José L. Contreras-Vidal, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Behavioral and Computational Neuroscience

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

D. Bullock and JL Contreras-Vidal. (1992) Adaptive behavioral phenotypes enabled by
spinal interneuron circuits: Making sense the Darwinian way, Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 15:717-720.

JL Contreras-Vidal, JP Banquet. (1994). The creative brain: Symmetry breaking in motor imagery, Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 17:204-205.

JL Contreras-Vidal and GE Stelmach. (1995). A neural model of basal ganglia thalamo-
cortical- relations in normal and Parkinsonian movement. Biological Cybernetics.
73(5):467-476.

JL Contreras-Vidal, HL Teulings HL, GE Stelmach. (1995). Micrographia in Parkinson's disease. NeuroReport. 6(15):2089-2092.

JL Contreras-Vidal and GE Stelmach. (1996). Effects of Parkinsonism on motor control, Life Sciences. 58:165-176.

JL Contreras-Vidal, S Grossberg, D Bullock. (1997). A neural network model of cerebellar learning for arm movement control: cortico-spino-cerebellar dynamics. Learning and Memory. 3:475-502.

F Kagerer, JL Contreras-Vidal, GE Stelmach. (1997). Adaptation to gradual versus sudden visuo-motor perturbations, Exp Brain Res. 115:557-561.

HL Teulings, JL Contreras-Vidal, GE Stelmach. (1997). Coordination of fingers, wrist, and arm in parkinsonian handwriting. Exp Neurology. 146:159-170.

JL Contreras-Vidal, HL Teulings, GE Stelmach. (1998). Elderly subjects are differentially impaired in spatial coordination in fine motor control. Acta Psychologica. 100: 25-35.

JL Contreras-Vidal, P Poluha, HL Teulings, GE Stelmach. (1998). Neural dynamics of
short and medium-term motor control effects of levodopa therapy in Parkinson's disease.
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 13: 57-79.

JL Contreras-Vidal, CE Van Den Heuvel, HL Teulings, GE Stelmach. (1999). Visuomotor adaptation in smokeless tobacco users. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 1:219-227.

AWA Van Gemmert, HL Teulings, JL Contreras-Vidal, GE Stelmach. (1999). Parkinson's disease and the control of size and speed in handwriting. Neuropsychologia. 37, 685-694.

JL Contreras-Vidal. (1999). The gating functions of the basal ganglia in movement control. Progress in Brain Research. 121: 261-276.

JL Contreras-Vidal and W Schultz. (1999). A predictive reinforcement model of dopamine neurons for learning approach behavior. J Comput Neurosci. 6(3):191-214.

JL Contreras-Vidal (2000) Towards non-invasive diagnostic tools and biological markers for Parkinson's disease: A commentary. Bulletin of the International Graphonomics Society, 14: 4-5.

HL Teulings, JL Contreras-Vidal, GE Stelmach, CH Adler. (2002). Handwriting size
adaptation under distorted visual feedback in Parkinson's disease patients, elderly controls and young controls, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 72(3):315-324.

JL Contreras-Vidal, HL Teulings, GE Stelmach, CH Adler. (2002). Adaptation to changes in vertical display gain during handwriting in Parkinson's Disease Patients, Elderly and Young Controls, Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. 9(2):77-84.

JL Contreras-Vidal and ER Buch. (2003). Effects of Parkinson's disease on visuo-motor adaptation. Exp Brain Res. 150:25-32.

ER Buch, S Young, JL Contreras-Vidal. (2003). Visuomotor adaptation in normal aging. Learning and Memory. 10: 55-63.

AR Prager and JL Contreras-Vidal. (2003). Adaptation to display rotation and display gain distortions during drawing.  Human Movement Science, 22: 173-187.

JL Contreras-Vidal and S Kerick. (2004). Independent component analysis of dynamic
brain responses during visuomotor adaptation. Neuroimage. 21(3): 936-945

S Mistry and JL Contreras-Vidal (2004) Learning multiple visuomotor transformations:
Adaptation and context-dependent recall. Motor Control, 8: 534-546.

FA Kagerer, JL Contreras-Vidal, J Bo, JE Clark (2004) Visuomotor Adaptation in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Motor Control, 8:450-460.

S Mistry and JL Contreras-Vidal (2004) Learning multiple visuomotor transformations: Adaptation and context-dependent recall. Motor Control, 8(4): 534-546.

FA Kagerer, JL Contreras-Vidal, J Bo, JE Clark (2004) Visuomotor Adaptation in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Motor Control, 8(4):450-460.

