MOTOR / COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

 Book Chapters

• T. Ikegami, H. Nakamoto, G. Ganesh (2018).
  Action imitative and Prediction-error induced contagions in human actions.
  MIT Press Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology. ISBN: 9780262038508

• G. Ganesh, T Ikegami (2016).
  Beyond Watching: Action understanding by humans and its implications for interacting robots.
  Book chapter in Dance Notations and Robot Motion »  in the Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR) collection

Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals and Conferences (* indicates equal contribution)

• C. Colomer, M. Dhamala, G. Ganesh, J. Lagarde (2023). Interacting humans use forces in specific frequencies to exchange information by touch. Nature Scientific Reports. 24;12(1):15752. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-19500-1. 

• H. Hapuarachichi, T. Hagiwara, G. Ganesh, M. Kitazaki (2023). Effect of connection induced upper body movements on embodiment towards a limb controlled by another during virtual co-embodiment. PLOS one 5;18(1):e0278022. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278022.

• A. Dechaux, M. Mahsoub, M. Kitazaki, J. Lagarde, G.Ganesh (2022). Multi-sensory feedback improves spatially compatible sensori-motor responses. Nature Scientific Reports. 24;12(1):20253. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24028-5.

• C. Colomer, M. Dhamala, G. Ganesh, J. Lagarde (2022). Interacting humans use forces in specific frequencies to exchange information by touch. Nature Scientific Reports. 12;15752. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-19500-1. 

• Umezawa, Y. Suzuki, G. Ganesh, Y. Miyawaki (2022). Changes in body representation induced by an independent supernumerary limb. Nature Scientific Reports. 14;12(1):2339. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06040-x. 

• Y. Iwasaki, B. Navarro, H. Iwata, G. Ganesh (2022) Embodiment improves attention allotment for the benefit of dual 1 task performance. Commun Biol 5, 701. preprint on https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03341908

• T.Ikegami, G. Ganesh, T. Gibo, T. Yoshioka, R. Osu, M. Kawato (2021). Hierarchical motor adaptations negotiate failures during force field learning. PLOS Computational Biology. Comput Biol 17(4): e1008481. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008481  

• T. Hagiwara, G. Ganesh, M.Sugimoto, M. Inami, M. Kitazaki (2020). Individuals prioritize the reach straightness and hand jerk of a shared avatar over their own. iScience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101732. {press pick up by AAAS’s Eurekalert, https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/tuot-cso110820.php}

• G. Ganesh, T. Minamoto, M. Haruno (2019). Activity in dACC causes motor performance   deterioration due to anxiety. Nature Communication.  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12205-6. {press pick up by CNRS Journal, NHK Japan, Yomiuri shinbun Japan}

• S Kato, N. Yamanobe, G. Venture, G. Ganesh(2019).
  The where of handovers by humans: Effect of partner characteristics, distance and visual feedback. PLOS one 21;14(6):e0217129. doi:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217129

• G. Ganesh, K. Nakamura, S. Saetia, AM. Tobar, E. Yoshida, H. Ando, N. Yoshimura, Y. Koike (2018).
  Utilizing sensory prediction errors for movement intention decoding: a new methodology.
  Science Advances Vol. 4, no. 5, eaaq0183 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaq0183

• T. Ikegami*, G. Ganesh*, T. Takeuchi, H. Nakamoto (2018).
  Prediction error induced motor contagions in human behaviors.
  Elife 2018;7:e33392 DOI: 10.7554/ELIFE.33392.

• Takagi, F. Usai, G. Ganesh, V. Sanguineti, E. Burdet (2018).
  Haptic communication between humans is tuned by the hard or soft mechanics of interaction. 
  PLOS computational Biology, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005971.

• T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh (2017).
  Shared Mechanisms in the Estimation of Self-Generated Actions and the Prediction of Other’s Actions by Humans.
  ENEURO.0341-17.2017; doi: https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0341-17.2017.

• L. Aymerich-Franch, D. Petit, G. Ganesh, A. Kheddar (2017).
  Object touch by a humanoid robot avatar induces haptic sensation in the real hand.
  Journal of Computer Mediated Communication. 22(4):215:230.

• A. Takagi*, G. Ganesh*,T. Yoshioka, M. Kawato, E. Burdet (2017).
  Physically interacting individuals estimate the partner’s goal to enhance their movements.
  Nature Human Behavior. doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0054. {press pick up by CNRS Journal}

• L. Aymerich-Franch, D. Petit, G. Ganesh, A. Kheddar (2016).
  The second me: seeing the real body during humanoid embodiment produces an illusion of bi-location.
  Consciousness and Cognition. 46:99-109. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2016.09.017.

• L. Aymerich-Franch, D. Petit, A. Kheddar, G. Ganesh (2016).
  Forward modelling the rubber hand: illusion of ownership reorganizes the motor-sensory predictions by the brain.
  Open Science. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160407

• S. Zhang, H Mano, G Ganesh, T Robbins, B Seymour (2015). Multiple learning processes underlie human pain conditioning.
  Current Biology, 21(1), p52–58.

