Dagmar Sternad

Professor

Department of Kinesiology

Program in Motor Control and Neuroscience

Pennsylvania State University

266 Recreation Building

University Park, PA 16802

Phone : 814.863.7369

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Curriculum Vitae: Dagmar Sternad

Title and Affiliation

Professor

 

 Departments of Kinesiology and Integrative Biosciences
Program in Motor Control and Neuroscience

 

The Pennsylvania State University

 

266 Recreation Building

 

University Park  PA 16802-3903

 

Phone: (814) 863-7369

 

Fax: (814) 863-7360

 

e-mail: dxs48@psu.edu

 

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/d/x/dxs48

Education  
           

PhD 1995

Experimental Psychology, University of Connecticut

MS 1991

Experimental Psychology, University of Connecticut

BA 1986

Movement Science and English Linguistics / Literature, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Scholarships and Awards

1999, 2000

Fellow-at-Large of the Santa Fe Institute for Complex Systems

 

1999

Honorary Member of the National Golden Key Honors Society

 

1995

Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science of the University of Philadelphia (declined)

 

1995

Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois (declined)

 

1995

Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Leverhulme Trust, Lancaster University, Great Britain (declined)

 

1994

Dissertation Research Award of the American Psychology Association

 

1993 –

Fellow of the German National Foundation of Science (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)

 

1992 –

Fellow of the Santa Fe Institute (Study of Complex Systems)

 

1988 – 1993

Scholarship and Fellow of the German National Foundation of Science, (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)

 

1989

Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD)

 

1988

Doctoral Fellowship from the Bavarian Government for a doctoral dissertation

 

1981 – 1982

Scholarship from the University of Munich to study one year in Great Britain, (Kontaktstipendium der Ludwig Maximilians Universität München)

1978 – 1986

Fellowship awarded to the academic elite by the Bavarian Government, (Hochbegabtenförderung nach dem Bayerischen Begabtenförderungsgesetz)

 

Professional Appointments

2006 –

 

Member of the NIH study section on Motor Function, Rehabilitation and Speech (MFRS)

2006 –

 

Member of the National Science Foundation (NSF) panel on Perception, Action and Cognition, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences

2005 –

 

Executive Editor of Journal of Motor Behavior

2001 – present

 

Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Faculty at the Integrative Biosciences, Institute for Neuroscience, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

1995 – 2001

Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

1993

Teaching Assistant in Graduate Course on Control and Coordination of Action (responsible for teaching self-organizing processes and nonlinear dynamics)

1991 – 1995

Research Assistant at University of Connecticut, NSF Grant on Absolute and Relative Coordination

1992

Research Assistant at the Free University of Amsterdam, Department of Human Movement Sciences

1989 – 1991

Research Assistant at Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, NIH Grant for Serial Order

1983 – 1986

Research Assistant at the Department for Sports Pedagogy at the Technical University of Munich, Germany

Invitations as Visiting Researcher, Guest Professor, and Collaborations

2003

 

Visiting Associate Professor at the GRASP laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania

Fall 2002

 

Visiting Associate Professor at the Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the University of California at Berkeley

Summer 2002

 

Invitation as Guest Professor at the Center for Research in Sport Sciences, University of Paris Sud XI (competitive appointment)

2001

 

Invited Researcher at the University of Saarbrücken, Germany

Since 1999

 

Collaboration on fMRI study with University of Western Ontario, Department of Psychology, Canada

Summer 1998

Visiting Researcher at the Kawato Dynamic Brain Project of the ERATO (Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology), Program organized by Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)

May 1998

 

Guest Professor at the Technical University of Munich (competitive appointment by the Technical University of Munich)

Summer 1997

Visiting Researcher at the Kawato Dynamic Brain Project of the ERATO (Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology), Program organized by Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)

Spring 1997

Researcher at the Simulations Applications Lab at Los Alamos National Laboratory, TSA-DO/SA MS M997, New Mexico

 

 

I.    Research


Grants

In Progress

2003 – 2008: Variability and stability in skill acquisition
Principal Investigator: Dagmar Sternad, National Institutes of Health, R01 HD045639, $1,237,155.

