Mary Bucklin
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26
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Mary Bucklin’s research sits at the intersection of biomechanics and motor control, with a focus on how the central nervous system plans and adapts goal-directed walking. Her most-cited work, the 2018 *Journal of Biomechanics* Award-winning paper, demonstrates that the brain forms predictive motor plans for discrete walking tasks—like moving from point A to point B—and must adapt these plans when the environment changes. This foundational study (24 citations) reveals the adaptive motor planning of center-of-mass trajectory, offering key insights into locomotor flexibility. Her more recent work (2024) explores how prior environmental uncertainty affects this adaptation, showing that uncertainty can impede learning by reducing error sensitivity and fostering hesitation—a finding with implications for rehabilitation and fall prevention. Bucklin’s research is notable for bridging theoretical motor control with practical biomechanics, earning her recognition from the American Society of Biomechanics. Her work is essential reading for students and researchers interested in how we navigate and learn in unpredictable environments.
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- 2Prior uncertainty impedes discrete locomotor adaptation2 citations · 2024