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Robert L. Sainburg is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, rehabilitation, social psychology, biomedical engineering, and neurology.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including motor control and adaptation, hemispheric asymmetry in neuroscience, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, action observation and synchronization, muscle activation and electromyography studies, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, as well as musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Robert L. Sainburg has contributed to multiple research papers published in various scientific venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • A rare case of deafferentation reveals an essential role of proprioception in bilateral coordination (2021, Neuropsychologia)
  • Remedial Training of the Less-Impaired Arm in Chronic Stroke Survivors With Moderate to Severe Upper-Extremity Paresis Improves Functional Independence: A Pilot Study (2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
  • Somatosensory deafferentation reveals lateralized roles of proprioception in feedback and adaptive feedforward control of movement and posture (2020, Current Opinion in Physiology)
  • Left hemisphere damage produces deficits in predictive control of bilateral coordination (2020, Experimental Brain Research)
  • The neural foundations of handedness: insights from a rare case of deafferentation (2020, Journal of Neurophysiology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert L. Sainburg include:

  • Shanie A. L. Jayasinghe
  • Candice Maenza
  • Robert A. Scheidt
  • Brooke Dexheimer
  • Fabrice R. Sarlegna

The scientist commonly publishes in the following venues:

  • Experimental Brain Research
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Neuropsychologia
  • Current Opinion in Physiology

Best Publications

  • Evidence for a dynamic-dominance hypothesis of handedness

    Robert L. Sainburg

  • Control of limb dynamics in normal subjects and patients without proprioception.

    R. L. Sainburg;M. F. Ghilardi;H. Poizner;C. Ghez

  • Loss of proprioception produces deficits in interjoint coordination

    Robert L. Sainburg;Howard Poizner;Claude Ghez

  • Differences in control of limb dynamics during dominant and nondominant arm reaching

    Robert L. Sainburg;D. Kalakanis

  • Handedness: Dominant Arm Advantages in Control of Limb Dynamics

    Leia B. Bagesteiro;Robert L. Sainburg

  • Intersegmental Dynamics Are Controlled by Sequential Anticipatory, Error Correction, and Postural Mechanisms

    R. L. Sainburg;C. Ghez;D. Kalakanis

  • Interlimb transfer of visuomotor rotations: Independence of direction and final position information

    Robert L. Sainburg;Jinsung Wang

  • Ipsilesional motor deficits following stroke reflect hemispheric specializations for movement control

    Sydney Y. Schaefer;Kathleen Y. Haaland;Robert L. Sainburg

  • Handedness: differential specializations for control of trajectory and position.

    Robert L. Sainburg

  • Hemispheric specialization and functional impact of ipsilesional deficits in movement coordination and accuracy

    Sydney Y. Schaefer;Kathleen Y. Haaland;Robert L. Sainburg

  • Proprioceptive control of interjoint coordination

    Claude Ghez;Robert Sainburg

  • Nondominant Arm Advantages in Load Compensation During Rapid Elbow Joint Movements

    Leia B. Bagesteiro;Robert L. Sainburg

  • The roles of vision and proprioception in the planning of reaching movements.

    Fabrice R. Sarlegna;Robert L. Sainburg

  • The effects of brain lateralization on motor control and adaptation.

    Pratik K. Mutha;Kathleen Y. Haaland;Robert L. Sainburg

  • The dominant and nondominant arms are specialized for stabilizing different features of task performance

    Jinsung Wang;Robert L. Sainburg

  • Convergent models of handedness and brain lateralization

    Robert L. Sainburg

  • Interlimb Transfer of Novel Inertial Dynamics Is Asymmetrical

    Jinsung Wang;Robert L. Sainburg

  • Contralesional motor deficits after unilateral stroke reflect hemisphere-specific control mechanisms

    Saandeep Mani;Pratik K. Mutha;Andrzej Przybyla;Kathleen Y. Haaland

  • Limb position drift: implications for control of posture and movement.

    Liana E. Brown;David A. Rosenbaum;Robert L. Sainburg

  • Left Parietal Regions Are Critical for Adaptive Visuomotor Control

    Pratik K. Mutha;Robert L. Sainburg;Kathleen Y. Haaland;Kathleen Y. Haaland

  • Interlimb Differences in Control of Movement Extent

    Robert L. Sainburg;Sydney Y. Schaefer

  • Mechanisms underlying interlimb transfer of visuomotor rotations

    Jinsung Wang;Robert L. Sainburg

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen Y. Haaland
Kathleen Y. Haaland University of New Mexico
Carolee J. Winstein
Carolee J. Winstein University of Southern California
Claude Ghez
Claude Ghez Columbia University
Mark L. Latash
Mark L. Latash Pennsylvania State University
Krista M. Wilkinson
Krista M. Wilkinson Pennsylvania State University
David A. Rosenbaum
David A. Rosenbaum University of California, Riverside
Howard Poizner
Howard Poizner University of California, San Diego
Paula Tallal
Paula Tallal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Xuemei Huang
Xuemei Huang Pennsylvania State University
Terry L. Jernigan
Terry L. Jernigan University of California, San Diego

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