Publications

Luo, Y., & Wei, K. (2026). Use-dependent learning biases the initial state but not the learning dynamics of implicit adaptation. Experimental Brain Research, 244(4), Article 61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-026-07268-z

Zhang, X., Wu, W., & Wei, K. (2026). Perceptual prediction error supports implicit process in motor learning. PLOS Computational Biology, 22(4), Article e1014196. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014196

Xiong, Z., Cai, Y., Wang, X., Wei, K., & Bi, Y. (2026). Virtual flying experience changes neural responses to seeing wings. Cell Reports, 45(5), Article 117320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117320

Zhang, Z., Tian, Y., Wang, C., Jiang, C., Wang, B., Yu, H., Zhao, R., & Wei, K. (2026). Kinematic signatures in reaching movements during spaceflight provide evidence that humans underestimate body mass in microgravity. eLife, 14, Article RP107472. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.107472.4

Qu, M., & Wei, K. (2026). Combining force and kinematic signals for human-computer interface: Insights from cursor control by flexible pressure sensors. Ergonomics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2026.2717221

Zhang, X., Zhang, T., & Wei, K. (2025). Cognitive load suppresses explicit learning while sparing implicit learning in visuomotor adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology, 134(4), 1133–1145. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00262.2025

Diao, H., Wang, H., Jia, W., Han, G., Liu, Q., Li, X., & Wei, K. (2025). Quantification of motor abnormalities with instrumental tasks among adolescents with first-episode schizophrenia and depressive disorders. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 22151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06590-w

Cai, Y., Yang, H., Wang, X., Xiong, Z., Kühn, S., Bi, Y., & Wei, K. (2024). Neural correlates of an illusionary sense of agency caused by virtual reality. Cerebral Cortex, 34(2), Article bhad547. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad547

Zhang, Z., Wang, H., Zhang, T., Nie, Z., & Wei, K. (2024). Perceptual error based on Bayesian cue combination drives implicit motor adaptation. eLife, 13, Article RP94608. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.94608.3

Tian, Y., Zhang, Z., Jiang, C., Chen, D., Liu, Z., Wei, M., Wang, C., & Wei, K. (2024). Stressors affect human motor timing during spaceflight. npj Microgravity, 10(1), Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-024-00439-8

Diao, H., Ma, J., Jia, Y., Jia, H., & Wei, K. (2024). Abnormalities in motor adaptation to different types of perturbations in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 267, 291–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2024.03.051

Xiong, Z., Tian, Y., Wang, X., Wei, K., & Bi, Y. (2023). Gravity matters for the neural representations of action semantics. Cerebral Cortex, 33(11), 6862–6871. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad006

Gong, L., Guo, D., Gao, Z., & Wei, K. (2023). Atypical development of social and nonsocial working memory capacity among preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders. Autism Research, 16(2), 327–339. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2853

Zhao, S., Liu, Y., & Wei, K. (2022). Pupil-linked arousal response reveals aberrant attention regulation among children with autism spectrum disorder. The Journal of Neuroscience, 42(27), 5427–5437. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0223-22.2022

Wang, H., & Wei, K. (2022). Transcranial direct-current stimulation does not affect implicit sensorimotor adaptation: A randomized sham-controlled trial. Brain Sciences, 12(10), 1325. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12101325

张琳琳, 魏坤琳, 李晶. (2022). 儿童的人际运动同步. 心理科学进展, 30(3), 623–634. https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1042.2022.00623

Liu, Y., Jiang, W., Bi, Y., & Wei, K. (2021). Sensorimotor knowledge from task-irrelevant feedback contributes to motor learning. Journal of Neurophysiology, 126(3), 723–735. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00174.2021

Chen, L., Feng, Y., Chen, B., Wang, Q., & Wei, K. (2021). Improving postural stability among people with lower-limb amputations by tactile sensory substitution. Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, 18(1), Article 159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-021-00952-x

He, Q., Wang, Q., Wu, Y., Yi, L., & Wei, K. (2021). Automatic classification of children with autism spectrum disorder by using a computerized visual‐orienting task. PsyCh Journal, 10(4), 550–565. https://doi.org/10.1002/pchj.447

Cohen, E. J., Wei, K., & Minciacchi, D. (2021). Examining modifications of execution strategies during a continuous task. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 4829. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84369-5

Yin, C., & Wei, K. (2020). Savings in sensorimotor adaptation without an explicit strategy. Journal of Neurophysiology, 123(3), 1180–1192. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00524.2019

