Erin K. Cressman
Papers
8
Total Citations
689
H-Index
7
About
Erin K. Cressman is a prominent neuroscientist whose research sits at the intersection of sensorimotor control, proprioception, and motor adaptation. Her work has fundamentally advanced our understanding of how the brain integrates and recalibrates sensory information — particularly proprioceptive signals — when visual and bodily feedback become misaligned. Her most influential contribution, "Sensory Recalibration of Hand Position Following Visuomotor Adaptation" (2009, 231 citations), demonstrated that adapting to distorted visual feedback doesn't simply update motor commands but also reshapes the brain's felt sense of hand position. This insight reframed how researchers think about the relationship between vision and proprioception in movement control. Cressman's subsequent work explored the sufficiency of sensory discrepancy alone in driving recalibration, aging-related differences in visuomotor adaptation, and the distinct contributions of perceptual versus motor processes to proprioceptive change. More recently, she has extended this foundational research into clinical populations, investigating proprioceptive acuity in people with multiple sclerosis and how muscle fatigue affects sensory precision. With over 550 cumulative citations, her body of work has made lasting contributions to rehabilitation science and our broader understanding of human sensorimotor learning.
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Top Papers
- 1Sensory Recalibration of Hand Position Following Visuomotor Adaptation231 citations · 2009
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- 3Proprioceptive localization of the left and right hands104 citations · 2009
- 4Visuomotor adaptation and proprioceptive recalibration in older adults104 citations · 2010
- 5The role of the cross-sensory error signal in visuomotor adaptation58 citations · 2013
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- 8Assessing proprioceptive acuity in people with multiple sclerosis4 citations · 2022