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Prof. Emilio Bizzi
Institute Professor, Emeritus
McGovern Institute Investigator
Primary DLC
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
MIT Room:
46-6189
(617) 253-5769
ebizzi@mit.edu
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Motor Systems: Mechanisms and Models
Neural Mechanisms Subserving Programming of Motor Coordination in Vertebrates
Systems and Computational Neuroscience
Computation
Research Summary
Professor Bizzi's research focuses on how the central nervous system translates brain messages signaling motor intent into muscle activation. He recently discovered that the spinal chord contains a map of limb postures that is key to this transformation.Emilio Bizzi's research focuses on how the central nervous system translates brain messages signaling motor intent into muscle activation. He recently discovered that the spinal chord contains a map of limb postures that is key to this transformation.
Recent Work
Projects
April 27, 2010
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Action Research
Principal Investigator
Emilio Bizzi
April 27, 2010
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Controlling Actions
Principal Investigator
Emilio Bizzi
September 30, 2008
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Modular Control of Natural Motor Behavior
Principal Investigator
Emilio Bizzi
April 7, 2008
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Learning to Move
Principal Investigator
Emilio Bizzi
April 7, 2008
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
The Building Blocks of Action
Principal Investigator
Emilio Bizzi
December 22, 2006
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Combination of Motor Primitives
Principal Investigator
Emilio Bizzi
December 22, 2006
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
TMS Interference in Human Motor Learning
Principal Investigator
Emilio Bizzi
March 3, 2003
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Motor Control and Motor Learning
Principal Investigator
Emilio Bizzi
May 10, 2001
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Control of Hand Movements Based on Combinations of Muscle Synergies
Principal Investigator
Emilio Bizzi
May 10, 2001
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Cortical Correlates of Learning in Monkeys Adapting to a New Dynamical Environment
Principal Investigator
Emilio Bizzi
Related Faculty
Tuan Le Mau
Graduate Student
Prof. Steven Flavell
Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Prof. Michale Sean Fee
Glen V (1946) and Phyllis F. Dorflinger Professor of Neuroscience