David J. Ostry

10.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

David J. Ostry is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Ostry has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 55 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 41 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in David J. Ostry's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (73 papers), Phonetics and Phonology Research (40 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (39 papers). David J. Ostry is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (73 papers), Phonetics and Phonology Research (40 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (39 papers). David J. Ostry collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Iran. David J. Ostry's co-authors include Paul L. Gribble, Kevin G. Munhall, Mohammad Darainy, Anatol G. Feldman, Nicole Malfait, Douglas M. Shiller, Sazzad M. Nasir, Alan Evans, Michael Petrides and Andrew A. G. Mattar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

David J. Ostry

143 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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Specific Involvement of Human Parietal Systems and the Amygdala in the Perception of Biological Motion

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David J. Ostry Canada	51	4.9k	2.1k	1.8k	1.7k	1.1k	146	7.1k
Howard Poizner United States	46	4.7k 1.0×	697 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	164	8.4k
Howard N. Zelaznik United States	34	4.2k 0.9×	764 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	77	5.4k
Michael H. Thaut United States	48	4.7k 1.0×	677 0.3×	819 0.4×	2.5k 1.5×	554 0.5×	160	7.6k
Alan M. Wing United Kingdom	50	6.6k 1.4×	776 0.4×	2.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	545 0.5×	208	9.0k
James H. Abbs United States	34	2.0k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	807 0.4×	449 0.3×	607 0.5×	80	3.8k
A. David Milner United Kingdom	56	15.2k 3.1×	2.1k 1.0×	668 0.4×	3.9k 2.4×	1.5k 1.3×	177	17.9k
James R. Lackner United States	42	4.9k 1.0×	760 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	413 0.4×	206	7.3k
Avi Karni Israel	41	7.8k 1.6×	2.0k 1.0×	557 0.3×	992 0.6×	1.8k 1.6×	138	9.4k
R. Chris Miall United Kingdom	60	12.2k 2.5×	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	3.9k 2.4×	1.3k 1.2×	199	15.7k
José L. Contreras-Vidal United States	46	5.2k 1.1×	339 0.2×	2.9k 1.6×	566 0.3×	455 0.4×	200	7.4k

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Ostry, David J., et al.. (2024). The human somatosensory cortex contributes to the encoding of newly learned movements. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(6). e2316294121–e2316294121. 14 indexed citations

Ostry, David J., et al.. (2024). Probing sensorimotor memory through the human speech-audiomotor system. Journal of Neurophysiology. 133(2). 479–489. 1 indexed citations

Ostry, David J., et al.. (2020). Speakers are able to categorize vowels based on tongue somatosensation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(11). 6255–6263. 6 indexed citations

Vugt, Floris T. van, et al.. (2020). Early stages of sensorimotor map acquisition: neurochemical signature in primary motor cortex and its relation to functional connectivity. Journal of Neurophysiology. 124(6). 1615–1624. 12 indexed citations

Ito, Takayuki, et al.. (2020). Contribution of sensory memory to speech motor learning. Journal of Neurophysiology. 124(4). 1103–1109. 6 indexed citations

Ohashi, Hiroki, Paul L. Gribble, & David J. Ostry. (2019). Somatosensory cortical excitability changes precede those in motor cortex during human motor learning. Journal of Neurophysiology. 122(4). 1397–1405. 35 indexed citations

Ostry, David J., et al.. (2019). Somatosensory cortex participates in the consolidation of human motor memory. PLoS Biology. 17(10). e3000469–e3000469. 54 indexed citations

Ostry, David J. & Paul L. Gribble. (2016). Sensory Plasticity in Human Motor Learning. Trends in Neurosciences. 39(2). 114–123. 145 indexed citations

Lametti, Daniel R., et al.. (2014). Brief Periods of Auditory Perceptual Training Can Determine the Sensory Targets of Speech Motor Learning. Psychological Science. 25(7). 1325–1336. 28 indexed citations

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Ito, Satoshi, et al.. (2013). An experimental report on if visuomotor learning in human reaching movement affects on moving direction perception of visual target. 113(373). 19–24.

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Vahdat, Shahabeddin, Mohammad Darainy, Theodore E. Milner, & David J. Ostry. (2011). Functionally Specific Changes in Resting-State Sensorimotor Networks after Motor Learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(47). 16907–16915. 206 indexed citations

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Darainy, Mohammad, Farzad Towhidkhah, & David J. Ostry. (2007). Control of Hand Impedance Under Static Conditions and During Reaching Movement. Journal of Neurophysiology. 97(4). 2676–2685. 38 indexed citations

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Mattar, Andrew A. G. & David J. Ostry. (2007). Modifiability of Generalization in Dynamics Learning. Journal of Neurophysiology. 98(6). 3321–3329. 70 indexed citations

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Malfait, Nicole, Paul L. Gribble, & David J. Ostry. (2005). Generalization of Motor Learning Based on Multiple Field Exposures and Local Adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 93(6). 3327–3338. 64 indexed citations

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Darainy, Mohammad, Nicole Malfait, Paul L. Gribble, Farzad Towhidkhah, & David J. Ostry. (2004). Learning to Control Arm Stiffness Under Static Conditions. Journal of Neurophysiology. 92(6). 3344–3350. 75 indexed citations

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Shiller, Douglas M. & David J. Ostry. (2003). CONTROL OF MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE IN THE OROFACIAL SYSTEM. 1 indexed citations

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Petitto, Laura Ann, et al.. (2003). Baby hands that move to the rhythm of language: hearing babies acquiring sign languages babble silently on the hands. Cognition. 93(1). 43–73. 65 indexed citations

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Petitto, Laura Ann, et al.. (2001). Language rhythms in baby hand movements. Nature. 413(6851). 35–36. 79 indexed citations

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Gribble, Paul L. & David J. Ostry. (1998). Independent coactivation of shoulder and elbow muscles. Experimental Brain Research. 123(3). 355–360. 79 indexed citations

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Feldman, Anatol G., et al.. (1998). Recent Tests of the Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis (λ Model). Motor Control. 2(3). 189–205. 62 indexed citations

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