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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Publications: Complete listing

Vahdat S, Darainy M, Milner TE, Ostry DJ (2011) Functionally specific changes in resting-state sensorimotor networks after motor learning. J Neurosci. 31:16907–16915.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (603 KB)]

Rochet-Capellan A, Ostry DJ (2011) Simultaneous acquisition of multiple auditory-Motor transformations in speech. J Neurosci. 31:2648-2655.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (629 KB)]

Ito T, Ostry DJ (2010) Somatosensory contribution to motor learning due to facial skin deformation. J Neurophysiol 104:1230-1230.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (248 KB)]

Lametti DR, Ostry DJ (2010) Postural constraint on movement variability. J Neurophysiol 104:1061-1067.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (2625 KB)]

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)] - [J Neurophysiol Neuro Forum Commentary PDF format (106 KB)]

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ (2009) Auditory plasticity and speech motor learning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:20470–20475.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format(716 KB)] - [Supporting Information PDF format (101 KB)] - [Commentary PDF format (100 KB)]

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

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

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ (2008) Speech motor learning in profoundly deaf adults. Nat Neurosci 11:1217–1222.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (400 KB)] - [Neuropod Podcast] - [Dispatch PDF format (64 KB)]

Darainy M, Ostry DJ (2008) Muscle cocontraction following dynamics learning. Exp Brain Res 190:153-163.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1.0 MB)]

Andres M, Ostry DJ, Nicol F, 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, Ostry DJ (2008) Specificity of speech motor learning. J Neurosci 28:2426–2434.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (395 KB)]

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

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

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ (2006) Somatosensory precision in speech production. Curr Biol 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, 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)]

Shiller DM, Houle G, Ostry DJ (2005) Voluntary control of human jaw stiffness. J Neurophysiol 94:2207-2217.
[Abstract] - [ Article in PDF format (794 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.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (3976 KB)]

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)]

Petitto LA, Holowka S, Sergio LE, Levy B, Ostry DJ (2004) Baby hands that move to the rhythm of language: hearing babies acquiring sign languages babble silently on the hands. Cognition 93:43-73.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (382 KB)]

Ostry DJ, Feldman AG (2003) A critical evaluation of the force control hypothesis in motor control. Exp Brain Res 221:275-288.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (235 KB)]

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

Shiller DM, Laboissière R, Ostry DJ (2002) The relationship between jaw stiffness and kinematic variability in speech. J Neurophysiol 88:2329-2340.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (532 KB)]

Shiller DM, Ostry DJ, Gribble PL, Laboissière R (2001) Compensation for the effects of head acceleration on jaw movement in speech. J Neurosci 21:6447-6456.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (247 KB)]

Petitto LA, Holowka S, Sergio LE, Ostry DJ (2001) Language rhythms in baby hand movements. Nature 413:35-36.
[No abstract available] - [Article in PDF format (85 KB)]

Suzuki M, Shiller DM, Gribble PL, Ostry DJ (2001) Relationship between cocontraction, movement kinematics and phasic muscle activity in single-joint arm movement. Exp Brain Res 140:171-181.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (167 KB)]

Ostry DJ, Romo R (2001) Tactile shape processing. Neuron 31:173-174.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (61 KB)]

Gribble PL, Ostry DJ (2000) Compensation for loads during arm movements using equilibrium-point control. Exp Brain Res 135:474-482.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (91 KB)]

Gribble PL, Ostry DJ (1999) Compensation for interaction torques during single- and multijoint limb movements. J Neurophysiol 82:2310-2326.
[Abstract] - [ Article in PDF format (297 KB)]

Shiller DM, Ostry DJ, Gribble PL (1999) Effects of gravitational load on jaw movements in speech. J Neurosci 19:9073-9080.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (283 KB)]

Gribble PL, Ostry DJ (1998) Independent coactivation of shoulder and elbow muscles. Exp Brain Res 123:355-360.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (90 KB)]

Feldman AG, Ostry DJ, Levin MF, Gribble PL, Mitnitski A (1998) Recent tests of the equilibrium point hypothesis. Motor Control 2:189-205.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (3 MB)]

Gribble PL, Ostry DJ, Sanguineti V, Laboissière R (1998) Are complex control signals required for human arm movement? J Neurophysiol 79:1409-1424.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (283 KB)]

Sanguineti V, Laboissière R, Ostry DJ (1998) A dynamic biomechanical model for neural control of speech production. J Acoust Soc Am 103:1615-1627.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (285 KB)]

