Publications
*indicates student/post-doc/trainee author.
** indicates undergraduate student author (at the time of data collection).
2023 & pre-prints
Waddington T.*, & Balasubramaniam, R. (2023) Multiscale approaches to music and the embodied brain. PsyArXiv Preprint doi: 10.31234/osf.io/x5gyj 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
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
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
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
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
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
*indicates student/post-doc/trainee author.
** indicates undergraduate student author (at the time of data collection).
2023 & pre-prints
Waddington T.*, & Balasubramaniam, R. (2023) Multiscale approaches to music and the embodied brain. PsyArXiv Preprint doi: 10.31234/osf.io/x5gyj 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
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
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
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
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
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