JL Contreras-Vidal and DR Gold (2004) Dynamic estimation of hand position is abnormal in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 10(8):501-506.

JL Contreras-Vidal, J Bo, P Boudraou, JE Clark (2005). Development of visuomotor
coordination and adaptation in children. Exp Brain Res, 162(2):155-164.

J Bo, JL Contreras-Vidal, F Kagerer& JE Clark. (2006) Effects of increased complexity of visuomotor transformation on children's arm movements. Human Movement Sciences, 25 (4-5): 553-567.

JL Contreras-Vidal. (2006) Development of forward models for hand localization and
movement control in 6 to 10-year old children and adults. Human Movement Sciences, 25(4-5):634- 645.

FA Kagerer, JL Contreras-Vidal, J Bo, JE Clark. (2006) Abrupt, but not gradual
visuomotor distortion facilitates adaptation in children with developmental coordination disorder. Human Movement Sciences, 25(4-5):622-633.

F Rong and JL Contreras-Vidal. (2006) Magnetoencephalographic artifact identification and automatic removal based on independent component analysis and categorization approaches. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 157(2):337-54

M Grosse Wentrup and JL Contreras-Vidal. (2007) The role of the striatum in adaptation learning: A computational Model. Biological Cybernetics. 96(4):377-88.

Bo J, Bastian AJ, Kagerer FA, Contreras-Vidal JL, Clark JE. (2008) Temporal variability in continuous versus discontinuous drawing for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Neurosci Lett. 431(3):215-220.

Bo J, Kagerer FA, Contreras-Vidal JL, Bastian A, Clark J (2008) Continuous and
Discontinuous Drawing: High Temporal Variability Exists Only in Discontinuous Circling in Young Children. Journal of Motor Behavior, 40(5):391-9.

Deeny SP, Poeppel D, Zimmerman JB, Roth SM, Brandauer J, Witkowski S, Hearn JW,
Ludlow AT, Contreras-Vidal JL, Brandt J, Hatfield B (2008). Exercise, APOE, and
Working Memory: MEG and behavioral evidence for benefit of exercise in e4 carriers.
Biological Psychology, 78(2):179-87.

Wen S, Ulloa A, Husain F, Horwitz B, Contreras-Vidal JL. (2008) Simulated neural dynamics of decision-making in an auditory delayed match-to-sample task.
Biol Cybern. 2008 99(1):15-27

 

Chapters in Books

 

IA Dimitriadis, J Lopez-Coronado, JL Contreras-Vidal. (1991) An adaptive resonance
theory architecture for the automatic recognition of on-line handwritten symbols of a
mathematical editor, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes on Computer Sciences. 540:216-226.

D Bullock, JL Contreras-Vidal, S Grossberg (1993). Equilibria and dynamics of a neural network model for opponent muscle control. In G. Bekey and K. Goldberg (Eds.), Neural Networks in Robotics, pp. 439-457. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic.

D Bullock and JL Contreras-Vidal (1993). How spinal neural networks reduce
discrepancies between motor intention and motor realization. In K. Newell and D. Corcos (Eds.), Variability and motor control, Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Press, pp. 183- 221.

JL Contreras-Vidal, HL Teulings, GE Stelmach (1996) A neural network model of
movement production in Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. In: J. Regia, R. Berdt, and E. Ruppin (Eds.) Neural Modeling of Brain and Cognitive Disorders, p. 377-392, World Scientific: Singapore.

JL Contreras-Vidal and GE Stelmach (1997) In: F. Boller and J. Grafman (Eds) Handbook of Neuropsychology, Vol. 11, Chapter 8: Motor Processing in Parkinson's Disease, Elsevier, Amsterdam, p 149-165. [Invited]

JP Banquet, P Gaussier, JL Contreras-Vidal, A Gissler, Y Burnod (1998) The cortico-
hippocampal system as a multi-range temporal processor: A neural model. In R. W. Parks, D. S. Levine, and D. Long (Eds), Fundamentals of Neural Network Modeling for
Neuropsychology, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 77-119.

JL Contreras-Vidal (2005) Computer Modeling in Basal Ganglia Disorders. In: I. Litvan (Ed.), Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders: Clinical and Research Aspects, Humana Press, Chapter 7, pp. 95-108, ISBN: 1588293319. [Invited]

AL Karlson, BB Bederson, JL Contreras-Vidal (2008) Understanding One Handed Use of Mobile Devices, Chapter VI. In: Joanna Lumsden (Ed.), Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology, Idea Group Reference
(Publisher). ISBN: 978-1-59904-871-0.