2004 – 2007: Integrative functional imaging of cognitive systems in the developing brain
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Eslinger, Hershey Medical Center, Co-Investigator: Dagmar Sternad, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Tobacco Formula Funded Health Research, TSF 4100020604, $224,410.

2005 – 2008: Dynamics of action and perception in a rhythmic task
Principal Investigator: Dagmar Sternad, Co-Investigator: William H. Warren, BCS-0450218, National Science Foundation, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Science, Perception, Action and Cognition, $355,000.

2005 – 2008: Anomalous behavior detection related to IEDs
Principal Investigator: Lora Weiss, Applied Research Lab, Co-Investigator: Dagmar Sternad, N00014-05-1-0844, Office of Naval Research, $225,000.

2006 – 2007: Control of manual positioning sequences
Investigator: David Rosenbaum. Co-Investigator: Dagmar Sternad. Social Science Research Institute 421-55 1001, Penn State University. $20,000.


Completed

1995 – 1996: A dynamical analysis of force production in rhythmic tapping and its application as a diagnostic tool for Parkinson patients.
Principal Investigator: Dagmar Sternad. Co-Investigator: Dr. Karl Newell. Interdisciplinary Seed Grant of the College of Health and Human Development. $5,000.

1997 – 1998: Individual route planning in large-scale traffic simulations

Principal Investigator: Chris Barrett. Los Alamos National Laboratories and the Santa Fe Institute for Complex Systems, Co-Investigator: Dagmar Sternad, $35,000.

1998 – 1999: Conference grant: Progress in Motor Control II
Principal Investigator: Dagmar Sternad. Co-Investigators: Mark Latash and the Conference Organizing Committee. National Science Foundation (NSF), Integrative Biology and Neuroscience. $10,000.

1997 – 2001: Multi-joint dynamics: A model for discrete and rhythmic movements

Principal Investigator: Dagmar Sternad. Co-Investigator: Dr. Stefan Schaal, University of Southern California and ATR Human Information Research Laboratories, Japan. National Science Foundation, Social, Behavioral and Economic Research, Human Cognition and Perception, SBR 97-10312, $203,845.

2002: Sensorimotor control of biped walking: Acquisition of dynamics and statics in the generation of walking patterns
Principal Investigator: Karl-Theodor Kalveram, Department of Psychology, University of Düsseldorf, Germany. Co-Investigator: Dagmar Sternad. Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG), German equivalent to the National Science Foundation. $3,000. (3-month internships of students in my lab) $50,000 (equipment).

2005: International conference: Progress in Motor Control V: A multidisciplinary perspective
Principal Investigator: Dagmar Sternad. Level–I Proposal to the Children, Youth and Families Consortium, The Pennsylvania State University, $6,000.

2005: International conference: Progress in Motor Control V: A multidisciplinary perspective
Principal Investigator: Dagmar Sternad. National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, $3,000.

2005: International conference: Progress in Motor Control V: A multidisciplinary perspective
Principal Investigator: Dagmar Sternad. The Huck Institute, Pennsylvania State University, $5,000.

2001 – 2005: Discrete and rhythmic dynamics in multijoint movements
Principal Investigator. Dagmar Sternad. Co-Investigator: Dr. Stefan Schaal. National Science Foundation, Human Cognition and Perception, BCS-0096543, $342,902.

 

 

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Wei, K., Dijkstra, T.M.H., & Sternad, D. (under review). Passive stability and active control in a rhythmic task. Journal of Neurophysiology.

  2. Duarte, M., & Sternad, D. (under review). Complexity of human postural control: Alterations with aging. Journal of Applied Physiology.

  3. Raftery, A., Cusumano, J., & Sternad, D. (2007). Chaotic frequency scaling in a coupled oscillator model for free rhythmic actions. Neural Computation.

  4. Hogan, N., & Sternad, D. (2007). On rhythmic and discrete movements: Reflections, definitions and implications for motor control. Experimental Brain Research.

