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John W. Krakauer

Champalimaud Foundation · PT
Area of research
Cognitive Neuroscience · Rehabilitation
Research interest
Research interests include Motor Control and Adaptation, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Action Observation and Synchronization, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies.
h-index
86
citations
33,652
works
291
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

A Spinal Origin for the Obligate Flexor Synergy in the Nonhuman Primate: Implications for Control of Reaching.
2026cited by 1position: contributordoi
The Deliberation Taboo
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Large language models and emergence: a complex systems perspective.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Enhancing spontaneous recovery after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Spinal Cord Stimulation Improves Deceleration Phase Control during Targeted Reaching Post-Stroke
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Recovery of Dexterous Motor Control via Non-Monosynaptic Corticospinal Pathways
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Extent of damage to descending output from cortex rather than to specific cortical regions drives the emergence of flexor synergy in non-human primates
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
High-Dose, High-Intensity Stroke Rehabilitation: Why Aren’t We Giving It?
Stroke 2025cited by 15position: lastdoi
High-Dose, High-Intensity Stroke Rehabilitation: Why Aren't We Giving It?
2025cited by 10position: contributordoi
SPINAL CORD STIMULATION IMPROVES MOTOR FUNCTION AND SPASTICITY IN CHRONIC POST-STROKE UPPER LIMB HEMIPARESIS
2025cited by 6position: contributordoi
Reinforcement Learning is Impaired in the Sub-acute Post-stroke Period.
2025cited by 5position: contributordoi
A spinal origin for the obligate flexor synergy in the non-human primate: Implications for control of reaching
2025cited by 5position: contributordoi
Separating the control of moving and holding in human post-stroke arm paresis.
2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
Combining immersive exergaming with physiotherapy in a specialized intensive Parkinson's disease rehabilitation program: a randomized controlled trial.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
A Resource-Efficient, High-Dose, Gamified Neurorehabilitation Program for Chronic Stroke at Home: Retrospective Real-World Analysis.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Spinal Cord Stimulation Improves Deceleration Phase Control during Targeted Reaching Post-Stroke
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Mental Representation Without Neural Representation: Understanding The Evidence
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Arm Control and its Recovery after Selective Lesions of Sensorimotor Cortex and the Red Nucleus: A Kinematic Study in Non-Human Primates
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Spinal Cord Stimulation Immediately Improves Strength, Arm Function and Reduces Spasticity in People With Chronic Post-stroke Upper Limb Hemiparesis
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Separating the control of moving and holding in post-stroke arm paresis
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Separating the control of moving and holding in human post-stroke arm paresis
eLife 2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Where did real representations go? Commentary on: <i>The concept of representation in the brain sciences: The current status and ways forward</i> by Favela and Machery
Mind &amp; Language 2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Author response: Separating the control of moving and holding in post-stroke arm paresis
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Fundamental processes in sensorimotor learning: Reasoning, refinement, and retrieval.
2024cited by 30position: contributordoi
The Kinematics of 3D Arm Movements in Sub-Acute Stroke: Impaired Inter-Joint Coordination is Attributable to Both Weakness and Flexor Synergy Intrusion.
2024cited by 16position: contributordoi
The Kinematics of 3D Arm Movements in Sub-Acute Stroke: Impaired Inter-Joint Coordination is Attributable to Both Weakness and Flexor Synergy Intrusion
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair 2024cited by 15position: middledoi
Computational kinematics of dance: distinguishing hip hop genres
Frontiers in Robotics and AI 2024cited by 13position: middledoi
Disease related changes in ATAC-seq of iPSC-derived motor neuron lines from ALS patients and controls
Nature Communications 2024cited by 12position: middledoi
Disease related changes in ATAC-seq of iPSC-derived motor neuron lines from ALS patients and controls.
2024cited by 6position: contributordoi
Computational kinematics of dance: distinguishing hip hop genres.
2024cited by 3position: contributordoi

Grants

Rethinking the reaction time
NSF1358756$674,0302014–2018PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 46 papers (2019–2026)Alkis. M. Hadjiosif · Public Library of Science14 papers (2020–2025)Scott T Albert · Public Library of Science13 papers (2020–2025)Reza Shadmehr · Massachusetts Institute of Technology13 papers (2020–2025)Adrian M. Haith · Johns Hopkins Medicine11 papers (2012–2021)Tomoko Kitago · Westchester Medical Center8 papers (2012–2019)Kahori Kita · Johns Hopkins University8 papers (2022–2025)Robert A. Scheidt · Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin8 papers (2022–2025)Adrian M Haith · Public Library of Science7 papers (2020–2024)Jing Xu · University of Georgia6 papers (2017–2019)Gert Kwakkel · Northwestern University6 papers (2016–2019) · 6 papers (2023–2026)Lee E Fisher · Liverpool John Moores University6 papers (2023–2026)Douglas J. Weber · Advanced Media Research (United States)6 papers (2023–2026)Erynn Sorensen · University of Pittsburgh6 papers (2023–2026)Heidi M. Schambra · New York University5 papers (2015–2019)Pablo Celnik · Shirley Ryan AbilityLab5 papers (2017–2019)Andreas R. Luft · University of Zurich5 papers (2017–2019)Meret Branscheidt · Johns Hopkins University5 papers (2019–2025)Karen Borschmann · Flinders University4 papers (2017–2017)