Publications 

*indicates student/post-doc/trainee author.
** indicates undergraduate student author (at the time of  data collection).

2023 & pre-prints

Carey, S.*, Ross, J. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2023). Auditory, tactile, and multimodal noise reduce balance variability.
Experimental Brain Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-023-06598-6. PDF
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Waddington T.*, & Balasubramaniam, R. (2023) Multiscale approaches to music and the embodied brain. Journal of Multiscale Neuroscience (in press: accepted 3/10). doi: 10.31234/osf.io/x5gyj PDF 
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Kaur, J. *, Proksch, S.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2023). The Effect of Elastic and Viscous Force Fields on Bimanual Coordination. Experimental Brain Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-023-06589-7. PDF

Proksch, S.,* Reeves, M.*, Spivey, M., Balasubramaniam, R. (2023) Measuring acoustic social worlds: reflections on a study of multiagent human interaction. In S. Besser, F. Lysen, N. Geode (Eds.) Worlding the Brain, forthcoming with Brill (in press).​

Ross, J. M.*, Iversen, J., and Balasubramaniam, R. (preprint). Dorsal premotor contributions to auditory rhythm perception: causal transcranial magnetic stimulation studies of interval, tempo, and phase. BioRxiv . doi: 10.1101/368597 PDF
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2022

Tancredi, S.*, Abdu, R., Balasubramaniam, R., & Abrahamson, D. (2022).
​Intermodality in multimodal learning analytics for cognitive theory development: A case from embodied design for mathematics learning. In M. Giannakos, D. Spikol, D. Di Mitri, K. Sharma, X. Ochoa, & R. Hamma (Eds.), Multimodal learning analytics. Springer. PDF​

Kaur, J.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2022). Sequence Learning in an Online Serial Reaction Time Task: The Effect of Task Instructions.
Journal of Motor Learning & Development. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2021-0064 PDF

Comstock, D.C.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2022). Differential Motor System Entrainment to Auditory and Visual Rhythms.
Journal of Neurophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00432.2021 PDF

Ross, J.M.*, & Balasubramaniam, R. (2022). Time perception for musical rhythms:
sensorimotor perspectives on entrainment, simulation, and prediction.
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2022.916220 (in press June 16, 2022). PDF

Pabst, A.*, Proksch, S.*, Médé, B.*, Comstock, D.C.*, Ross, J. M.*, & Balasubramaniam, R. (2022).
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) on cognitive enhancement
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104587. PDF

​Proksch, S.*, Reeves, M.*, Spivey, M.J., & Balasubramaniam, R. (2022).
Coordination dynamics of multi-agent human interaction in a musical ensemble.
Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04463-6. PDF

Ross, J.M.*, Comstock, D.C.*, Iversen, J.R., Makeig, S., Balasubramaniam, R. (2022). 
Cortical Mu Rhythms During Action and Passive Music Listening. Journal of Neurophysiology.
127: 213–224, 2022. doi:10.1152/jn.00346.2021 PDF

2021

Holbrook, C., Iacoboni, M,,  Gordon, C.L.*, Proksch, S.*, Makhfi, H.**, Balasubramaniam, R. (2021).
Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex Regulates Sympathy: A TMS Study. 
Social Neuroscience. PDF. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2021.1980097.

Comstock, D.C.*, Ross, J.M.,* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2021)
Modality-specific frequency band activity during neural entrainment to auditory and visual rhythms.
European Journal of Neuroscience. 2021;00:1–21. PDF https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15314

Balasubramaniam, R., Haegens, S., Jazayeri, M., Merchant, H., Sternad, D., & Song, J-H. (2021).
Neural Encoding and Representation of Time for Sensorimotor Control and Learning.
Journal of Neuroscience. 41 (5) 866-872 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1652-20.2020 PDF

Tancredi, S.*, Abdu, R., Abrahamson, D., & Balasubramaniam, R. (2021). Modeling nonlinear dynamics of fluency development in an embodied-design mathematics learning environment with Recurrence Quantification Analysis. 
​International Journal of Child Computer Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.100297 PDF

Tancredi, S.*, Abdu, R., Abrahamson, D., & Balasubramaniam, R. (2021). Proof of concept: Applying Recurrence Quantification analysis to model nonlinear dynamics of mathematics learning in an embodied design.
In E. de Vries, J. Ahn, & Y. Hod (Eds.), Reflecting the past and embracing the future--Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. Ruhr-Universität Bochum.​​ PDF

2020

Holbrook, C., Iacoboni, M., Gordon, C.L.*, Proksch., S.*, & Balasubramaniam, R. (2020). 
Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex and Threat-Enhanced Religious Belief: A Replication and Extension 
Social, Cognitive, & Affective Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsaa153 PDF

Proksch, S.*, Comstock, D.C.*, Médé,  B.*, Pabst, A.*, & Balasubramaniam, R. (2020).
Motor and predictive processes in auditory beat and rhythm perception.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: Cognitive Neuroscience. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.578546 PDF.

