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Understanding the
workings of the brain is one of the greatest challenges in science. Key to
this is to understand how sensory information is used to control action.
The Speech and Motor
Neuroscience Group uses a combination of computational and experimental
approaches in humans to study sensorimotor control.
News
29.01.2020
Conference paper
submitted to ESSV 2020 in Magdeburg, Germany
Howard IS (2020), Speech fundamental period estimation using a neural network
ESSV 2020
Magdeburg, Germany.
09.01.2020
New paper in PLOS ONE:
Howard IS, Franklin S & Franklin DW (2020)
Asymmetry in kinematic generalization between visual and
passive lead-in movements are consistent with a forward model in the sensorimotor
system
PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228083
HowFraFraPLOSONE2020.pdf
01.07.2019
Conference paper in
TAROS 2019 at QMUL, London, UK
Howard IS (2019), A
modular 3D-printed inverted pendulum.
K. Althoefer
et al. (Eds.): TAROS 2019, LNAI 11649, pp. 1–12, 2019.
HowTaros2019.pdf
SupplementaryMaterial
08.03.2019
Conference paper in
ESSV 2019 in Dresden, Germany
Howard IS & Birkholz P (2019)
Modeling Vowel
Acquisition using the Birkholz Synthesizer
ESSV 2019 Dresden,
Germany.
HowBir_ESSV_2019.pdf
New paper in British
Journal of Psychology
Francis, K. B., Gummerum, M., Ganis, G., Howard, I. S., & Terbeck,
S. (2018).
Virtual morality in the helping professions: Simulated
action and resilience.
British Journal of Psychology,
109(3), 442-465.
01.03.2018
Conference paper in
ESSV 2018 in Ulm, Germany
Howard IS & Birkholz P (2018)
Using state feedback to
control an articulatory synthesizer
ESSV 2018 Ulm,
Germany.
HowBir_ESSV_2018.pdf
24.10.2017
New paper in
Scientific Reports
Francis, K., Terbeck, S., Briazu, R.,
Haines, A., Gummerum, M., Ganis,
G. & Howard,
I. S. (2017)
Simulating Moral
Actions: An Investigation of Personal Force in Virtual Moral Dilemmas.
19.06.2017
New paper in
Scientific Reports
Howard IS, Ford C, Cangelosi A & Franklin DW (2017)
Active lead-in
variability affects motor memory formation and slows motor learning
Scientific Reports
Example media coverage:
Daily Mail
Medical Xpress
23.01.2017
Conference paper
submitted to ESSV 2017 in Saarbrücken, Germany
Robotic actuation of a 2D
mechanical vocal tract
11.10.2016
PhD student Kathryn
Francis has a new paper in PlosOne
Francis KB, Howard
C, Howard IS, Gummerum M, Ganis G, Anderson G, Terbeck
S. (2016)
Virtual Morality:
Transitioning from Moral Judgment to Moral Action?
PLOS ONE. 2016 Oct 10;11(10):e0164374. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164374
FraHowHowGumGanAndTer_PO_2016.pdf
Example media coverage:
Daily Mail
Medical Daily
Medical Xpress
31.05.2016
New paper in
Scientific Reports
Howard IS &
Franklin DW (2016)
Adaptive tuning
functions arise from visual observation of past movement
Scientific
Reports
20.01.2016
Conference paper
submitted to ESSV 2016 in Leipzig, Germany
Towards a mechanical
vocal apparatus for vowel production
01.01.2016
Onshell Relf joins the lab as a PhD student
27.08.2015
New paper in the Journal of
Phonetics
Messum P & Howard IS (2015)
Creating the cognitive
form of phonological units: the speech sound correspondence problem in
infancy could be solved by mirrored vocal interactions rather than by
imitation
Journal
of Phonetics
25.06.2015
New paper in PlosOne:
Howard IS &
Franklin DW (2015)
Neural tuning functions
underlie both generalization and interference
PLoS ONE, 10(6), e0131268.
08.01.2015
New
paper in Current Biology:
The Value
of the Follow-Through Derives from Motor Learning Depending on Future
Actions
Howard IS, Wolpert DM & Franklin
DW
Current
Biology: doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.037
Example media coverage:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge-researchers-practice-really-make/story-25826334-detail/story.html
University coverage:
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/practice-really-does-make-perfect
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/study-shows-follow-through-can-boost-skill-acquisition
01.10.2014
New paper in PlosOne:
Howard IS & Messum P
(2014)
Learning to pronounce first words in three languages: an
investigation of caregiver and infant behavior using a computational model
of an infant.
PLoS ONE 9(10): e110334. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.011033
01.07.2013
The
Speech and Motor Neuroscience Group is now setup at the University of
Plymouth. The lab is well
equipped for running experimental investigation in human motor control and
facilities include a Bimanual 2BOT manipulandum
with air sleds and a force transducer. Shortly a new 3 dimensional
3BOT manipulandum will be available.
To support development, workshop facilities include oscilloscopes,
soldering irons, power supplies, signal generators and a small milling
machine and lathe.
10.07.2013
The Speech
and Motor Neuroscience Group will shortly be looking for PhD students
and postdocs in the areas of human motor control, infant speech acquisition
and computational modeling in both areas.
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