  5. Yu, H., Sternad, D., Corcos, D.M., & Vaillancourt, D. (2007). Cerebellum and motor cortex in Parkinson’s disease: Is activation compensatory or disease-related? NeuroImage, 35, 1, 222-233.

  6. Müller, H., Frank, T.D., & Sternad, D. (2007). Variability, covariation and invariance with respect to coordinate systems in motor control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33, 1, 250-255.

  7. Sternad, D., Wei, K., Diedrichsen, J., & Ivry, R.B. (2007). Intermanual interactions during initiation and production of rhythmic and discrete movements in individuals lacking a corpus callosum. Experimental Brain Research, 76, 4, 559-74.

  8. Sanger, T., Chen, D., Delgado, M., Gaebler, Spira, D., & Hallett, M. et al. (2006). Definition and classification of negative motor signs in childhood. Pediatrics, 118, 5, 2159-2167.

  9. Schaal, S., Sternad, D., Osu, R., & Kawato, M. (2004). Rhythmic arm movements are not discrete. Nature Neuroscience, 7, 10, 1136-1143.

  10. Sternad, D. & Dijkstra, T.M.H. (2004). Dynamical stability in the acquisition and performance of rhythmic ball manipulation: Theoretical insights with a clinical slant. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 21, 3, 215-227.

  11. Dijkstra, T.M.H., Katsumata, H., de Rugy, A., & Sternad, D. (2004). The dialogue between data and model: Passive stability and relaxation behavior in a ball bouncing task. Nonlinear Studies, 11, 3, 319-344.

  12. Müller, H., & Sternad, D. (2004). Accuracy and variability in goal-oriented movements: decomposition of gender differences in children. Journal of Human Kinetics, 12, 31-50.

  13. Müller, H., & Sternad, D. (2004). Decomposition of variability in the execution of goal-oriented tasks – Three components of skill improvement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30, 1, 212-233.

  14. De Rugy, A., & Sternad, D. (2003). Interaction between discrete and rhythmic movements: reaction time and phase of discrete movement initiation against oscillatory movements. Brain Research, 994, 160-174.

  15. Sternad, D. & Dean, W.J. (2003). Rhythmic and discrete elements in multi-joint coordination. Brain Research, 989, 152-171.

  16. De Rugy, A., Wei, K., Müller, H., & Sternad, D. (2003). Actively tracking “passive” stability. Brain Research, 982, 1, 64-78.

  17. Wei, K., Wertman, G., & Sternad, D. (2003). Interactions between rhythmic and discrete components in a bimanual task. Motor Control, 7, 2, 134-154.

  18. Müller, H. & Sternad, D. (2003). A randomization method for the calculation of covariation in multiple nonlinear relations: Illustrated at the example of goal-directed movements. Biological Cybernetics, 89, 22-33.

  19. Yu, H., Russell, D.M., & Sternad, D. (2003). Task-effector asymmetries in a rhythmic continuation task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29, 3, 616-630.

  20. Katsumata, H., Zatsiorsky, V., & Sternad, D. (2003). Control of ball-racket interactions in the rhythmic propulsion of elastic and non-elastic balls. Experimental Brain Research, 149, 17-29.

  21. Sternad, D., de Rugy, A., Pataky, T., & Dean, W.J. (2002). Interactions of discrete and rhythmic movements over a wide range of periods. Experimental Brain Research, 147, 162-174.

  22. Katsumata, H. & Sternad, D. (2002). Movement coordination from a dynamical systems perspective. Japanese Journal of Biomechanics in Sports and Exercise, 6, 2, 76-95.

  23. Sternad, D. (2002). Wachholder and Altenburger 1927: Foundational experiments for current hypotheses on equilibrium point control in voluntary movements. Motor Control, 6, 299-318.

  24. Sternad, D. & Corcos, D. (2001). Effect of task and instruction on patterns of muscle activation: Wachholder and beyond. Motor Control, 5, 4, 307-336.

  25. Sternad, D., Duarte, M., Katsumata, H., & Schaal, S. (2001). Bouncing a ball: Tuning into dynamic stability. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27, 5, 1163-1184.