• L. Aymerich-Franch, G. Ganesh (2015).
  The role of functionality in the body model for self-attribution.
  Review in Neuroscience Research. doi:10.1016/j.neures.2015.11.001.

• Sport : être mauvais est-il contagieux? By Martin Kopp on T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh (2014)
  CNRS le Journal, online CNRS magazine.

• Don’t Watch That Clumsy Player Too Closely:Expert Athletes May Perform Worse After Watching Novice Actions By Tori Rodrigues on T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh (2014).
  Scientific American Magazine. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-watch-that-clumsy-player-too-closely/

• T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh (2014).
  Watching novice action degrades expert’s performance- Evidence that the motor system is involved in action understanding by humans.
  Nature Scientific Reports. Doi: 10.1038/srep06989.
  {press pick up by leading media outlets in Japan – ‘Scientific American’,‘Asahi shinbun’, ‘Mainishi-shinbun’, Yahoo Japan, TBS television ‘asachan’, TBS radio}

• G. Ganesh, T. Yoshioka, R. Osu, T. Ikegami (2014).
  Immediate tool incorporation processes determine human motor planning with tools.
  Nature Communications. Doi: 10.1038/ncomms5524.

• G. Ganesh, A. Takagi, R. Osu, T. Yoshioka, M. Kawato, E. Burdet (2014).
  Two is better than one: Physical interactions improve motor performance in humans.
  Nature Scientific Reports 4.doi10.1038/srep03824.
  {press pick CNRS magazine, Dainik Jagran, India, Medical news}

• G. Ganesh, R. Osu, E. Naito (2013).
  Feeling the force: Returning sensory signals determine effort expenditure during motor coordination.
  Nature Scientific Reports. Doi10.1038/srep02648.

• G.Ganesh, E. Burdet (2012).
  Motor planning explains human behavior in tasks with multiple solutions.
  Special Issue of Elsevier Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Models and technologies for multi-modal skill training. 61-ISSN:0921-8890 :362-368.

• M. Haruno, G. Ganesh, E. Burdet, M. Kawato (2012).
  Differential Correlates of force and co-contraction in the human premotor cortex.
  J. Neurophysiology. 107(1): 126-33.

• J. Kodl*, G. Ganesh*, E. Burdet (2011).
  The CNS stochastically selects motor plan utilizing extrinsic and intrinsic representations.
  PloS ONE, 6(9): e24229.

• G. Ganesh, M. Haruno, M. Kawato, E. Burdet (2010).
  Motor memory and local minimization of error and effort, not global optimization, determine motor behavior.
  J. Neurophysiology. 104(1): 382-90.

• G. Ganesh, E. Burdet, M. Haruno, M. Kawato (2008).
  Sparse linear regression for reconstructing muscle activity from human cortical fMRI.
  Neuroimage, 42(4): 1463-72.

• L. Burztyn*, G. Ganesh*, H. Imamizu, M. Kawato, R. Flanagan (2006).
  Neural Correlates of internal model loading.
  Current Biology, 16: 2440–2445.

Conference Presentations

• H. Saito, K. Fukuchi, M. Inami, G. Ganesh (2023).  Background induced prediction error modulates
  motor contagions in humans. Poster at Motor control Symposium,  Japan, August 2023. 

• K. Arai, Y. Takahara, D. Ueda, M. Fukunaga, G. Ganesh, Y. Miyawaki (2022). Neural correlates of independent sixth finger embodiment. Poster at Society for Neuroscience (SFN), Chicago, US.

• Y. Takahara, K. Arai, K. Kawata, M. Fukunaga, N. Sadato, G. Ganesh, Y. Miyawaki. (2022). Neural correlates of embodiment of an independent supernumerary limb by humans: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Poster at Neuro. Okinawa, Japan.

• G. Shen, G. Ganesh, Y. Miyawaki (2022), Attenuated perception of visual stimuli synthesized from subspace neural activity. Presentation at the Vision Science Society (VSS) meeting, Pete Beach, Florida.

• N. Nishida, Y. Iwasaki, T. Takeshi, T. Handa, K. Ando, S. Izuka, F. Kato, G. Ganesh, H. Iwata (2021). 追加型拡 張身体に対するAgency, Ownership誘発のための筋電制御システム・力触覚FBデバイスの開発 (To induce agency and ownership for additional body parts development by EMG control and force-tactile feedback). The Robotics and Mechatronics Conference, Japan, Osaka.

• K. Umezawa, Y. Suzuki, G. Ganesh, Y. Miyawaki.  Investigation of the change in body representation with a actuated sixth finger. Poster at Motor control Symposium,  Japan, August 2019.

• Suzuki, G. Ganesh, Y. Miyawaki. Investigation of the change in body representation due to a sixth finger. 17th Winter workshop on the mechanisms of brain and mind, January 2018.

• T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh, H. Nakamoto. Presence and absence of prediction errors during action observation induce distinct motor contagions. Poster at Society for Neuroscience SFN meeting, November 2017.

