Andrew A.G. Mattar, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow

Department of Psychology 
McGill University 
1205 Dr. Penfield Ave. 
Stewart Biology Building
Montreal (Qc)
Canada, H3A 1B1 

Tel.: (514) 398-6111 
Fax: (514) 398-4896 
Email: andrew.mattar[at]mail.mcgill.ca

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Journal Articles 

Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ (2010) Generalization of dynamics learning across changes in movement amplitude. J Neurophysiol 104:426-438.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (552 KB)]

Ostry DJ, Darainy M, Mattar AAG, Wong J, Gribble PL (2010) Somatosensory plasticity and motor learning. J Neurosci 30:5384-5393.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1016 KB)] - [J Neurosci Journal Club Commentary PDF format (210 KB)]

Darainy M, Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ (2009) Effects of human arm impedance on dynamics learning and generalization. J Neurophysiol 101:3158–3168.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (408 KB)]

Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ (2007) Neural averaging in motor learning. J Neurophysiol 97:220-228.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (462 KB)]

Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ (2007) Modifiability of generalization in dynamics learning. J Neurophysiol 98:3321-3329.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1155K)]

Lametti DR, Mattar AAG (2006) Mirror neurons and the lateralization of human language. J Neurosci 26:6666-6667.
[Article in PDF format (60 KB)]

Mattar AAG, Gribble PL (2005) Motor learning by observing. Neuron 46:153-160.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (248 KB)]

Gribble PL, Mullin LI, Cothros N, Mattar A (2003) Role of cocontraction in arm movement accuracy. J Neurophysiol 89:2396-2405.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (604 KB)]

Gribble PL, Everling S, Ford K, Mattar A (2002) Hand-eye coordination for rapid pointing movements: Arm movement direction and distance are specified prior to saccade onset. Exp Brain Res 145:372-382.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (237 KB)]



Conference presentations / published abstracts

Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ. Force production reveals limited generalization of dynamics learning across changes in movement amplitude. Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, 2009.

Darainy M, Mattar AAG, Wong JD, Gribble PL, Ostry DJ. The sensed position of the limb changes following dynamics learning. Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, 2009.

Wong JD, Gribble PL, Darainy M, Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ. Proprioception is modified following dynamics learning. Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, 2009.

Ostry DJ, Darainy M, Mattar AAG, Nasir SM, Wong J, Gribble PL. Sensory plasticity and motor learning. Presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement, Waikoloa, HI, 2009.

Darainy M, Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ. The anisotropic pattern of hand impedance affects dynamics learning and generalization. Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 2008.

Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ. Motor learning modifies somatosensory perception. Presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2007.

Ostry DJ, Mattar AAG. Generalization in motor learning. Presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Measurement, Analysis, and Modeling of Human Functions, Lisbon, Portugal, 2007.

Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ. Learned control of novel dynamics involves interpolation, not extrapolation. Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neural Control of Movement, Seville, Spain, 2007.

Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ. The motor system learns by interpolation, not extrapolation. Presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, 2006.

Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ. Motor learning as a weighted average of past experience. Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 2005.

Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ. Motor learning as a weighted average of past experience. Presented at Advances in Computational Motor Control IV, Washington, DC, 2005.

Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ. Recent dynamics learning can produce facilitation, interference and everything in-between. Presented at Progress in Motor Control V, State College, PA, 2005.

Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ. The influence of recent motor learning: From facilitation to interference. Presented at the 15th Annual Neural Control of Movement Meeting, Key Biscayne, FL, 2005.

Mattar AAG, Gribble PL. Motor learning by observing. Presented at the 15th Annual Neural Control of Movement Meeting, Key Biscayne, FL, 2005.

Joanisse MF, Melnyk L, Mattar AAG, Terry A, Gribble PL. Procedural memory in children: A motor learning task reveals developmental differences in learning but not interference. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA, 2005.

Mattar AAG, Gribble PL. Motor learning by observing. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2004.

Gribble PL, Mattar AAG, Terry A, Melnyk L, Joanisse MF. Development of motor learning and consolidation: Adaptive representation of limb dynamics in children. Presented at the 11th Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2004.

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