  26. Russell, D. & Sternad, D. (2001). Sinusoidal visuomotor tracking: Intermittent servo-control or coupled oscillations? Journal of Motor Behavior, 33, 4, 329-349.

  27. Schaal, S., & Sternad, D. (2001). Origins and violations of the 2/3 power law in rhythmic three-dimensional arm movements. Experimental Brain Research, 136, 1, 60-72.

  28. Dingwell, J.B., Cusumano, J.P., Cavanagh, P.R., & Sternad D. (2001). Local dynamic stability versus kinematic variability of continuous overground and treadmill walking. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 123, 1, 27-32.

  29. Sternad, D., Duarte, M., Katsumata, H., & Schaal, S. (2001). Dynamics of a bouncing ball in human performance. Physical Review E, 63, 011902-1 –011902-8.

  30. Sternad, D. (2000). Debates in dynamics: A dynamic systems perspective on perception and action. Human Movement Science, 19, 407-423.

  31. Sternad, D., Dean, W.J., & Schaal, S. (2000). Interaction of rhythmic and discrete pattern generators in single-joint movements. Human Movement Science, 19, 627-664.

  32. Sternad, D., & Katsumata, H. (2000). Dynamic stability in the acquisition and performance of a rhythmic skill: An example for a perception-action approach. Journal of Human Kinetics, 4, 57-73.

  33. Sternad, D., Dean, W.J., & Newell, K.M. (2000). Force and timing variability in rhythmic unimanual tapping. Journal of Motor Behavior, 32, 3, 249-267.

  34. Dingwell, J.B., Cusumano, J.P. Sternad D., & Cavanagh, P.R. (2000). Slower speeds in patients with diabetic neuropathy lead to improved local dynamic stability of continuous overground walking. Journal of Biomechanics, 33, 10, 1269-1277.

  35. Sternad, D. (1999). Juggling or bouncing balls: Parallels and differences in dynamic concepts and tools. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 30, 4, 462-489.

  36. Sternad, D., Turvey, M.T., & Saltzman, E.L.  (1999). Dynamics of 1:2 coordination:  Generalizing relative phase to n:m rhythms. Journal of Motor Behavior, 31, 3, 207-223.

  37. Sternad, D., Turvey, M.T., & Saltzman, E.L.  (1999). Dynamics of 1:2 coordination:  Sources of symmetry breaking. Journal of Motor Behavior, 31, 3, 224-235.

  38. Sternad, D., Turvey, M.T., & Saltzman, E.L.  (1999). Dynamics of 1:2 coordination:  Temporal scaling, latent 1:1, and bistability. Journal of Motor Behavior, 31, 3, 236-247.

  39. Sternad, D., & Schaal, S. (1999). Segmentation of endpoint trajectories does not imply segmented control. Experimental Brain Research, 124, 118-136.

  40. Sternad, D. (1999). Antipodean perspective(s) to motor control. Review Essay on Piek (Ed.): Human motor control. A multidisciplinary perspective. Motor Control, 3, 1, 90-99.

  41. Walter, C., Lee, T., & Sternad, D. (1998). Hot topics in motor control and learning: Introduction – The dynamic systems approach to motor control and learning:  Promises, potential limitations and future directions. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 69, 4, 316-318.

  42. Sternad, D. (1998). A dynamic systems perspective to perception and action. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 69, 4, 319-326.

  43. Sternad, D., Saltzman, E.L., & Turvey, M.T. (1998). Interlimb coupling in a simple serial behavior: A task dynamic approach. Human Movement Science, 17, 393-433.

  44. Sternad, D & Newell, K.M. (1997). Modeling movement variability in space and time. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30, 322.

  45. Collins, D.R., Sternad, D., & Turvey, M.T. (1996). An experimental note on defining frequency competition in intersegmental coordination dynamics. Journal of Motor Behavior, 28, 299-303.

  46. Amazeen, E.L., Sternad, D., & Turvey, M.T. (1996). Predicting the nonlinear shift of stable equilibria in interlimb rhythmic coordination. Human Movement Science, 15, 521-542.

