Neuromechanics

• Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, USA

Dr. Francisco Valero-Cuevas accepted the invitation on 21 September 2011

Neuromechanics refers to the tight bidirectional interaction between the mechanical properties of the musculoskeletal system and the control strategies the nervous system can implement. Such brain-body co-evolution has shaped the nature and features of organismal motor behavior.

Sponsored by: Daniel Wolpert, University of Cambridge, UK