Motor Neuroscience Laboratory


Publications

Ebrahimi S, Ostry DJ (2024) The human somatosensory cortex contributes to the encoding of newly learned movements. Proc Natl Sci USA 121: e2316294121.
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Darainy M, Manning TF (2023) Disruption of somatosensory cortex impairs motor learning and retention. J Neurophysiol 130: 1521-1528.
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Franken M, Liu B, Ostry DJ (2022) Towards a somatosensory theory of speech perception. J Neurophysiol 128: 1683-1695.
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Ebrahimi S, Ostry DJ (2022) Persistence of adaptation following visuomotor training. J Neurophysiol 128:1312-1323.
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Kumar N, Sidarta A, Smith C, Ostry DJ (2022) Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex contributes to human motor learning. eNeuro
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Sidarta A, Komar J, Ostry DJ (2022) Clustering analysis of movement kinematics in reinforcement learning. J Neurophysiol 127:341-353.
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Sedda G, Ostry DJ (2021) Self-operated stimuli improve subsequent visual motion integration. J Vision 21:13,1-15.
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Ohashi H, Ostry DJ (2021) Neural development of speech sensorimotor learning. J Neurosci 41:4023-4035.
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Kumar N, van Vugt FT, Ostry DJ (2021) Recognition memory for human motor learning. Curr Biol 31:1678-1686.
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van Vugt FT, Near J, Hennessy T, Doyon J, Ostry DJ (2020) Early stages of sensorimotor map acquisition: neurochemical signature in primary motor cortex and its relation to functional connectivity. J Neurophysiol 122: 1708-1720.
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Ito T, Bai J, Ostry DJ (2020) Contribution of sensory memory to speech motor learning. J Neurophysiol 124:1103-1109.
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Patri JF, Ostry DJ, Diard J, Schwartz JL, Trudeau-Fisette P, Savariaux C, Perrier P (2020) Speakers are able to categorize vowels based on tongue somatosensation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 117:6255-6263.
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Darainy M, Vahdat S, Ostry DJ (2019) Neural basis of sensorimotor learning in speech motor adaptation. Cereb Cortex 29:2876-2889.
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Ohashi H, Valle-Mena R, Gribble P, Ostry DJ (2019) Movements following force-field adaptation are aligned with altered sense of limb position. Exp Brain Res 237:1303-1313.
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van Vugt FT, Ostry DJ (2019) Early stages of sensorimotor map acquisition: learning with free exploration, without active movement or global structure. J Neurophysiol 122:1708-1720.
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Kumar N, Manning TF, Ostry DJ (2019) Somatosensory cortex participates in the consolidation of human motor memory. PLoS Biol 17:e3000469.
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Ohashi H, Gribble PL, Ostry DJ (2019) Somatosensory cortical excitability changes precede those in motor cortex during human motor learning. J Neurophysiol 122:1397-1405.
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Vahdat S, Darainy M, Thiel A, Ostry DJ (2018) A single session of robot-controlled proprioceptive training modulates functional connectivity of sensory motor networks and improves reaching accuracy in chronic stroke .Neurorehabil Neural Repair 33:70-81.
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Sidarta A, van Vugt FT, Ostry DJ (2018) Somatosensory working memory in human reinforcement-based motor learning. J Neurophysiol 120:3275-3286.
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Bernardi NF, Van Vugt FT, Valle-Mena R, Vahdat S, Ostry DJ (2018) Error-related persistence of motor activity in resting-state networks. J Cogn Neurosci 20:1-19.
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Milner TE, Firouzimehr Z, Babadi S, Ostry DJ (2018) Different adaptation rates to abrupt and gradual changes in environmental dynamics. Exp Brain Res 236:2923-2933.
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Van Vugt FT and Ostry DJ (2018) The structure and acquisition of sensorimotor maps. J Cogn Neurosci 30: 290-306.
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Sidarta A, Vahdat S, Bernardi NF, Ostry DJ (2016) Somatic and reinforcement-based plasticity in the initial stages of human motor learning. J Neurosci 36:11682-11692.
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Ito T, Coppola JH, Ostry DJ (2016) Speech motor learning changes the neural response to both auditory and somatosensory signals. Sci Rep 6:25926
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Ostry DJ, Gribble PL (2016) Sensory plasticity in human motor learning. Trends Neurosci 39:114-123
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Ito T, Ostry DJ, Gracco VL (2015) Somatosensory event-related potentials from orofacial skin stretch stimulation. J Vis Exp e53621-e53621
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Bernardi NF, Darainy M, Ostry DJ (2015) Somatosensory contribution to the early stages of motor skill learning. J Neurosci 35: 14316 -14326
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Lametti DR, Rochet-Capellan A, Neufeld E, Shiller DM, Ostry DJ (2014) Plasticity in the human speech motor system drives changes in speech perception. J Neurosci 34:10339-10346.