 
 
 

Published Abstracts
 

 

Young SM, Buch ER, Contreras-Vidal JL (2001).

Effects of aging and Parkinson’s disease (PD) on visuomotor adaptation to a step screen cursor rotation. Society for Neuroscience Abst, San Diego, CA, November 14, 2001. (Published Online).

 

Buch ER, Contreras-Vidal JL (2000).

Abnormal neural network dynamics underlying rigidity and bradykinesia in Parkinson’s disease. Sixth International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. Movement Disorders, 15:P484.

 

Contreras-Vidal JL, Vargas-Villamil F, Van Den Heuvel CE, Teulings, HL, Stelmach, G.E. (1999).

The effect of smokeless tobacco on joint coordination. Proceedings of the 9th International Graphomonics Society Conference, 9, 47-52.

Contreras-Vidal JL, Teulings HL, Stelmach GE (1997).

Differential deficits in spatial coordination and force control in the elderly. Proceedings of the 8th International Graphomonics Society Conference, 8, 5-6.

Contreras-Vidal JL, Poluha P, Teulings HL, Stelmach GE (1997).

A Network model of dopamine effects on striatal neuropeptides and cell activations during levodopa therapy in Parkinson's disease. Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 23, 192.

Teulings HL, Contreras-Vidal JL, Stelmach GE. (1997).

Visuo-motor control of handwriting size in Parkinson's disease patients. Proceedings of the International Graphomonics Society Conference, 8, 33-34.

Contreras-Vidal JL, Stelmach GE (1997).

Adaptive Resonance Theory computations in the cortico-striatal circuits are gated by dopamine activity during reward-related learning of approach behavior. Proceedings of the Vision, Recognition, Action Conference, Boston University, p. 61.

Teulings HL, Contreras-Vidal JL, Stelmach GE, Adler CH (1997).

Handwriting size variations due to visual feedback in Parkinson's disease and elderly subjects. Proceedings of the Third Annual Biomedical Symposium of the Flinn Foundation, p. 60.

Contreras-Vidal JL, Stelmach GE (1997).

Adaptive Resonance Theory computations in the cortico-striatal circuits are gated by dopamine activity during reward-related learning of approach behavior. Proceedings of the Third Annual Biomedical Symposium of the Flinn Foundation, p. 55.

Contreras-Vidal JL, Teulings HL, Stelmach GE (1996).

Effects of Parkinsonism and huntingtonism on handwriting: A neural network model of basal ganglia-thalamocortical loops. Movement Disorders, 11 (Suppl. 1), 178.

Contreras-Vidal JL, Schultz, W. (1996).

A neural network model of reward-related learning, motivation and orienting behavior. Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 22, 2029.

Teulings HL, Contreras-Vidal JL, Stelmach GE. (1996).

Differential influence of visual feedback gain modifications in parkinsonian handwriting. Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 22, 2039.

Contreras-Vidal JL, Teulings HL, Stelmach GE (1995).

A neural model of spatiotemporal neurotransmitter dynamics in Parkinson's disease: dopamine depletion and lesion studies. Proceedings of the 1995 workshop on Neural Modeling of Cognitive and Brain Disorders, University of Maryland, College Park, p. 39.

Contreras-Vidal JL, Teulings HL, Stelmach GE (1995).

A network model of pathological cortical-subcortical interactions in abnormal handwriting. Proceedings of the 7th International Graphonomics Society Conference, ISBN 0-921121-14-8, London, Ontario, Canada, August 6-10, 1995, p. 38-39.

Contreras-Vidal JL, Stelmach GE, Teulings HL (1994).

Neural network control of handwriting: Application to Parkinson's micrographia. International Federation on Automatic Control. Proceedings of the Symposium on Biomedical Engineering, pp. 450-451, Madison, WI:OmniPress.

Bullock D, Contreras-Vidal JL, Grossberg S. (1993).

Speed scaling and adaptive cerebellar control of Renshaw cell and motoneuron gain. Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 19, 1594.

 
 

Invited Presentations

Contreras-Vidal JL (September 27, 2002): "The Dynamic Brain." Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington D.C., Keynote speaker, Annual Hispanic Employment Program.

Contreras-Vidal JL (September 26, 2002): "Cortico-striatal and Parieto-cerebellar Networks for Visuomotor Learning: Insights from Clinical and Computer Simulation Studies." National Institutes of Health. Host: Dr. Mark Hallet.

