XV Progress in Motor Control
Keynote Speakers
Programme
XV Progress in Motor Control: “Crossroads between Neurophysiology and Applications”
June 30 – July 2, 2025
DAY 1, June 30 (Monday)
07:30 – 12:00 Registration
07:30 – 08:45 Continental Breakfast
Part I: Theoretical advances in motor control
- 09:00 – 09:25 G. Schoner: Neural population dynamics, synergies, and the uncontrolled manifold: How are these notions connected?
- 09:25 – 09:50 M. Latash: Origins of processes within the uncontrolled manifold.
- 09:50 – 10:15 D. Wolpaw: Heksor: The CNS Substrate of a Skilled Behavior.
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
- 10:45 – 11:10 J. Rosenbaum: Preparedness in thought and action.
- 11:10 – 11:35 A. Ahmed: Probing the role of effort in movement slowing with healthy aging.
- 11:35 – 12:00 E. Large: The embodied dynamics of musical structure.
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 15:00 Poster Session I
Part II: Motor learning and neural plasticity
- 15:00 – 15:25 E. Tunik: Posterior Parietal contributions to motor learning.
- 15:25 – 15:50 M. Vesia: Effects of multi-day state-dependent parietal intermittent theta burst stimulation on the motor control.
- 15:50 – 16:15 D. Corbetta: Body mapping in infancy: Implications for goal-directed movements.
- 16:15 – 16:40 R. Bongers: Searching for new coordinative structures in de novo motor learning
- 16:40 – 16:50 Q&A
17:30 – 20:00 Welcome Reception
DAY 2, July 1 (Tuesday)
07:30 – 12:00 Registration
07:30 – 08:30 Continental Breakfast
Part III: Advances in understanding neurophysiological mechanisms
- 09:00 – 09:25 S. Baker: Relative contributions of corticospinal and reticulospinal tracts to control of the primate upper limb.
- 09:25 – 09:50 R. Shadmehr: Neural computations in the cerebellum during control of a movement.
- 09:50 – 10:15 M. Yarossi: Assessing motor facilitation with TMS.
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
- 10:45 – 11:10 C.J. Heckman: Descending and spinal control of the electrical properties of motoneurons to match the functions of their muscles.
- 11:10 – 11:35 C. Cuadra: The Dual Roles of Vestibulospinal Reflexes: Excitatory and Inhibitory Influences on Limb Muscle Activity.
- 11:35 – 12:00 R. van Emmerik: Locomotor coordination and dynamic visual acuity.
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Part IV: Motor disorders mechanisms and rehabilitation
- 13:00 – 13:25 M. Jakowec: Astrocytes bridging motor behavior and synaptic plasticity in Parkinson’s disease.
- 13.25 – 13:50 B. Dexheimer: Multimodal approaches for identifying lateralized subcortical mechanisms in visuomotor adaptation and their implications in early Parkinson’s Disease.
- 13:50 – 14:15 G. Petzinger: Impact of exercise on cognitive circuitry in Parkinson’s disease.
14:15 – 14:45 Coffee break
- 14:45 – 15:20 S. Handelzalts: Understanding motor deficits to optimize gait recovery after stroke.
- 15:20 – 15:45 E. Christou: Ataxic symptoms in Essential Tremor: can DBS help?
- 15:45 – 16:10 A. Behrman: Walking recovery after pediatric spinal cord injury: Challenging our assumptions and harnessing our intrinsic biology.
Free time
(Making a reservation for a dinner is highly encouraged)
DAY 3, July 2 (Wednesday)
07:30 – 12:00 Registration
07:30 – 08:45 Continental Breakfast
Part V: Recovery of motor function
- 09:00 – 09:25 M. Levin: Translation of motor control principles to functional movement improvement after stroke.
- 09:25 – 09:50 M. Perez: Strategies to maximize functional restoration following spinal cord injury.
- 09:50 – 10:15 D. Piscitelli: Motor control as a pathway to recovery in neurorehabilitation.
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
- 10:45 – 11:10 A. Thompson: Non-invasive neurobehavioral training to improve motor behaviors and functions of the targeted pathway in CNS disorders
- 11:10 – 11:35 E. Plow: The Unaffected motor cortex in stroke.
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 15:00 Poster Session II
- 15:00 – 15:30 Bernstein Prize Presentation – R. Nichols
Part VI: History and future of the equilibrium-point hypothesis (Tribute to A. Feldman)
- 15:30 – 15:40 David Rosenbaum
- 15:40 – 15:50 Reza Shadmehr
- 15:50 – 16:00 Mindy Levin
- 16:00 – 16:10 Gene Tunik/Sergei Adamovich
- 16:10 – 16:20 Daniele Piscitelli
- 16:20 – 16:30 Gregor Schöner
- 16:30 – 16:40 Raoul Bongers
- 16:50 – 17:00 CJ Heckman
- 17:00 – 17:10 Mark Latash
- 17:10 – 17:30 Concluding statement by Anatol Feldman
18:30 – 19:00 Welcome drink
19:00 – 21:00 Banquet