Publications
Preprints
Healy CM, Ahmed AA (2024) Physical Effort Pre-Crastination Determines Preference in an Isometric Task. bioRxiv.
Book
Shadmehr R, Ahmed AA (2020) . MIT Press
Reviews/Commentaries
Constantinidis C, Ahmed AA, Wallis JD, Batista AP (2023) Common mechanisms of learning in motor and cognitive systems. Journal of Neuroscience, 43, 7523-7529.
Shadmehr R, Ahmed AA (2021) Movement control, decision-making, and the building of Roman roads to link them. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44.
Sukumar S, Ahmed AA (2021) Walking: How visual exploration informs step choice. Current Biology, 31: R376–R378.
Shadmehr R, Ahmed AA (2020) Precis of Vigor: Neuroeconomics of movement control. Behavioral and Brain Sciences,&²Ô²ú²õ±è;1–10.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;
Courter RJ, Ahmed AA (2019) To break a habit, timing’s everything. Nature Human Behaviour, 3, 1244–1245.
Shadmehr R, Reppert TR, Summerside EM, Yoon T, Ahmed AA (2019) Movement vigor as a reflection of subjective economic utility.Trends in Neurosciences, 42, 323–336
Journal Articles
Bruening G, Sukumar S, Courter R, O'Brien MK, Ahmed AA (2024) PLoS Computational Biology, (in press).
Summerside EM, Courter RJ, Shadmehr R, Ahmed AA (2024) . Journal of Neuroscience, 44, e1596232024.
Sukumar S, Shadmehr R, Ahmed AA (2023) Journal of Neurophsyiology.
Courter R, Alvarez E, Enoka RM, Ahmed AA (2023) Journal of Neurophysiology, 129, 819-832.
Healy CM, Berniker M, Ahmed AA (2023) PLoS One, 18, e0282693.
Korbisch CC, Apuan DR, Shadmehr R, Ahmed AA (2022) . Current Biology.
Pienciak-Siewert A, Ahmed AA (2021) Whole body adaptation to novel dynamics does not transfer between effectors. Journal of neurophysiology, 126, 1345–1360.
Summerside, EM, Ahmed AA (2021) Using metabolic energy to quantify the subjective value of physical effort, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 18, 20210387.
Yoon T, Jaleel A, Ahmed AA, Shadmehr R (2020) Saccade vigor and the subjective economic value of visual stimuli.Journal of Neurophyisology, 123: 2161-2172.
Pienciak-Siewert, A, Horan, DP, Ahmed, AA (2020) Role of muscle coactivation in adaptation of standing posture during arm reaching, Journal of Neurophysiology, 123, 529–547
O’Brien MK, Ahmed AA (2019) Asymmetric valuation of gains and losses in effort-based decision making. PLoS ONE 14(10): e0223268.
Hamilton LD, Mazzo MR,Petrigna L, Ahmed AA, Enoka RM (2019) Poor estimates of motor variability are associated with longer grooved pegboard times for middle-aged and older adults.Journal of Neurophysiology 121: 588-601.
Yoon T, Geary RB, Ahmed AA, Shadmehr R (2018) Control of movement vigor and decision making during foraging.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 15: E10476-E10485.
Summerside EM, Kram R, Ahmed AA (2018) Contributions of metabolic and temporal costs to human gait selection. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 15: 20180197.
Summerside EM, Shadmehr R, Ahmed AA (2018) Vigor of reaching movements: reward discounts the cost of effort. Journal of Neurophysiology 119: 2347-2357.
Pienciak-Siewert AP, Horan DP, Ahmed AA (2016). . Journal of Neurophysiology 116:2936-2949.
Shadmehr R, Huang HJ, Ahmed AA (2016). A representation of effort in decision-making and motor control. Current Biology 26, 1-6. []
O’Brien MK, Ahmed AA (2016). Rationality in human movement. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews 44:20-28.
O’Brien MK, Ahmed AA (2015). . Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 9:150.
Nikooyan, AA, Ahmed, AA (2015). Reward feedback accelerates motor learning. Journal of Neurophysiology 113:633-646.
O’Brien MK, Ahmed AA (2014). PeerJ 2:e475.
Huang HJ, Ahmed AA (2014). Reductions in muscle activity and metabolic cost during visuomotor adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology 112:2264-2274.
Pienciak-Siewert AP, Barletta AJ, Ahmed, AA (2014). Transfer of postural adaptation depends on context of prior exposure. Journal of Neurophysiology 111:1466-1478.
Huang HJ, Ahmed AA (2014). Older adults learn less, but still reduce metabolic cost during motor adaptation.Journal of Neurophysiology 111:135-144.
Trent MC, Ahmed AA (2013). Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 7:118.
Wilder MH, Jones M, Ahmed AA, Curran T, Mozer MC (2013). The persistent impact of incidental experience.Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.
O'Brien MK, Ahmed AA (2013). Does risk-sensitivity transfer across movements?Journal of Neurophysiology 109:1866-1875.
Berniker M, O'Brien MK, Kording KP, Ahmed AA (2013). An examination of the generalizability of motor costs.PLoS ONE 8(1): e53759.
Manista GC, Ahmed AA (2012). Stability limits modulate whole-body motor learning. Journal of Neurophysiology 107:1952-1961.
Huang HJ, Kram R, Ahmed AA (2012). Reduction of metabolic cost during motor learning of arm reaching dynamics.Journal of Neuroscience 32(6): 2182-2190.
Huang HJ, Ahmed AA (2011). Tradeoff between stability and maneuverability during whole-body movements.PLoS ONE 6(7): e21815.
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Ahmed AA, Wolpert DM (2009). Transfer of dynamics learning across postures.Journal of Neurophysiology 102:2816-2824.
Ahmed AA, Wolpert DM, Flanagan JR (2008). Flexible representations of dynamics are used in object manipulation. Current Biology 18:763-768. [commentary]
Ahmed AA, Ashton-Miller JA (2007). On use of a nominal internal model to detect a loss of balance in a maximal forward reach.Journal of Neurophysiology 97:2439-24447.
Ahmed AA, Ashton-Miller JA (2005). Effect of age on detecting a loss of balance in a seated, whole-body balancing task.Clinical Biomechanics 20:767-775. (ASB Clinical Biomechanics Award Paper 2003)
Ahmed AA, Ashton-Miller JA (2004). Is a loss of balance a control error signal anomaly? Evidence for three-sigma failure detection in young adults.Gait and Posture 19:252-262.