BA, Psychology, University of New Mexico, 2001 Ph.D.,
Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 2006.
Research
Description: My current research
interests include network dynamics of motor planning and motor learning
and top-down modulation of sensory systems.
Publications:
"Neonatal novelty exposure modulates
hippocampal volumetric asymmetry in the rat" Timothy
Verstynen, Robert Tierney, Tina Urbanski, and Akaysha Tang. NeuroReport
12(14), p. 3019-22 (2001).
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"Early life exposure to a novel environment
modulates 'handedness' in rats" Akaysha C. Tang and
Timothy Verstynen, Behavioural Brain Research 131, p. 1-7 (2002).
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"Anticipatory adjustments in the unloading
task: Is an efference copy necessary for learning?"Joern
Diedrichsen, Timothy Verstynen, Andrew Hon, Steven Lehman and Richard
Ivry, Exp Brain Res 148: 272-276 (2003).
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"Ipsilateral motor cortex activity during
unimanual hand movements relates to task complexity"
Timothy Verstynen*, Joern Diedrichsen*, Neil Albert, Paul Aparicio, and
Richard Ivry. J. Neurophysiol 93(3): 1209-22 (2005). *co-first
authors
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"Cerebellar involvement in anticipating the
consequences of self-produced actions during bimanual movement."
Joern Diedrichsen, Timothy Verstynen, Steve Lehman, & Richard
B. Ivry. J Neurophysiol 93(2): 801-12 (2005).
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"Two types of TMS-induced movement
variability following stimulation of the primary motor cortex."
Timothy Verstynen, Talia Konkle, & Richard B. Ivry. J
Neurophysiol 96(3): 1018-29 (2006).
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"Coming Unbound: disrupting automatic
integration of synesthetic color and graphemes by TMS of the right
parietal lobe" Michael Esterman, Timothy Verstynen,
Richard B. Ivry & Lynn C. Robertson J. Cog. Neuro. 18(9):1570-6
(2006).
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"Ipsilateral corticospinal projections do not
predict congenital mirror movements: A case report."
Timothy Verstynen, Rebecca Spencer, Cathy Stinear, Talia Konkle, Joern
Diedrichsen, Winston Byblow & Richard B. Ivry. Neuropsychologia
45(4):844-852 (2007).
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"Attenuating illusory binding with TMS of
the right parietal cortex" Michael Esterman, Timothy
Verstynen & Lynn C. Robertson. NeuroImage 35(3):1247-1255
(2007).
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"Illusions of force perception are caused by
cogntive attributions and sensorimotor predictions, but not motor
errors." Joern Diedrichsen*, Timothy Verstynen*, Andrew
Hon, Yi Zhang & Richard B. Ivry. J Neurophysiol.
97(5):3305-3313 (2007). *co-first authors
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"Cerebellar activation during discrete and
not continuous timed movements: an fMRI study" Rebecca
Spencer, Timothy Verstynen, Matthew Brett & Richard B. Ivry.
NeuroImage 36: 378-387 (2007). Winner of the Editors'
Choice Award for Systems Neuroscience 2007
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"Distinguishing between frontal and parietal
contributions in refreshing a single-thought" Brian
Miller, Timothy Verstynen, Mark D'Esposito & Marcia Johnson.
NeuroImage (in press).
"Different behavior and neural consequences
of voluntary and involuntary spatial attention to faces"
Michael Esterman, William Prinzmetal, Joe DeGutis, Ayelet Landau, Eliot
Hazeltine, Timothy Verstynen, and Lynn Robertson. Neuropsychologia (in
press).
"When two motor cortices are better than
one: The suppression of involuntary mirror movements during unimanual
actions" Timothy Verstynen and Richard B. Ivry
(submitted).
