Motor Control Laboratory



Nicole Malfait, PhD

UMR 6149 Neurobiologie Intégrative et Adaptative
Université de Provence / CNRS
Centre St Charles
Pôle 3C – Case B
3, Place Victor Hugo
13331 Marseille Cedex 03

Tel: 04 88 57 68 58
Fax : 33 (0)4 88 57 68 42
Email: nmalfait@gmail.com




Journal Articles


Malfait N, Sanger TD (2006) Does dystonia always include co-contraction? A study of unconstrained reaching in children with primary and secondary dystonia. Exp Brain Res.
Abstract    Article in PDF format (1 MB)

Darainy M, Malfait N, Towhidkhah F, Ostry DJ (2006) Transfer and durability of acquired patterns of human arm stiffness. Exp Brain Res 170:227-237.
Abstract    Article in PDF format (308 KB)

Malfait N, Gribble PL, Ostry DJ (2005) Generalization of motor learning based on multiple field exposures and local adaptation. J Neurophysiol 93:3327-3338.
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Della-Maggiore V, Malfait N, Ostry DJ, Paus T (2004) Stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex interferes with arm trajectory adjustments during the learning of new dynamics. J Neurosci 24:9971-9976.
Abstract    Article in PDF format (177 KB)

Darainy M, Malfait N, Gribble PL, Towhidkhah F, Ostry DJ (2004) Learning to control arm stiffness under static conditions. J Neurophysiol 92:3344-3350.
Abstract    Article in PDF format (267 KB)

Malfait N, Ostry DJ (2004) Is interlimb transfer of force-field adaptation a "cognitive" response to the sudden introduction of load? J Neurosci 24:8084-8089.
Abstract      Article in PDF format (342 KB)

Malfait N, Shiller DM, Ostry DJ (2002) Transfer of motor learning across arm configurations. J Neurosci 22:9656-9660.
Abstract      Article in PDF format (297 KB)

Malfait N, Ramsay JO (2003) The historical functional linear model. Can J Stat 31:115-128.
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Markovits H, Dumas C, Malfait N (1995) Understanding transitivity of a spatial relationship: a developmental analysis. J Exp Child Psychol 59:124-141.
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Markovits H, Venet M, Janveau-Brennan G, Malfait N, Pion N (1996) Reasoning in young children: fantasy and information retrieval. Child Dev 67:2857-2872





Conference presentations / published abstracts


Malfait N, Henriques DYP, Gribble PL. Local rather than global remapping during visually guided tracking. Presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, 2006


Malfait N, Henriques DYP, Gribble PL. Local adaptation for local remapping in a tracking task. Presented at the 28th International Symposium of Computational Neuroscience, Montreal, QC, 2006


Malfait N, Sanger TD. Children with dystonia due to cerebral palsy do not have abnormal co-contraction of antagonist muscles during unconstrained reaching. Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, 2005


Malfait N, Sanger TD. Is abnormal movement in dyskinetic cerebral palsy associated with co-contraction? Presented at the 15th Annual Neural Control of Movement Meeting, Key Biscayne, FL, 2005


Malfait N, Ostry DJ. Is interlimb transfer of force-field adaptation a cognitive response to the sudden introduction of load? Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2004


Della-Maggiore V, Malfait N, Ostry DJ, Paus T. Stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex interferes with arm trajectory adjustments during the learning of new dynamics. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2004


Darainy M, Malfait N, Gribble PL, Towhidkhah F, Ostry DJ. Coordinate System of Arm Stiffness Control in Statics. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2004


Darainy M, Malfait N, Gribble PL, Towhidkhah F, Ostry DJ. Control of Human Arm Impedance in Statics. Presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Measurement, Analysis and Modeling of Human Functions, Genova, Italy, 2004


Malfait N, Ostry DJ. Is interlimb transfer of force-field adaptation a cognitive response to the sudden introduction of load? Presented at the 14th Annual Neural Control of Movement Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 2004


Darainy M, Malfait N, Gribble PL, Towhidkhah F, Ostry DJ. Learning Impedance Control in Statics. Presented at the 14th Annual Neural Control of Movement Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 2004


Malfait N, Gribble PL, Ostry DJ. How does the motorsystem encode dynamic properties of the external world? Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, 2003


Malfait N, Ramsay JO. The historical functional linear model: An approach to develop tests of significance. Presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Cagliari, Italy, 2003


Malfait N, Gribble PL, Ostry DJ. How does the motor system encode dynamic properties of the external world? Presented at the 13th Annual Neural Control of Movement Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, 2003


Malfait N, Shiller DM, Ostry DJ. Transfer of motor learning across arm configurations. Presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL, 2002


Malfait N, Shiller DM, Ostry DJ. Decomposition of the transfer of learning across arm configurations. Presented at the 12th Annual Neural Control of Movement Meeting, Naples, FL, 2002


Malfait N, Ramsay JO, Froda S. The historical functional linear model. Presented at the 4th Canadian Conference in Applied Statistics, Montreal, QC, 2001


Malfait N, Ramsay JO, Froda S. The historical functional linear model. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Vancouver, 2000


Malfait N, Ramsay JO, Froda S. Estimation by the finite element method in a functional linear model. Presented at the International Conference on Measurement and Multivariate Analysis, Banff, AB, 2000


Malfait N. Estimation par la méthode des éléments finis dans un modèle linéaire fonctionnel. Presented at the Seminaire du SCAD, Montreal, QC, 1999


Janveau-Brennan G, Markovits H, Malfait N, Pion N. Effet d'un contexte fantaisiste dans un tâche de raisonnement. Presented at the 17e Congrès Annuel de la S.Q.R.P., Québec, QC, 1994


Malfait N, Markovits H, Dumas C. Young children's understanding of transitivity in a spatial relationship. Presented at the 23rd Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1993