Prediction, and Adaptation in Motor Control

    Reza Shadmehr;Maurice A. Smith;John W. Krakauer

  • Motor learning: its relevance to stroke recovery and neurorehabilitation.

    John W Krakauer

  • Noninvasive cortical stimulation enhances motor skill acquisition over multiple days through an effect on consolidation

    Janine Reis;Heidi M. Schambra;Leonardo G. Cohen;Ethan R. Buch

  • Agreed definitions and a shared vision for new standards in stroke recovery research: The Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable taskforce:

    Julie Bernhardt;Kathryn S Hayward;Kathryn S Hayward;Gert Kwakkel;Gert Kwakkel;Nick S Ward

  • Neuroscience Needs Behavior: Correcting a Reductionist Bias

    John W. Krakauer;Asif A. Ghazanfar;Alex Gomez-Marin;Malcolm A. MacIver

  • A computational neuroanatomy for motor control

    Reza Shadmehr;John W. Krakauer

  • Learning of visuomotor transformations for vectorial planning of reaching trajectories.

    John W. Krakauer;Zachary M. Pine;Maria-Felice Ghilardi;Claude Ghez

  • Independent learning of internal models for kinematic and dynamic control of reaching.

    John W. Krakauer;Maria Felice Ghilardi;Claude Ghez

  • Sensory Prediction Errors Drive Cerebellum-Dependent Adaptation of Reaching

    Ya-weng Tseng;Joern Diedrichsen;John W Krakauer;Reza Shadmehr

  • An implicit plan overrides an explicit strategy during visuomotor adaptation.

    Pietro Mazzoni;John W. Krakauer

  • Explicit and implicit contributions to learning in a sensorimotor adaptation task.

    Jordan A. Taylor;John W. Krakauer;Richard B. Ivry

  • Evolution of Cortical Activation During Recovery From Corticospinal Tract Infarction

    Randolph S. Marshall;Gerard M. Perera;Ronald M. Lazar;John W. Krakauer

  • Inside the brain of an elite athlete: the neural processes that support high achievement in sports

    Kielan Yarrow;Peter Brown;John W. Krakauer

  • Getting neurorehabilitation right: what can be learned from animal models?

    John W. Krakauer;S. Thomas Carmichael;Dale Corbett;George F. Wittenberg

  • Human sensorimotor learning: adaptation, skill, and beyond

    John W Krakauer;John W Krakauer;Pietro Mazzoni

  • Consolidation of motor memory.

    John W. Krakauer;Reza Shadmehr

  • Inter-individual Variability in the Capacity for Motor Recovery After Ischemic Stroke:

    Shyam Prabhakaran;Eric Zarahn;Claire Riley;Allison Speizer

  • Why Don't We Move Faster? Parkinson's Disease, Movement Vigor, and Implicit Motivation

    Pietro Mazzoni;Anna Hristova;John W. Krakauer

  • Standardized measurement of sensorimotor recovery in stroke trials: consensus-based core recommendations from the Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable

    Gert Kwakkel;Natasha A. Lannin;Karen Borschmann;Coralie English

  • Adaptation to visuomotor transformations: consolidation, interference, and forgetting.

    John W. Krakauer;Claude Ghez;M. Felice Ghilardi

  • Robotic neurorehabilitation: a computational motor learning perspective

    Vincent S Huang;John W Krakauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Pablo Celnik
Pablo Celnik Johns Hopkins University
Reza Shadmehr
Reza Shadmehr Johns Hopkins University
Jörn Diedrichsen
Jörn Diedrichsen University of Western Ontario
Eric Zarahn
Eric Zarahn Columbia University
Claude Ghez
Claude Ghez Columbia University
Andreia V. Faria
Andreia V. Faria Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Maria Felice Ghilardi
Maria Felice Ghilardi City University of New York
Laurel J. Buxbaum
Laurel J. Buxbaum Thomas Jefferson University
Mark M. Churchland
Mark M. Churchland Columbia University
Argye E. Hillis
Argye E. Hillis Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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