Rahimpour, A..*, Pollonini, L., Comstock, D.C.*, Balasubramaniam, R., & Bortfeld, H.B. (2020). 
Tracking Differential Activation of Primary and Supplementary Motor Cortex Across Timing Tasks: An fNIRS Validation Study 
​Journal of Neuroscience Methods. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108790 PDF.

2019

Gordon, C.L.*, Shea, T.*, Noelle, D.C., & Balasubramaniam, R. (2019). 
Affordance Compatibility Effect for Word Learning in Virtual Reality.
Cognitive Science (in press: accepted 4/23). DOI:10.1111/cogs.12742​ PDF

2018

Gordon, C.L.*, Cobb, P.*, Balasubramaniam, R. (2018). Recruitment of the motor system
during music listening: An ALE meta-analysis of fMRI data​.
PLoS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207213 PDF

Gordon, C.L.*, Iacoboni, M., & Balasubramaniam, R. (2018). Multimodal music perception engages motor prediction.
Frontiers in Neuroscience. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00736 PDF
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Pabst, A.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2018). Trajectory formation during sensorimotor synchronization
and syncopation to auditory and visual metronomes.
Experimental Brain Research 236(11), 2847-2856. DOI: 10.1007/s00221-018-5343-y. PDF

Comstock, D.C.*, Hove, M.J. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2018).
Sensorimotor synchronization to auditory and visual rhythms: behavioral and neural differences.
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2018.00053 PDF

Comstock, D.C.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2018). Neural responses to perturbations in visual
and auditory metronomes during sensorimotor synchronization.
​Neuropsychologia 117: 55-66. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.05.013. PDF
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Ross, J.M.*, Iversen, J.R. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2018). The role of the posterior parietal cortex in 
Beat-Based Timing Perception: A Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation Study. 
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 30 (5) : 634-643. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01237 PDF

Balasubramaniam, R., Hove, M.J. & Médé,  B.* (2018). Factorization of force and timing in sensorimotor performance:
Long range correlation properties of two different task goals. 
Topics in Cognitive Science ​10(1):120-132 DOI: 10.1111/tops.12301. PDF

2017

Kello, C.T., Dalla Bella, S., Médé,  B.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2017). Hierarchical temporal structure in music, speech, and animal vocalizations: Jazz is like a conversation, humpbacks sing like hermit thrushes.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 14: 20170231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0231​. PDF
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Gordon, C.*, & Balasubramaniam, R. (2017). 
Recruitment of the motor system in the perception of handwritten and typed characters.
In G. Gunzelmann, A. Howes, T. Tenbrink, & E. Davelaar (Eds.),
Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference Cognitive Science Society, pp. 2120-2124.
London, UK: Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Gordon, C.*, Spivey, M.J. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2017)
Corticospinal excitability during the processing of handwritten and typed words and non-words.
Neuroscience Letters. DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.05.021 PDF

Abney, D.H.*, Kello, C. T., & Balasubramaniam, R. (2017). 
Introduction and Application to the Multiscale Coefficient of Variation Analysis. 
Behavior Research Methods  49(5):1571-1581 DOI: 10.3758/s13428-016-0803-4. PDF

2016

Ross, J.M.*, Iversen, J.R. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2016).
Motor Simulation Theories of Musical Beat Perception. Neurocase. 22(6):558-565.
DOI:10.1080/13554794.2016.1242756​ PDF
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Ross, J.M.*, Will, O.J.**, McGann, Z.**, Balasubramaniam, R. (2016). 
Auditory White Noise Reduces Age-Related Fluctuations in Balance. 
Neuroscience Letters. 630: 216-221. DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.07.060. PDF

Iversen, J.R. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2016) Synchronization and temporal processing
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 8, 175-180 PDF
doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.02.027

Ross, J.M.*, Warlaumont, A.S., Abney, D.H.*, Rigoli, L.M.**, & Balasubramaniam, R. (2016)
Influence of Musical Groove on Postural Sway 
​Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 
DOI: 10.1037/xhp0000198 PDF

2015

Ross, J.M.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2015). Auditory white noise reduces postural fluctuations 
even in the absence of vision. Experimental Brain Research. DOI 10.1007/s00221-015-4304-y PDF

