Mohammad Darainy
McGill University, Amirkabir University of Technology, Shahed University
Papers
9
Total Citations
426
H-Index
8
About
Mohammad Darainy is a neuroscientist whose research sits at the intersection of motor control, sensorimotor adaptation, and perceptual learning. His work has made substantial contributions to our understanding of how humans acquire and refine motor skills, with particular emphasis on the bidirectional relationship between the motor and somatosensory systems. Darainy's early landmark study on arm stiffness (2004, 91 citations) demonstrated that impedance control is a learned, adaptive process, revealing that humans can voluntarily modulate limb stiffness patterns through training. This foundational work paved the way for deeper investigations into how motor learning reshapes sensory experience. His subsequent research established that motor adaptation does not merely change movement patterns — it fundamentally alters how the brain encodes somatosensory information, a finding reflected in his neuroimaging work showing sensory cortex plasticity following motor learning (2013, 55 citations). Among his most influential contributions is the discovery that the earliest stages of motor skill acquisition depend critically on somatosensory input (2015, 98 citations), challenging motor-centric models of learning. His research on speech motor adaptation further extended these insights into a clinically relevant domain (2018). Collectively, Darainy's work has reshaped how researchers conceptualize the sensory foundations of human motor learning.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Somatosensory Contribution to the Initial Stages of Human Motor Learning98 citations · 2015
- 2Learning to Control Arm Stiffness Under Static Conditions91 citations · 2004
- 3Perceptual learning in sensorimotor adaptation60 citations · 2013
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- 5Sensorimotor adaptation changes the neural coding of somatosensory stimuli55 citations · 2013
- 6Effects of Human Arm Impedance on Dynamics Learning and Generalization29 citations · 2009
- 7Neural Basis of Sensorimotor Plasticity in Speech Motor Adaptation16 citations · 2018
- 8Sensory change following motor learning13 citations · 2011
- 9Transfer and durability of acquired patterns of human arm stiffness7 citations · 2005