  47. Sternad, D., Amazeen, E.L., & Turvey, M.T. (1996). Diffusive, synaptic and synergetic coupling: An evaluation through inphase and antiphase rhythmic movements. Journal of Motor Behavior, 28, 3, 255-269.

  48. Schaal, S., Atkeson, C.G., & Sternad, D. (1996). One-handed juggling: A dynamical approach to a rhythmic task. Journal of Motor Behavior, 28, 2, 165-183.

  49. Sternad, D., & Turvey, M.T. (1995). Control parameters, equilibria and coordination dynamics. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 18, 780.

  50. Sternad, D., Collins, D.R., & Turvey, M.T. (1995). The detuning factor in the dynamics of interlimb rhythmic coordination. Biological Cybernetics, 73, 27-35.

  51. Sternad, D., Turvey, M.T., & Schmidt, R.C. (1992). Average phase difference theory and 1:1 phase entrainment in interlimb coordination. Biological Cybernetics, 67, 223-231.

  52. Haas, W., & Sternad, D. (1986). Leistungsphysiologische Aspekte in Aerobic (Physiological aspects of aerobics), Sporttraumatologie, 1, 23-31.

 

 

Books

  1. Sternad, D. (Editor, in press 2007). Progress in motor control – A multidisciplinary perspective. New York: Springer.

  2. Sternad, D. (2002). Stretching. München: Blv-Verlagsgesellschaft.

  3. Sternad, D. (1999/1987). Richtig Stretching (9th revised edition). München: Blv-Verlagsgesellschaft. Translated into French, Spanish, Italian. Hungarian, Dutch.

  4. Sternad, D., & Bozdech, K. (1990). Spaß mit Stretching (2nd ed.). München: Blv-Verlagsgesellschaft.

  5. Sternad, D. (1989). Tag für Tag topfit. München: Blv-Verlagsgesellschaft.

  6. Sternad, D. (1984). Gymnastik. Beweglichkeit, Kräftigung und Ausdauer für alle (2nd ed.). München: Blv-Verlagsgesellschaft.

 

Book Chapters

  1. Sternad, D. (2007). Towards a unified framework for rhythmic and discrete movements: behavioral, modeling and imaging results. In A. Fuchs & V. Jirsa (Eds.), Coordination: neural, behavioral and social dynamics. New York: Springer.

  2.  Müller, H. & Sternad, D. (2007). Structure of variability – Controlling the uncontrollable. In D. Sternad (Ed.), Progress in motor control – A multidisciplinary perspective. New York: Springer.

  3. Sternad, D. (2006). Stability and variability in skilled rhythmic actions – a dynamical analysis of rhythmic ball bouncing. In M.L. Latash & F. Lestienne (Eds.), Motor control and learning (pp.55-63). New York: Springer.

  4. Sternad, D. (2001). Kurt Wachholder: Pioneering electrophysiological investigations on voluntary movements. In M.L. Latash & V.M. Zatsiorsky (Eds.), Classics in movement science (pp.375-408). Urbana Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

  5. Russell, D.M., Yu, H., & Sternad, D. (2001). The maintenance tendency during a rhythmic continuation task (pp.145-148). In G.A. Burton & R.C. Schmidt (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action VI. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

  6. Sternad, D., & Katsumata, H. (2000). The role of dynamic stability for the acquisition and performance of a rhythmic skill. In J. Raczek, Z. Waskiewicz, & G. Juras (Eds.), Current research in motor control (pp.55-62). Katowice, PL: Polish Scientific Physical Education Association.

  7. Sternad, D., Katsumata, H., Duarte, M., & Schaal, S. (1999). Perceptual information and dynamic stability in a one-handed juggling task. In M. Grealy & J. Thomson (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action V (pp.170-174). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

  8. Sternad, D., Dean, W.J., & Schaal, S. (1999). Interaction of discrete and rhythmic dynamics in single-joint movements. In M. Grealy & J. Thomson (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action V (pp.282-287). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

  9. Dean, W. J., Newell, K.M., & Sternad, D. (1999). Force and timing variability and natural frequency in rhythmic tapping. In M. Grealy & J. Thomson (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action V (pp.175-178). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

  10. Russell, D.M. & Sternad, D. (1999). Changes in multifrequency coordination across practice. In M. Grealy & J. Thomson (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action V (pp.293-296). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

  11. Sternad, D. (1998). A dynamic systems’ perceptive to perception and action. In P. Blaser (Ed.), Sport Kinetics ‘97: Theories of human motor performance and their reflection in practice (pp.45-54). Hamburg: Zwalina Verlag.