Guiard-Marigny T, Ostry DJ (1997) A system for three-dimensional visualization of human jaw motion in speech. J Speech Lang Hear Res 40:1118-1121.
[ Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1 MB)]

Ostry DJ, Vatikiotis-Bateson E, Gribble PL (1997) An examination of the degrees of freedom of human jaw motion in speech and mastication. J Speech Lang Hear Res 40:1341-1351.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (2 MB)]

Ostry DJ, Gribble PL, Levin MF, Feldman AG (1997) Phasic and tonic stretch reflexes in muscles with few muscles spindles: human jaw-opener muscles. Exp Brain Res 116:299-308.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (2 MB)]

Gribble PL, Ostry DJ (1996) Origins of the power law relation between movement velocity and curvature: modeling the effects of muscle mechanics and limb dynamics. J Neurophysiol 76:2853-2860.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (5.47 MB)]

Ramsay JO, Munhall KG, Gracco VL, Ostry DJ (1996) Functional data analyses of lip motion. J Acoust Soc Am 99:3718-3727.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (233 KB)]

Laboissière R, Ostry DJ, Feldman AG (1996) The control of multi-muscle systems: human jaw and hyoid movements. Biol Cybern 74:373-384.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1.22 KB)]

Ostry DJ, Gribble PL, Gracco VL (1996) Coarticulation of jaw movements in speech production: is context sensitivity in speech kinematics centrally planned? J Neurosci 16:1570-1579.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1.72 MB)]

Bonda E, Petrides M, Ostry DJ, Evans A (1996) Specific involvement of human parietal systems and the amygdala in the perception of biological motion. J Neurosci 16:3737-3744.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (712 KB)]

Perrier P, Ostry DJ, Laboissière R (1996) The equilibrium point hypothesis and its application to speech motor control. J Speech Hear Res 39:365-377.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (407 KB)]

Sergio LE, Ostry DJ (1995) Coordination of multiple muscles in two degree of freedom elbow movements. Exp Brain Res 105:123-137.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1.363 KB)]

Bateson EV, Ostry DJ (1995) An analysis of the dimensionality of jaw movement in speech. J Phon 23:101-117.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (3119K)]

Ostry DJ, Munhall KG (1994) Control of jaw orientation and position in mastication and speech. J Neurophysiol 71:1528-1545.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (3.60 MB) ]

Sergio LE, Ostry DJ (1994) Coordination of mono- and bi- articular muscles in multi-degree of freedom elbow movements. Exp Brain Res 97:551-555.
[Abstract]

Parush A, Ostry DJ (1993) Lower pharyngeal wall coarticulation in VCV syllables. J Acoust Soc Am 94:715-22.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (689 KB)]

Sergio LE, Ostry DJ (1993) Three-dimensional kinematic analysis of frog hindlimb movement in reflex wiping. Exp Brain Res 94:53-64.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1.7179 KB)]

Ostry DJ, Feldman AG, Flanagan JR (1991) Kinematics and control of frog hindlimb movements. J Neurophysiol 65:547-562.
[ Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (3.09 MB)]

Ostry DJ, Flanagan JR (1989) Human jaw movement in mastication and speech. Arch Oral Biol 34:685-693.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (948 KB)]

Ostry DJ, Cooke JD, Munhall KG (1987) Velocity curves of human arm and speech movements. Exp Brain Res 68:37-46.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (880 KB)]

Parush A, Ostry DJ (1986) Superior lateral pharyngeal wall movements in speech. J Acoust Soc Am 80:749-756.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (816 KB)]

Munhall KG, Ostry DJ, Parush A (1985) Characteristics of velocity profiles of speech movements. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 11:457-474.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format]

Ostry DJ, Munhall KG (1985) Control of rate and duration of speech movements. J Acoust Soc Am 77:640-648.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (846 KB)]

Parush A, Ostry DJ, Munhall KG (1983) A kinematic study of lingual coarticulation in VCV sequences. J Acoust Soc Am 74:1115-1125.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (1108 KB)]

Ostry DJ, Keller E, Parush A (1983) Similarities in the control of the speech articulators and the limbs: kinematics of tongue dorsum movement in speech. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 9:622-636.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format]

Keller E, Ostry DJ (1983) Computerized measurement of tongue dorsum movements with pulsed-echo ultrasound. J Acoust Soc Am 73:1309-1315.
[Abstract] - [Article in PDF format (714 KB)]

 

 

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Last updated February, 2011