Contreras-Vidal JL (June 12, 2002): "Differential deficits in visuomotor adaptation in Parkinson’s disease." INSERM U483, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

Contreras-Vidal JL (January 16, 2001): "Neural mechanisms underlying visuo-motor learning." Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France.

Contreras-Vidal JL (December 12, 2000): "The basal ganglia roles in cognitive-motor behavior: An integrated behavioral and computational approach." Center for Neural Science, New York University.

Contreras-Vidal JL (November 27, 2000): "The functions of the basal ganglia in motor control and learning: A neurocomputational perspective." Seminar on Mathematics and Neuroscience, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Henri Poincaré, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

Contreras-Vidal JL (September 6-12, 2000): "Adaptation to gradual and sudden visuomotor perturbations." Department of System Engineering and Automatic Control. Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain. Host: Prof. Juan Lopez Coronado.

Contreras-Vidal JL (March 31, 2000): "Cognitive-motor behavior in Parkinson's disease: new insights from modeling and experimental data." Department of Physical Therapy, University of Maryland, Baltimore. Host: Dr. Jill Whitall.

Neural networks for tool use.
Doctoral Seminar in Neurotechnology and its Applications to Engineering and Medicine. University of Cartagena, Spain, July 14-17, 1999.

Computer modeling of the basal ganglia and PD.
Arizona Chapter- Society for Neuroscience 1998 meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 9, 1998.

Adaptive Cerebellar Control of Opponent Muscles.
Neural Information Processing Systems Workshop on Cerebellar Learning, Beckenridge, CO, December 5, 1997.

A network model of reinforcement learning by dopamine neurons during goal-directed behavior.
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Arlington, TX, October 10, 1997.

Adaptation to gradual as compared with sudden visuo-motor perturbations
Department of Psychology and MIND Center, University of Texas, Arlington, TX, October 11, 1997.

The basal ganglia-thalamocortical loop and cognitive-motor behavior, Workshop on Neural Neworks and Brain Function
Arizona State University, February 1997.

Pharmacodynamics of Levodopa in Parkinson's disease: Experiments and network modeling
Math and Cognition Seminar, Center for System Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, September 30, 1997.

Introduction to Neurotechnology (Curso de Introduccion a la Neurotecnologia)
School of Industrial Engineering, University of Murcia, Spain, February 17-19, 1997.

Neural dynamics of cognitive-motor behavior
Institute of Neurotechnology, University of Valladolid, Spain, February 21, 1997.

Model of cortico-basal ganglia dynamics during reward-related learning
Institute of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, May 28, 1996.

Modeling the cortico-basal ganglia circuits in Parkinson's disease
Centre for Neurological Therapy, University of Dusseldorf, Germany, June 1996.

A neural network model of the cerebellum
Seminar: Doings in Motor Control, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, February 25, 1993.

Adaptive sensory-motor control by the cerebellum
Laboratory of Neurosciences and Modelisation, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris,France, December 12, 1993.

Adaptive cerebellar control of opponent muscles
Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, Marzo 1993.
 
 

Other Presentations

Differential deficits in spatial coordination and force control in the elderly.
Eighth Biannual Conference of the International Graphomonics, Genova, Italy, August 25, 1997.

Adaptive Resonance Theory computations in the cortico-striatal circuits are gated by dopamine activity during reward-related learning of approach behavior.
Presented at the International Conference on Vision, Recognition, Action: Neural Models of Mind and Machine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, May 30, 1997.

Effects of Parkinsonism and huntingtonism on handwriting: A neural network model of basal ganglia-thalamocortical loops.
Presented at the 4th International Congress of Movement Disorders, Vienna, Austria, June 19, 1997.

Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART) computations in the cortico-striatal circuits are gated by dopamine activity during reward-related learning of approach behavior.
Third Annual Biomedical Symposium of the Flinn Foundation, Doubletree Hotel, Tucson, AZ May 9, 1997.

A neural network model of basal ganglia-thalamocortical relations in normal and Parkinsonian movement.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Miami, FL, November 14, 1994.

A neural network model of reward-related learning, motivation and orienting behavior.
Presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C., November 21, 1996.

A neural model of spatiotemporal neurotransmitter dynamics in Parkinson's disease: Dopamine depletion and lesion studies.
1995 Workshop on Neural Modeling of Cognitive and Brain Disorders, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, June 8, 1995.

Movement Control in Normal and Parkinsonian Behavior
Flinn Foundation Conference: Arizona Biomedical Research '94, Phoenix, AZ, Marzo 11, 1994.