  12. Sternad, D. (1997). Die amerikanische Bernstein-Rezeption und die USA-Konferenz "Bernstein's traditions in motor control". In P. Hirtz & F. Nüske (Eds.), Die 2. Bernstein-Konferenz (pp.22-33). Hamburg: Cwalina dvs-Schriftenreihe.

  13. Sternad, D., & Saltzman, E.L. (1995). Dynamics of 1:2 coordination. In B. Bardy, R. Bootsma, & Y. Guiard (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action III (pp.57-61). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

  14. Sternad, D., Schaal, S., & Atkeson, C.G. (1995). Batting a ball: Dynamics of a rhythmic skill. In B. Bardy, R. Bootsma, & Y. Guiard (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action III (pp.119-223). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

  15. Beek, P., & Sternad, D. (1994). Koordination und Kontrolle von sportmotorischen Fertigkeiten aus ökologischer Perspektive (Coordination and control of sport skills from an ecological perspective). In K.-H. Leist, D. Hackfort & J. Loibl (Eds.), Ordnungs- und Organisationsleistungen menschlicher Motorik (pp.73-84). München: TU-Verlag.

  16. Translation of: Shaw, R.E., Flasher, O.M., & Mace, W.M. (1994). Dimensions of event perception. In the German edition of W. Prinz & B. Bridgeman (Eds.), Handbook of Perception and Action. Vol I. London: Academic Press.

  17. Sternad, D., & Schaal, S. (1993). A genetic algorithm for evolution from an ecological perspective. Santa Fe Institute Proceedings. In L. Nadel & D. Stein (Eds.), 1992 Lectures on Complex Systems. Vol V (pp.647-663). Redwood, CA: Addison Wesley.

  18. Schaal, S., & Sternad, D. (1993). Learning of passive motor control strategies with genetic algorithms. Santa Fe Institute Proceedings. In L. Nadel & D. Stein (Eds.), 1992 Lectures on Complex Systems. Vol V (pp.631-645). Redwood, CA: Addison Wesley.

Public Dissemination of Research Results

  1. Press Release and News and Views in Nature Neuroscience: Miall, C.R. & Ivry, R. (2004). Moving to a different beat. Nature Neuroscience, 7, 10, 1025-1026.

  2. Technological Research News, February 28, 2001: Robots learn soft touch. http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/022801/Robots_learn_soft_touch_022801.html

  3. Nature Science Update, January 28, 2001: Chaos on center court. http://www.nature.com/nsu/010104/010104-9.html

  4. Plus, Issue 16, 09/01: Robots can’t play tennis - yet. http://plus.maths.org/issue16/news/tennis/

  5. Revista Pesquisa Fapesp, Edition 67, 08/01: Movement under measure.

 

Conference Proceedings

  1. Lee, M., Roan, M., Sternad, D. & van Werkhoven, H. (2006). Gait analysis to detect hidden external loads. Biomedical Engineering Society Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, Oct 18-20.

  2. Wei, K., Dijkstra, T., & Sternad, D. (2006). Passive stability, perturbations, and active control in a rhythmic task. Abstracts in Neuroscience.

  3. Cohen, R., & Sternad, D. (2006). Skill learning and refinement: The role of timing, noise reduction and equifinality in a throwing task. Abstracts in Neuroscience.

  4. Neralla, A., Yu, H., & Sternad, D. (2006). Cortical and subcortical control of uni- and bimanual smoothly rhythmic and intermittent movements. Abstracts in Neuroscience.

  5. Hogan, N, & Sternad, D. (2006). Discrete and rhythmic movements: Definitions and implications for motor control. Abstracts in Neuroscience.

