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Mark L. Latash publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark L. Latash sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 545 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Mark L. Latash D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark L. Latash sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 109 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mark L. Latash is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Neuroscience and Engineering, with significant contributions within subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Social Psychology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The main topics explored in their work cover a broad spectrum of motor control and related processes, specifically:

  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Synergic control of a single muscle: The example of flexor digitorum superficialis," 2020, The Journal of Physiology
  • "One more time about motor (and non-motor) synergies," 2021, Experimental Brain Research
  • "Laws of nature that define biological action and perception," 2020, Physics of Life Reviews
  • "On Primitives in Motor Control," 2020, Motor Control
  • "Efference copy in kinesthetic perception: a copy of what is it?," 2021, Journal of Neurophysiology

Latash has frequently published in specific journals, contributing notably to:

  • Experimental Brain Research
  • Motor Control
  • Neuroscience
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Human Movement Science

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their work with frequent co-authors including:

  • Joseph M. Ricotta
  • Valters Abolins
  • Cristian Cuadra
  • Sayan Deep De
  • Shirin Madarshahian

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Intrathecal Baclofen for Severe Spinal Spasticity

    R. D. Penn;S. M. Savoy;D. Corcos;M. Latash

  • Toward a New Theory of Motor Synergies

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

  • Neurophysiological basis of movement

    Mark L. Latash

  • The bliss (not the problem) of motor abundance (not redundancy).

    Mark L. Latash

  • Control of human movement

    Mark L. Latash

  • Joint stiffness: Myth or reality?

    Mark L. Latash;Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky

  • Directional specificity of postural muscles in feed-forward postural reactions during fast voluntary arm movements

    Alexander S. Aruin;Mark L. Latash

  • Enslaving effects in multi-finger force production

    Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky;Zong Ming Li;Mark L. Latash

  • What are “normal movements” in atypical populations?

    Mark L. Latash;J. Greg Anson

  • Force sharing among fingers as a model of the redundancy problem.

    Zong Ming Li;M. L. Latash;V. M. Zatsiorsky

  • Motor Synergies and the Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis

    Mark L. Latash

  • The role of motor action in anticipatory postural adjustments studied with self-induced and externally triggered perturbations

    Alexander S. Aruin;Mark L. Latash

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

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

  • Reconstruction of shifting elbow joint compliant characteristics during fast and slow movements

    M.L. Latash;G.L. Gottlieb

  • Muscle synergies during shifts of the center of pressure by standing persons

    Vijaya Krishnamoorthy;Mark L. Latash;John P. Scholz;Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky

  • Coordinated force production in multi-finger tasks: finger interaction and neural network modeling.

    Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky;Zong Ming Li;Mark L. Latash

  • Interaction of afferent and efferent signals underlying joint position sense: empirical and theoretical approaches.

    Anatol G. Fel’dman;Mark L. Latash

  • Anticipatory postural adjustments in conditions of postural instability.

    Alexander S Aruin;Alexander S Aruin;William R Forrest;Mark L Latash

Frequent Co-Authors

Xuemei Huang
Xuemei Huang Pennsylvania State University
Alexander S. Aruin
Alexander S. Aruin University of Illinois at Chicago
Daniel M. Corcos
Daniel M. Corcos Northwestern University
Mechelle M. Lewis
Mechelle M. Lewis Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Gerald L. Gottlieb
Gerald L. Gottlieb Boston University
Gregor Schöner
Gregor Schöner Ruhr University Bochum
Anatol G. Feldman
Anatol G. Feldman University of Montreal
Robert L. Sainburg
Robert L. Sainburg Pennsylvania State University
Mindy F. Levin
Mindy F. Levin McGill University
David A. Rosenbaum
David A. Rosenbaum University of California, Riverside

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