2014

Hove, M.J.*, Balasubramaniam, R. & Keller, P.E. (2014). The time course of phase correction: 
A kinematic investigation of motor adjustment to timing perturbations during sensorimotor synchronization. 
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance 40:2243-2251.
doi: 10.1037/a0037826. PDF

Ross, J.M.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2014). Physical and neural entrainment to rhythm: 
human sensorimotor coordination across tasks and effector systems. 
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8:576. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00576. PDF

Yeh, T-T.*,  Cluff, T.*, & Balasubramaniam, R. (2014). 
Visual reliance for balance control in older adults persists when visual information is disrupted 
by artificial feedback delays. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91554. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091554. PDF

Studenka, B.E*, Eliasz, K.**, Shore, D.I. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2014). Crossing the arms confuses the clocks: 
Sensory feedback and the bimanual advantage. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.  21: 390-397. 
doi: 10.3758/s13423-013-0489-x PDF.

2013

Therrien, A.S.*, Lyons, J. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2013). Continuous theta-burst stimulation to primary 
motor cortex reveals asymmetric compensation for sensory attenuation in bimanual repetitive 
force production. Journal of Neurophysiology. 110: 872-882. doi:10.1152/jn.00988.2012. PDF

Balasubramaniam, R. (2013). On the control of unstable objects: the dynamics of human stick balancing. 
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 782, 149-68. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5465-6_8. PDF

Richardson, B.A*, Cluff, T.*, Lyons, J. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2013). An eye-to-hand magnet effect 
reveals distinct spatial interference in motor planning and execution. Experimental Brain Research 
 225:443-54. doi: 10.1007/s00221-012-3384-1 PDF

2012

Balasubramaniam, R. (2012). Preface to the special issue: Complex systems in Neurobiology. 
Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. 40 (6): 457-58. Guest editorial. PDF

Balasubramaniam, R. & Torre, K. (2012). Complexity in Neurobiology: Perspectives from the study of 
noise in human motor systems. Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. 40 (6): 459-470. PDF

Therrien, A.S.*, Lyons, J. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2012). Sensory attenuation of self-produced feedback: 
The Lombard effect revisited. PLoS ONE. 7(11): e49370. PDF
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049370

Cluff, T.*, Manos, A.**, Lee, T.D. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2012). Multijoint error compensation mediates
unstable object control. Journal of Neurophysiology 108: 1167-1175. PDF 
doi:10.1152/jn.00691.2011

Ahken, S.**, Comeau, G., Hébert, S. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2012). Eye-movement patterns during the 
processing of musical and linguistic syntactic incongruities. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind & Brain. 
(doi: 10.1037/a0026751) PDF

Studenka, B.E.*, Zelaznik, H.N. & Balasubramaniam, R.(2012). The distinction between tapping 
and circle drawing with and without tactile feedback: An examination of the sources of timing variance. 
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 65:1086-1100 (doi: 10.1080/17470218.2011.640404 ) PDF

2011

Therrien, A.S.*, Richardson, B.A.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2011). cTBS to the primary motor cortex 
reduces the overproduction of forces following the removal of visual feedback. 
Neuropsychologia 49: 2941-2946. PDF

Cluff, T. *, Boulet, J.W.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2011). Learning a stick balancing task involves 
task-specific coupling between posture and hand displacements. 
Experimental Brain Research 213: 55-65 . PDF

Mak, L. **, Yeh, T-T.*, Boulet, J.W.*, Cluff, T.*, & Balasubramaniam, R. (2011). Interaction between 
delayed visual feedback and secondary cognitive tasks on posture control in older adults.
Science et Motricité: Special Issue on Posture Control. DOI: 10.1051/sm/2011113. PDF

Richardson, B.A.*, Ratneswaran, A.**, Lyons, J.L. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2011). The time course of 
online trajectory corrections in memory-guided saccades. Experimental Brain Research 212: 457-469. PDF

Torre, K.*, Balasubramaniam, R., Rheaume, N.*, Lemoine, L.* & Zelaznik, H.N. (2011). Long-range 
correlation properties in motor timing are individual and task specific. 
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 18: 339-346. PDF

Torre, K.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2011). Disentangling stability, variability and adaptability in human 
performance: Focus on the interplay between local variance and serial correlation. 
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 37: 539-550. PDF

2010

Yeh, T-T.*, Boulet, J.W.*, Cluff, T.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2010). Contributions of delayed 
visual feedback and cognitive task load to postural dynamics. Neuroscience Letters 483: 173-177 . PDF

Torre, K.*, Balasubramaniam, R. & Delignières, D. (2010). Oscillating in synchrony with a metronome: 
serial dependence, limit cycle dynamics, and modeling. Motor Control 13: 323-343 PDF