  6. Erdley, J., Weiss, L., Long, L., Sternad, D., Murphy, K., Roan, M. (2006).  “Predicting precursors to IED deployment,” 7th International Symposium on Technology and the Mine Problem, Monterey, CA, May 2-4.

  7. Neralla, A.S., Yu, H., & Sternad, D. (2005). Uni- and bimanual performance of rhythmic and non-rhythmic movements. Abstracts in Neuroscience, 990.22.

  8. Yu, H., Fuchs, A., & Sternad, D. (2005). Two types of control for rhythmic and discrete movement? New results from fMRI. Abstracts in Neuroscience, 774.8.

  9. Schaal, S., Kotosaka, S., Sternad, D. (2000). Nonlinear dynamical systems as movement primitives, Proceedings of the 1st IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics, 1425-1436.

  10. Schaal, S., Sternad, D., Dean, W.J., Kotosaka, S., Osu, R., & Kawato, M. (2000). Reciprocal excitation between biological and robotic research. Sensor Fusion and Decentralized Control in Robotic Systems III, Proceedings of SPIE, 30-40.

  11. Dingwell, J.B., Cusumano, J.P., Cavanagh, P.R., & Sternad, D. (1999). Stride-to-stride variability in human walking is not noise. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, 58-59.

  12. Dingwell, J.B., Cusumano, J.P., Cavanagh, P.R., & Sternad, D. (1999). Walking variability and stability in diabetic neuropathy. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, 60-61.

  13. Dingwell, J.B., Cavanagh, P.R., & Sternad, D. (1999). Dynamic analysis of human walking: Treadmills, loss of sensation, and comparisons with surrogate data. DETC99/VIB-8360, Proceedings of the 1999 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 120-129.

  14. Schaal, S. & Sternad, D. (1998). Programmable pattern generators. 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Neuroscience, 48-51.

  15. Dingwell, J.B., Cusumano, J.P., Sternad, D., and Cavanagh, P.R. (1998). Beyond 3D: A nonlinear dynamics approach to the analysis of human locomotion. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the 3-D Analysis of Human Movement, 140-143.

  16. Dingwell, J.B., Cusumano, J.P., Sternad, D., & Cavanagh, P.R. (1998). Using Lyapunov exponents to quantify dynamic stability during continuous overground locomotion. Proceedings of the Third North American Congress on Biomechanics, 125-126.

  17. Dingwell, J.B., Ulbrecht, J.S., Sternad, D., & Cavanagh, P.R. (1997). Variability of neuropathic and non-neuropathic subjects walking on a motorized treadmill. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the American Society of Biomechanics, 254-255.

 

 

Invited Presentations

  1. “Stability and variability”. International Conference Progress in Motor Control VI, Brazil, August 18-21, 2007.

  2. “Rhythmic and discrete dynamics: Behavioral and imaging results and a model.” Conference and Festschrift for Scott Kelso, Boca Raton, FL, February 23-25, 2007.

  3. “Stability and perturbation analyses in a rhythmic task”. Workshop on “Mathematical stability analyses in biomechanics und robotics.” Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, Germany, February 15-17, 2007.

  4. “Rhythm ‘n’ Moves – Behavioral, modeling, and fMRI results on rhythmic and discrete movements”, Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Germany, December 20, 2006.

  5. “Learning, adaptation and transfer – Old issues with some new angles.” Department of Movement Sciences, University of Marseille, Marseille, France, October 31, 2006.

  6. “Rhythmic and discrete movements – Behavioral and fMRI results.” Crossover 2006, Conference at Penn State organized by the Huck Institute, University Park, PA, October 12, 2006.

  7. “Rhythm ‘n’ Moves – Behavioral, modeling, and fMRI results on rhythmic and discrete movements” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Great Britain, September 5, 2006.

  8. “Two types of control for rhythmic and discrete movements? New results from fMRI.” Symposium at the Annual Conference of the North American Society for Sport Psychology and Physical Activity, June 3, 2006.

  9. “Variability and stability in a rhythmic task: Active and passive control in ball bouncing.” Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, February 24, 2006.