Gong, L., Liu, Y., Yi, L., Fang, J., Yang, Y., & Wei, K. (2020). Abnormal gait patterns in autism spectrum disorder and their correlations with social impairments. Autism Research, 13(7), 1215–1226. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2302

Wang, T., Zhu, Z., Kana, I., Yu, Y., He, H., & Wei, K. (2020). Accuracy of hand localization is subject-specific and improved without performance feedback. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 19188. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76220-0

Tong, X., Wang, X., Cai, Y., Gromala, D., Williamson, O., Fan, B., & Wei, K. (2020). “I dreamed of my hands and arms moving again”: A case series investigating the effect of immersive virtual reality on phantom limb pain alleviation. Frontiers in Neurology, 11, Article 876. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.00876

Zhang, S., Tian, Y., Wang, C., & Wei, K. (2020). Target selection by gaze pointing and manual confirmation: Performance improved by locking the gaze cursor. Ergonomics, 63(7), 884–895. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2020.1762934

Chambers, C., Kong, G., Wei, K., & Kording, K. (2019). Pose estimates from online videos show that side-by-side walkers synchronize movement under naturalistic conditions. PLOS ONE, 14(6), Article e0217861. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217861

Yin, C., Wang, H., Wei, K., & Körding, K. P. (2019). Sensorimotor priors are effector dependent. Journal of Neurophysiology, 122(1), 389–397. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00228.2018

Wei, K., & Kording, K. P. (2018). Behavioral tracking gets real. Nature Neuroscience, 21(9), 1146–1147. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-018-0215-0

Jiang, W., Yuan, X., Yin, C., & Wei, K. (2018). Visuomotor learning is dependent on direction-specific error saliency. Journal of Neurophysiology, 120(1), 162–170. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00787.2017

Tian, Y., Huang, Y., He, J., & Wei, K. (2018). What affects gait performance during walking while texting? A comparison of motor, visual and cognitive factors. Ergonomics, 61(11), 1507–1518. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2018.1493153

Feng, S., Wang, X., Wang, Q., Fang, J., Wu, Y., Yi, L., & Wei, K. (2018). The uncanny valley effect in typically developing children and its absence in children with autism spectrum disorders. PLOS ONE, 13(11), Article e0206343. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206343

Kong, G., Zhou, Z., Wang, Q., Kording, K., & Wei, K. (2017). Credit assignment between body and object probed by an object transportation task. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 13415. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13889-w

Kong, G., He, K., & Wei, K. (2017). Sensorimotor experience in virtual reality enhances sense of agency associated with an avatar. Consciousness and Cognition, 52, 115–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2017.04.018

Yang, Y., Tian, Y., Fang, J., Lu, H., Wei, K., & Yi, L. (2017). Trust and deception in children with autism spectrum disorders: A social learning perspective. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47(3), 615–625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2983-2

Han, X., He, K., Wu, B., Shi, Z., Liu, Y., Luo, S., Wei, K., Wu, X., & Han, S. (2017). Empathy for pain motivates actions without altruistic effects: Evidence of motor dynamics and brain activity. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12(6), 893–901. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsx016

He, K., Liang, Y., Abdollahi, F., Fisher Bittmann, M., Kording, K., & Wei, K. (2016). The statistical determinants of the speed of motor learning. PLOS Computational Biology, 12(9), Article e1005023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005023

Yin, C., Bi, Y., Yu, C., & Wei, K. (2016). Eliminating direction specificity in visuomotor learning. The Journal of Neuroscience, 36(13), 3839–3847. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2712-15.2016

陈丽君, 何康, 魏坤琳, 方方. (2016). 《最强大脑》背后的心理学、认知科学和脑科学. 中国科学: 生命科学, 46(10), 1222–1229. https://doi.org/10.1360/N052016-00272

Wei, K., Glaser, J. I., Deng, L., Thompson, C. K., Stevenson, I. H., Wang, Q., Hornby, T. G., Heckman, C. J., & Kording, K. P. (2014). Serotonin affects movement gain control in the spinal cord. The Journal of Neuroscience, 34(38), 12690–12700. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1855-14.2014

Wei, K., Yan, X., Kong, G., Yin, C., Zhang, F., Wang, Q., & Kording, K. P. (2014). Computer use changes generalization of movement learning. Current Biology, 24(1), 82–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.012

Yin, C., & Wei, K. (2014). Interference from mere thinking: Mental rehearsal temporarily disrupts recall of motor memory. Journal of Neurophysiology, 112(3), 594–602. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00070.2014

Zheng, E., Wang, L., Wei, K., & Wang, Q. (2014). A noncontact capacitive sensing system for recognizing locomotion modes of transtibial amputees. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 61(12), 2911–2920. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2014.2334316