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Lametti DR, Krol SA, Shiller DM, Ostry DJ (2014) Brief periods of auditory perceptual training can determine the sensory targets of speech motor learning. Psychol Sci. 25:1325-1336.
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Ito T, Johns AR, Ostry DJ (2014) Left lateralized enhancement of orofacial somatosensory processing due to speech sounds. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 56:1875-81.
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Vahdat S, Darainy M, Ostry DJ (2014) Structure of plasticity in human sensory and motor networks due to perceptual learning. J Neurosci 34:2451-63.
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Darainy M, Vahdat S, Ostry DJ (2013) Perceptual learning in sensorimotor adaptation. J Neurophysiol 110: 2152-2162.
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Bernardi NF, Darainy M, Bricolo E, Ostry DJ (2013) Observing motor learning produces somatosensory change. J Neurophysiol 110: 1804-1810.
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Ito S, Darainy M, Sasaki M, Ostry DJ (2013) Computational model of motor learning and perceptual change. Biol Cybern 107:653-667.
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Nasir SM, Darainy M, Ostry DJ (2013) Sensorimotor adaptation changes the neural coding of somatosensory stimuli. J. Neurophysiol. 109:2077-85.
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Mattar AAG, Darainy M, Ostry DJ (2013) Motor learning and its sensory effects: The time course of perceptual change, and its presence with gradual introduction of load. J. Neurophysiol. 109:782-91.
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Lametti DR, Nasir S, Ostry DJ (2012) Sensory preference in speech production revealed by simultaneous alteration of auditory and somatosensory feedback. J Neurosci 32:9351-9359.
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Rochet-Capellan A, Richer L, Ostry DJ (2012) Non-homogeneous transfer reveals specificity in speech motor learning, J Neurophysiol 107(6):1711-1717.
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Mattar AAG, Nasir SM, Darainy M, Ostry DJ (2011) Sensory change following motor learning. in Green AM, Chapman CE, Kalaska JF and Lepore F (Eds), Progress in Brain Research, Volume 191 (pp 29-42).
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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.
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Rochet-Capellan A, Ostry DJ (2011) Simultaneous acquisition of multiple auditory-motor transformations in speech. J Neurosci. 31:2648-2655.
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Ito T, Ostry DJ (2010) Somatosensory contribution to motor learning due to facial skin deformation. J Neurophysiol 104:1230-1230.
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Lametti DR, Ostry DJ (2010) Postural constraint on movement variability. J Neurophysiol 104:1061-1067.
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Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ (2010) Generalization of dynamics learning across changes in movement amplitude. J Neurophysiol 104:426-438.
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Ostry DJ, Darainy M, Mattar AAG, Wong J, Gribble PL (2010) Somatosensory plasticity and motor learning. J Neurosci 30:5384-5393.
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Nasir SM, Ostry DJ (2009) Auditory plasticity and speech motor learning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:20470-20475.
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Laboissiere R, Lametti DR, Ostry DJ (2009) Impedance control and its relation to precision in orofacial movement. J Neurophysiol 102:523-531.
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Darainy M, Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ (2009) Effects of human arm impedance on dynamics learning and generalization. J Neurophysiol 101:3158-3168.
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Ito T, Tiede M, Ostry DJ (2009) Somatosensory function in speech perception. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:1245-1248.
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Nasir SM, Ostry DJ (2008) Speech motor learning in profoundly deaf adults. Nat Neurosci 11:1217-1222.
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Darainy M, Ostry DJ (2008) Muscle cocontraction following dynamics learning. Exp Brain Res 190:153-163.
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Andres M, Ostry DJ, Nicol F, Paus T (2008) Time course of number magnitude interference during grasping. Cortex 44:414-419.
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Tremblay S, Houle G, Ostry DJ (2008) Specificity of speech motor learning. J Neurosci 28:2426-2434.
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Darainy M, Towhidkhah F, Ostry DJ (2007) Control of hand impedance under static conditions and during reaching movement. J Neurophysiol 97:2676-2685.
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Lametti DR, Houle G, Ostry DJ (2007) Control of movement variability and the regulation of limb impedance. J Neurophysiol 98:3516-3524.
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Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ (2007) Neural averaging in motor learning. J Neurophysiol 97:220-228.
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Mattar AAG, Ostry DJ (2007) Modifiability of generalization in dynamics learning. J Neurophysiol 98:3321-3329.
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Nasir SM, Ostry DJ (2006) Somatosensory precision in speech production. Curr Biol 16:1918-1923.
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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.
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Shiller DM, Houle G, Ostry DJ (2005) Voluntary control of human jaw stiffness. J Neurophysiol 94:2207-2217.
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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.
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Darainy M, Malfait N, Gribble PL, Towhidkhah F, Ostry DJ (2004) Learning to control arm stiffness under static conditions. J Neurophysiol 92:3344-3350.
