Kunlin Wei

Phone: (312) 238-1768
Office Rm#: Onterie 931, Chicago, IL 60611
Email: k-wei at northwestern dot edu

Education
2000 B.S in Biomechanics, Beijing University of Physical Education, China
2002 M.S in Kinesiology (Motor Control), Pennsylvania State University
2003 M.S in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems), Pennsylvania State University
2007 Ph.D in Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University
2007-present Post Doctorate, Northwestern University; the SMPP, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Research Interests
movement control, sensorimotor integration, motor rehabilitation, computational neuroscience, biomechanical modeling

Publication

  1. Wei, K., Konrad, K. (2008). Relevance of error: what drives motor adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology.
  2. Wei, K., Konrad, K. (in preparation). Uncertainty in state estimate and sensory feedback determines the rate of motor learning.
  3. Stevenson, I., Wei, K., Kording, K. (in preparation). Explaining postural sway by causal inference. Journal of Vision.
  4. Wei, K., Konrad, K. (submitted). Internal model is not formed: responses to trial-to-trial mechanical perturbations are generic.
  5. Ronsse, R., Wei, K., Sternad, D. (submitted). Optimal feedback control of rhythmic movements.
  6. Boonstra, T.A., Wei, K., & Sternad, D. (in preparation). Variability and stability during the acquisition and adaptation of a rhythmic task.
  7. Wei, K., Hogan, N., & Sternad, D. (in preparation). Effects of load on the interaction between discrete and rhythmic movements.
  8. Wei, K., Dijkstra, T.M.H., & Sternad, D. (2008). Stability and variability: indicators for passive stability and active control in a rhythmic task. Journal of Neurophysiology.
  9. Wei, K., Dijkstra, T.M.H., & Sternad, D. (2007). Passive stability and active control in a rhythmic task. Journal of Neurophysiology, 98: 2633-2646.
  10. Sternad, D., Wei, K., Ivry, R.B., & Diedrichsen, J. (2006). Intermanual interaction during initiation and production of rhythmic and discrete movements in individuals lacking a corpus callosum. Experimental Brain Research. 176: 559-574.
  11. Chen, H., Fan, J., Jia, Q.S., Li, X., Liang, Z., & Wei, K. (2004). Synchronization in human vision: an oscillator-based model. Student Papers, Complex Systems Summer School 2004, Santa Fe Institute.
  12. Wei, K., Wertman, G., & Sternad, D. (2003). Interactions between rhythmic and discrete components in a bimanual task. Motor Control, 7, 134-154.
  13. de Rugy, A., Wei, K., Müller, H., & Sternad, D. (2003). Actively tracking "passive" stability. Brain Research, 982(1), 64-78.

Invited talks
“Stability and variability in performance and learning of a rhythmic task”. The Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Nov 15th, 2006
“Causal inference in motor adaptation”. Advances in Computational Motor Control, Symposium at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, California. Nov 2nd, 2007
“Uncertainty in feedback and state estimation in motor adaptation”. Advances in Computational Motor Control, Symposium at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington DC, Nov 14th, 2008

Book chapter
Wei, K. and Kording, K. (in preparation) Causal inference in sensorimotor learning and control. In: Trommershauser, J., Kording, K., and Landy, M.S. (Eds.) Cue combination.

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