Fan, Y., Kong, G., Meng, Y., Tan, S., Wei, K., Zhang, Q., & Jin, J. (2014). Comparative assessment of surgeons’ task performance and surgical ergonomics associated with conventional and modified flank positions: A simulation study. Surgical Endoscopy, 28(11), 3249–3256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-014-3598-3

Yan, X., Wang, Q., Lu, Z., Stevenson, I. H., Körding, K., & Wei, K. (2013). Generalization of unconstrained reaching with hand-weight changes. Journal of Neurophysiology, 109(1), 137–146. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00498.2012

Dam, G., Kording, K., & Wei, K. (2013). Credit assignment during movement reinforcement learning. PLOS ONE, 8(2), Article e55352. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055352

Chen, B., Zheng, E., Fan, X., Liang, T., Wang, Q., Wei, K., & Wang, L. (2013). Locomotion mode classification using a wearable capacitive sensing system. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 21(5), 744–755. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2262952

Ding, Q., Stevenson, I. H., Wang, N., Li, W., Sun, Y., Wang, Q., Kording, K., & Wei, K. (2013). Motion games improve balance control in stroke survivors: A preliminary study based on the principle of constraint-induced movement therapy. Displays, 34(2), 125–131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.displa.2012.08.004

Wen, J., Ding, Q., Yu, Z., Sun, W., Wang, Q., & Wei, K. (2012). Adaptive changes of foot pressure in hallux valgus patients. Gait & Posture, 36(3), 344–349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.03.030

Wei, K., Wert, D., & Körding, K. (2010). The nervous system uses nonspecific motor learning in response to random perturbations of varying nature. Journal of Neurophysiology, 104(6), 3053–3063. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.01025.2009

Wei, K., & Körding, K. (2010). Uncertainty of feedback and state estimation determines the speed of motor adaptation. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 4, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2010.00011

Wei, K., Stevenson, I. H., & Kording, K. P. (2010). The uncertainty associated with visual flow fields and their influence on postural sway: Weber's law suffices to explain the nonlinearity of vection. Journal of Vision, 10(14), 4. https://doi.org/10.1167/10.14.4

Ronsse, R., Wei, K., & Sternad, D. (2010). Optimal control of a hybrid rhythmic-discrete task: The bouncing ball revisited. Journal of Neurophysiology, 103(5), 2482–2493. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00600.2009

Ehrlenspiel, F., Wei, K., & Sternad, D. (2010). Open-loop, closed-loop and compensatory control: Performance improvement under pressure in a rhythmic task. Experimental Brain Research, 201(4), 729–741. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-009-2087-8

Wei, K., & Kording, K. (2009). Relevance of error: What drives motor adaptation? Journal of Neurophysiology, 101(2), 655–664. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.90545.2008

Stevenson, I. H., Fernandes, H. L., Vilares, I., Wei, K., & Körding, K. P. (2009). Bayesian integration and non-linear feedback control in a full-body motor task. PLOS Computational Biology, 5(12), Article e1000629. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000629

Wei, K., Dijkstra, T. M. H., & Sternad, D. (2008). Stability and variability: Indicators for passive stability and active control in a rhythmic task. Journal of Neurophysiology, 99(6), 3027–3041. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.01367.2007

Wei, K., Dijkstra, T. M. H., & Sternad, D. (2007). Passive stability and active control in a rhythmic task. Journal of Neurophysiology, 98(5), 2633–2646. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00742.2007

Sternad, D., Wei, K., Diedrichsen, J., & Ivry, R. B. (2007). Intermanual interactions during initiation and production of rhythmic and discrete movements in individuals lacking a corpus callosum. Experimental Brain Research, 176(4), 559–574. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-006-0640-2

Wei, K., Wertman, G., & Sternad, D. (2003). Interactions between rhythmic and discrete components in a bimanual task. Motor Control, 7(2), 134–154.

de Rugy, A., Wei, K., Müller, H., & Sternad, D. (2003). Actively tracking ‘passive’ stability in a ball bouncing task. Brain Research, 982(1), 64–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-8993(03)02976-7

Wei, K., & Körding, K. P. (2011). Causal inference in sensorimotor learning and control. In J. Trommershäuser, K. Kording, & M. S. Landy (Eds.), Sensory cue integration (pp. 30–45). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195387247.003.0002

Berniker, M., Wei, K., & Körding, K. (2011). Bayesian approaches to modelling action selection. In A. K. Seth, T. J. Prescott, & J. J. Bryson (Eds.), Modelling natural action selection (pp. 120–143). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511731525.010