David J. Ostry, Ph.D. 
Professor

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: ostry[at]motion.psych.mcgill.ca

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Recent Publications 

Laboissière R., Lametti D.R., and Ostry, D.J. (2009).Impedance control and its relation to precision in orofacial movement. Journal of Neurophysiol, 102: 523-531.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (355 KB)]

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

Ito T., Tiede M., and Ostry D. J. (2009). Somatosensory function in speech perception. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 106(4): 1245–1248
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (240 KB)]

Nasir S. M. and Ostry D. J. (2008). Speech motor learning in profoundly deaf adults. Nature Neuroscience , 11(10): 1217–1222
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (400 KB)] - [Neuropod Podcast] - [Dispatch PDF format (64 KB)]

Darainy M., Ostry D.J. (2008). Muscle cocontraction following dynamics learning.  Experimental Brain Research, 190: 153-163.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1.0 MB)]

Andres M., Ostry D.J., Nicol F. and Paus T. (2008). Time course of number magnitude interference during grasping.  Cortex, 44: 414-419.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (395 K)]

Tremblay S., Houle G. and Ostry D.J. (2008). Specificity of speech motor learning.  Journal of Neuroscience, 28(10): 2426–2434.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (395 K)]

Darainy M., Towhidkhah F. and Ostry D.J. (2007). Control of hand impedance under static conditions and during reaching movement. Journal of Neurophysiology, 97: 2676–2685
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1890 KB)]

Lametti D.R., Houle, G. and Ostry, D.J. (2007). Control of movement variability and the regulation of limb impedance. J Neurophysiol, 98: 3516-3524.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1257 KB)]

Mattar A.A.G. and Ostry D.J. (2007). Neural averaging in motor learning. Journal of Neurophysiology, 97: 220-8.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (462 KB)]

Mattar A.A.G., and Ostry D.J. (2007). Modifiability of generalization in dynamics learning. Journal of Neurophysiology,98: 3321-3329.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1155K)]

Nasir S. M. and Ostry D. J. (2006). Somatosensory precision in speech production. Current Biology 16: 1918–1923
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (408 KB)] - [Supplemental Data PDF format (152 KB)] - [Dispatch PDF format (132 KB)]

Darainy M., Malfait N., Towhidkhah F. and Ostry D.J. (2006). Transfer and durability of acquired patterns of human arm stiffness. Experimental Brain Research, 170: 227-237
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (344 KB)]

Shiller D.M., Houle G. and Ostry D.J. (2005). Voluntary control of human jaw stiffness. Journal of Neurophysiology, 94: 2207-2217.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (794 KB)]

Malfait N., Gribble P.L., and Ostry D.J. (2005). Generalization of motor learning based on multiple field exposures and local adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology, 93: 3327-3338.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (3976 KB)]

Della-Maggiore V., Malfait N., Ostry D.J. and Paus T. (2004). Stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex interferes with arm trajectory adjustments during the learning of new dynamics. Journal of Neuroscience, 24: 9971-9976
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (177 KB)]

Darainy M., Malfait N., Gribble P.L., Towhidkhah F. and Ostry D.J. (2004). Learning to control arm stiffness under static conditions. Journal of Neurophysiology, 92: 3344-3350.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (267 KB)]

Malfait N., and Ostry D.J. (2004). Is interlimb transfer of force-field adaptation a "cognitive" response to the sudden introduction of load? Journal of Neuroscience, 24: 8084-8089.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (342 KB)]

Petitto L.A., Holowka S., Sergio L.E., Levy B. and Ostry D.J. (2004). Baby hands that move to the rhythm of language: hearing babies acquiring sign languages babble silently on the hands. Cognition, 93(1):43-73.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (382 KB)]

Ostry D.J. and Feldman A.G. (2003). A critical evaluation of the force control hypothesis in motor control. Experimental Brain Research, 221: 275-288.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (235 KB)]

Tremblay S., Shiller D.M. and Ostry D.J. (2003). Somatosensory basis of speech production. Nature, 423: 866-869.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (341 KB)] - [Commentary in Nature Reviews Neuroscience PDF format (387 KB)]

Malfait N., Shiller D.M. and Ostry D.J. (2002). Transfer of motor learning across arm configurations. Journal of Neuroscience, 22: 9656-9660.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (297 KB)]

Shiller D.M., Laboissière R. and Ostry D.J. (2002). The relationship between jaw stiffness and kinematic variability in speech. Journal of Neurophysiology, 88: 2329-2340.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (532 KB)]

Shiller D.M., Ostry D.J., Gribble P.L. and Laboissière R., (2001). Compensation for the effects of head acceleration on jaw movement in speech. Journal of Neuroscience, 21: 6447-56.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (247 KB)]

Petitto L.A., Holowka S, Sergio L.E. and Ostry D.J. (2001). Language rhythms in baby hand movements. Nature, 413: 35-6.
[No abstract available] - [Article in PDF format (85 KB)]

Suzuki M., Shiller D.M., Gribble P.L. and Ostry D.J. (2001). Relationship between cocontraction, movement kinematics and phasic muscle activity in single-joint arm movement. Experimental Brain Research, 140: 171-81.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (167 KB)]

Ostry D.J. and Romo R. (2001). Tactile shape processing, Neuron, 31: 173-4.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (61 KB)]

Gribble P.L. and Ostry D.J. (2000). Compensation for loads during arm movements using equilibrium-point control. Experimental Brain Research, 135: 474-82.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (91 KB)]

Gribble P.L. and Ostry D.J. (1999). Compensation for interaction torques during single- and multijoint limb movements. Journal of Neurophysiology, 82: 2310-2326.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (297 KB)]

Shiller D.M., Ostry D.J. and Gribble P.L. (1999). Effects of gravitational load on jaw movements in speech. Journal of Neuroscience, 19: 9073-9080.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (283 KB)]

Gribble P.L. and Ostry D.J. (1998). Independent coactivation of shoulder and elbow muscles. Experimental Brain Research, 123: 355-360.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (90 KB)]

Feldman A.G., Ostry D.J., Levin M.F., Gribble P.L. and Mitnitski A. (1998). Recent tests of the equilibrium point hypothesis. Motor Control, 2: 189-205.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (3 MB)]

Gribble P.L., Ostry D.J., Sanguineti V. and Laboissière R. (1998). Are complex control signals required for human arm movement? Journal of Neurophysiology, 79: 1409-1424.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (283 KB)]

Sanguineti V., Laboissière R. and Ostry D.J. (1998). A dynamic biomechanical model for neural control of speech production. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 103: 1615-1627.
[abstract]
- [Article in PDF format (285 KB)]


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