Therrien, A.S.*, Lyons, J.L. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2010). Repetitive finger force production in 
predictable environments. Neuroscience Letters 479: 69-73. PDF

Cluff, T.*, Gharib, T**. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2010). Attentional influences on the performance of 
secondary postural tasks during posture control. Experimental Brain Research 203: 647-658. PDF

Richardson, B.A.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2010) The effect of entrainment on the timing of periodic eye 
movements. Neuroscience Letters 469:117-121. PDF

Therrien, A.S.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2010). Timing and visual feedback constraints on repetitive finger force production. Experimental Brain Research 201: 673-679 . PDF

Boulet, J.*, Balasubramaniam, R., Daffertshofer, A., and Longtin, A. (2010) 
Stochastic two delay-differential model of delayed visual feedback effects on postural dynamics. 
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 368 (1911) :423-438. PDF

2009

Torre, K.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2009) Two different processes for sensorimotor synchronization in 
continuous and discontinuous rhythmic movements. Experimental Brain Research 199: 157-166. PDF.

Cluff, T.*, Riley, M.A. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2009) Dynamical structure of hand trajectories during 
pole balancing. Neuroscience Letters 484: 88-92. PDF.

Cluff, T.* & Balasubramaniam, R. (2009). Motor Learning characterized by changing Lévy distributions. 
PLoS ONE 2009: e5998. PDF

Van den Heuvel, M.*, Balasubramaniam, R., Daffertshofer, A., Longtin, A. & Beek, P.J. (2009) 
Delayed visual feedback reveals distinct time scales in balance control. 
Neuroscience Letters 452: 37-41. PDF

2005-2008

Cluff, T.**, Robertson, D.G.E. & Balasubramaniam, R. (2008). Kinetics of hula hooping: an inverse 
dynamics analysis. Human Movement Science, 27: 622:635. PDF

Balasubramaniam, R. & Turvey, M.T. (2006). The lambda model in the 1990s. 
In M.F. Levin (ed). Forty years of the Equilibrium point hypothesis (pp 375-378). Tristar: Quebec. PDF

Balasubramaniam, R. (2006) Trajectory formation in timed rhythmic movements. 
In M.L. Latash & F. Lestienne (eds) Motor Control and Learning (pp 47-54). Springer: New York. PDF

Bracewell, R.M., Balasubramaniam, R. & Wing, A.M. (2005). Interlimb coordination deficits during cyclic 
movements in cerebellar hemiataxia. Neurology 64: 751-752. PDF

2004

Balasubramaniam, R., Wing, A.M. & Daffertshofer, A. (2004). Keeping with the beat: 
movement trajectories contribute to movement timing. Experimental Brain Research 159: 129-134. PDF

Balasubramaniam, R. & Turvey, M.T. (2004) Coordination modes in the multisegmental dynamics of 
hula-hooping. Biological Cybernetics 90: 176-190. PDF

Ustinova, K., Goussev, V., Balasubramaniam, R. & Levin, M.F. (2004). Disruption of coordination between arm, 
trunk and center of pressure displacement in patients with hemiparesis. Motor Control 8: 139-159. PDF

Balasubramaniam, R. & Feldman, A.G. (2004) Guiding movements without redundancy problems. 
In V. K. Jirsa and J. A. S. Kelso (eds) Coordination Dynamics : Issues and Trends. 
Springer : New York-Berlin-Heidelberg. PDF

Balasubramaniam, R. (2004). Redundancy in the nervous system: Where internal models collapse. 
Behavioral & Brain Sciences 27: 396-397. PDF

2003 and earlier

Balasubramaniam, R. & Wing, A.M. (2002) The dynamics of standing balance. 
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 6, 531-536. PDF

Balasubramaniam, R. & Feldman, A.G. (2001) Some robotic imitations of biological movements can be counterproductive. 
Behavioral & Brain Sciences 24, 1050-1052. PDF

Balasubramaniam, R., & Turvey, M.T. (2000) The handedness of postural fluctuations. 
Human Movement Science 19, 667-684. PDF

Balasubramaniam, R., Riley M.A., & Turvey M.T. (2000) Specificity of postural sway to the demands 
of a precision task. Gait & Posture 9, 65-78. PDF

Riley M.A., Balasubramaniam R., & Turvey M.T. (1999) Recurrence quantification analysis of postural fluctuations. 
Gait & Posture 11, 12-24. PDF

Riley M.A., Balasubramaniam, R., Mitra, S. & Turvey, M.T. (1998) Visual influences on the 
centre of pressure dynamics of upright posture. Ecological Psychology 10, 65-92. PDF