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Reza Shadmehr is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His primary affiliation is with the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He leads the Laboratory for Computational Motor Control, focusing on understanding how the brain controls movements and how neurological diseases disrupt these processes. The lab uses marmosets as principal models and employs neurophysiology and mathematical tools to study cerebellar computations. His long-term goal is to develop neurostimulators that can replace diseased cerebellar functions.
Research interests include systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, computational motor control, neural circuits, and neurobiology of disease. His work integrates theoretical models with experimental data to unravel the cerebellum’s role in motor adaptation and decision-making under effort constraints.
Key areas of exploration include the cerebellum’s computational mechanisms, movement vigor as an economic decision, and the neural basis of motor learning. His lab’s contributions span neurotechnology (e.g., silicon probes, at-home measurement tools) and translational goals like neurostimulation for cerebellar disorders.
Notable achievements include pioneering studies on cerebellar Purkinje cell activity during movement control, and the economic frameworks linking effort cost to motor behavior. Former lab members are listed on institutional pages, though current specific advisees are not detailed here.