• K. Nakamura, G. Ganesh, AM Tobar, S. Suetia, N. Yoshimura, E. Yoshida, H. Ando, Y. Koike. Utilizing prediction errors to decode movement intention: a new technique. 17th Winter workshop on the mechanisms of brain and mind, January 2017.

• K. Nakamura, G. Ganesh, AM Tobar, S. Suetia, N. Yoshimura, E. Yoshida, H. Ando, Y. Koike. Utilizing prediction errors to decode movement intention: a new technique. Poster at Motor control symposium, June 2016.

• H. Nakamoto, T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh. 運動観察時の予測誤差の有無が自己の運動制御機構に及ぼす影. Poster at Motor control symposium, June 2016.

• T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh. Outcome prediction of observed actions affects one’s own outcome estimation but not action correction. Poster at Society for Neuroscience SFN meeting, November 2015.

• N. Takemura, T. Yoshioka, T. Ikegami, D. Korhammer, Hannes Hoepner, P. van der Smagt, G. Ganesh. Towards measurement and understanding of human impedance control during voluntary impacts. Poster at Motor control Symposium, September 2015.

• N. Takemura, T. Yoshioka, T. Ikegami, D. Korhammer, Hannes Hoepner, P. van der Smagt, G. Ganesh. Towards measurement and understanding of human impedance control during voluntary impacts. Poster at Neural Control of Movement, NCM, April 2015.

• D. Korhammer N. Takemura, G. Ganesh, P. van der Smagt. Decoding arm stiffness form Electromyography during voluntary impacts. Poster at Neural Control of Movement, NCM, April 2015.

• T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh. Outcome prediction of observed actions affects one’s own outcome estimation but not action correction. Poster at Society for Neuroscience SFN meeting, November 2014.

• T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh. Watching novice action degrades darts expert’s skill: Evidence that the motor system is involved in action understanding. Poster at Society for Neuroscience SFN meeting, November 2013.

• G. Ganesh, R. Osu, E. Naito. Feeling the load: Returning haptic signals influence effort inference during motor coordination. Poster at Motor control symposium, June 2013.

• T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh. Darts expert’s forward model degraded by watching novice darts throwing. Poster at Motor control symposium, June 2013.

• G. Ganesh, T. Ikegami. Tool kinematics mis-planning in humans. Poster at Motor control symposium, June 2012.

• T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh. How observation affects motor action. Poster at Motor control symposium, June 2012.

• T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh. Tool kinematics mis-planning in humans. Poster at Neural Control of Movement, NCM, April 2012.

• G. Ganesh, R. Osu, T. Yoshioka, M. Kawato, E. Burdet. Symbiosis of motor interaction. Poster at Japanese Society for Neuroscience meeting, JSFN, September 2011.

• T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh, T. Gibo, T. Yoshioka, M. Kawato, R. Osu. Multiple motor plans for the same environment modulated by history of endpoint error. Poster at Japanese Society for Neuroscience meeting, JSFN, September 2011.

• G. Ganesh, T. Ikegami, T. Gibo, E. Burdet, T. Yoshioka, M. Kawato, R. Osu. Effect of end-point error on trajectory adaptation during force field learning: Model. Poster at Motor control symposium, June 2011.

• T. Ikegami, G. Ganesh, T. Gibo, T. Yoshioka, M. Kawato, R. Osu. Effect of end-point error on trajectory adaptation during force field learning: Experiment. Poster at Neural Control of Movement, NCM, April 2011.

• G. Ganesh, M. Haruno, M. Kawato, E. Burdet. Motor optimization in the presence of multiple error-effort minima. Poster at Neural Control of Movement, NCM, April 2010.
• J. Kodl*, G. Ganesh*, E. Burdet. Multiple solutions in movement planning. Poster at Brain and Mind Conference- Rusutsu, January 2010.

• 羽倉信宏、番浩志、G. Ganesh、山本洋紀、春野雅彦：手位置の空間表現.日本神経科学会抄録集. Japanese Neuroscience Society, September 2009.

• 羽倉信宏，番浩志，G. Ganesh，山本洋紀，春野雅彦：手位置の脳内表現 No.24. Motor Control 研究会, June 2009.
• G. Ganesh, M. Haruno, E. Burdet. A Hypothesis analysis of the neural correlates of motor learning. Poster at Neural Control of Movement, NCM, April 2009.

• G. Ganesh, M. Haruno, E. Burdet. Transitions between reciprocal activation and co-contraction during posture control. Poster at Neural Control of Movement, NCM, April 2008.

• G. Ganesh, M. Haruno, E. Burdet, M. Kawato. Neural Correlates of Force and Impedance Learning. Poster at Japanese Society for Neuroscience meeting, JSFN, October 2008.

• M. Haruno, G. Ganesh. Differential neural correlates of force control and muscle co-contraction control revealed by fMRI with on-line EMG feedback. Poster at Society for Neuroscience meeting, SFN, December 2006.

• DW. Franklin, G. Ganesh, R. Osu, H. Imamizu, TE. Milner and M. Kawato. Neural correlates of the control of muscle impedance. Poster at Human Brain Mapping, HBM, June 2006.