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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.
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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.
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Ostry DJ, Feldman AG (2003) A critical evaluation of the force control hypothesis in motor control. Exp Brain Res 221:275-288.
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Tremblay S, Shiller DM,Ostry DJ (2003) Somatosensory basis of speech production. Nature 423:866-869.
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Malfait N, Shiller DM, Ostry DJ (2002) Transfer of motor learning across arm configurations. J Neurosci 22:9656-9660.
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Shiller DM, Laboissiere R, Ostry DJ (2002) The relationship between jaw stiffness and kinematic variability in speech. J Neurophysiol 88:2329-2340.
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Shiller DM, Ostry DJ, Gribble PL, Laboissiere R (2001) Compensation for the effects of head acceleration on jaw movement in speech. J Neurosci 21:6447-6456.
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Petitto LA, Holowka S, Sergio LE, Ostry DJ (2001) Language rhythms in baby hand movements. Nature 413:35-36.
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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.
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Ostry DJ, Romo R (2001) Tactile shape processing. Neuron 31:173-174.
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Gribble PL, Ostry DJ (2000) Compensation for loads during arm movements using equilibrium-point control. Exp Brain Res 135:474-482.
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Gribble PL, Ostry DJ (1999) Compensation for interaction torques during single- and multijoint limb movements. J Neurophysiol 82:2310-2326.
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Shiller DM, Ostry DJ, Gribble PL (1999) Effects of gravitational load on jaw movements in speech. J Neurosci 19:9073-9080.
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Gribble PL, Ostry DJ (1998) Independent coactivation of shoulder and elbow muscles. Exp Brain Res 123:355-360.
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Feldman AG, Ostry DJ, Levin MF, Gribble PL, Mitnitski A (1998) Recent tests of the equilibrium point hypothesis. Motor Control 2:189-205.
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Gribble PL, Ostry DJ, Sanguineti V, Laboissiere R (1998) Are complex control signals required for human arm movement? J Neurophysiol 79:1409-1424.
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Sanguineti V, Laboissiere R, Ostry DJ (1998) A dynamic biomechanical model for neural control of speech production. J Acoust Soc Am 103:1615-1627.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ramsay JO, Munhall KG, Gracco VL, Ostry DJ (1996) Functional data analyses of lip motion. J Acoust Soc Am 99:3718-3727.
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Laboissiere R, Ostry DJ, Feldman AG (1996) The control of multi-muscle systems: human jaw and hyoid movements. Biol Cybern 74:373-384.
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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.
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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.
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Perrier P, Ostry DJ, Laboissiere R (1996) The equilibrium point hypothesis and its application to speech motor control. J Speech Hear Res 39:365-377.
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Sergio LE, Ostry DJ (1995) Coordination of multiple muscles in two degree of freedom elbow movements. Exp Brain Res 105:123-137.
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Bateson EV, Ostry DJ (1995) An analysis of the dimensionality of jaw movement in speech. J Phon 23:101-117.
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Ostry DJ, Munhall KG (1994) Control of jaw orientation and position in mastication and speech. J Neurophysiol 71:1528-1545.
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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.
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Parush A, Ostry DJ (1993) Lower pharyngeal wall coarticulation in VCV syllables. J Acoust Soc Am 94:715-22.
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Sergio LE, Ostry DJ (1993) Three-dimensional kinematic analysis of frog hindlimb movement in reflex wiping. Exp Brain Res 94:53-64.
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Ostry DJ, Feldman AG, Flanagan JR (1991) Kinematics and control of frog hindlimb movements. J Neurophysiol 65:547-562.
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Ostry DJ, Flanagan JR (1989) Human jaw movement in mastication and speech. Arch Oral Biol 34:685-693.
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Ostry DJ, Cooke JD, Munhall KG (1987) Velocity curves of human arm and speech movements. Exp Brain Res 68:37-46.
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Parush A, Ostry DJ (1986) Superior lateral pharyngeal wall movements in speech. J Acoust Soc Am 80:749-756.
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Munhall KG, Ostry DJ, Parush A (1985) Characteristics of velocity profiles of speech movements. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 11:457-474.
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Ostry DJ, Munhall KG (1985) Control of rate and duration of speech movements. J Acoust Soc Am 77:640-648.
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Parush A, Ostry DJ, Munhall KG (1983) A kinematic study of lingual coarticulation in VCV sequences. J Acoust Soc Am 74:1115-1125.
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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.
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Keller E, Ostry DJ (1983) Computerized measurement of tongue dorsum movements with pulsed-echo ultrasound. J Acoust Soc Am 73:1309-1315.
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Ostry DJ (1983) Determinants of interkey times in typing. In W. E. Cooper (ed.), Cognitive Aspects of Skilled Typewriting, Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
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