Stephen Lisberger | Scholars@Duke

Stephen Lisberger
George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Neurobiology

We investigate how the brain learns motor skills, and how we use what we see to guide how we move. Our approaches involve studies of eye movements using behavior, neural recordings, and computational analysis. Our work is done on behaving non-human primates.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 2012
Professor of Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 2012
Chair in the Department of Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 2012
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers 2016

Contact Information

Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710
Bryan Research Building, 311 Research Drive Room 327D, Durham, NC 27710
lisberger@neuro.duke.edu (919) 681-7088

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Washington 1976
Duke Appointment History
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 2011 - 2012
Recognition
In the News
- MAR 11, 2016 The Daily Mail
  
  Why practice will never make perfect: Our 'noisy brains' cause us to make mistakes
- MAR 10, 2016
  
  Blame Your Noisy Brain for Misses and Fumbles
- JAN 29, 2016 Duke Research Blog
  
  Neurobiologist on Making Sense of Noise
- JUN 26, 2015
  
  Allen Song Named Interim Director of Brain Institute
- JUN 12, 2014
  
  Context Controls Learning: Why a Coach's Scream Is Better Than a Crowd's Heckle
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Medical Scientist Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 1997 - 2022
- Neural Control of Eye Movement awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2021
- Visual-motor integration in smooth pursuit eye movements awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2021
- Neural Basis for Cerebellar Motor Learning awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2020
- Neural Circuit Basis for Cerebellar Learning awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2019
- Re-examining the role of cerebellar climbing fibers in motor learning awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2019
- IPA-Donald Lo awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2018
- Duke - Animal Model of Genetics and Social Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders awarded by University of Pennsylvania 2016 - 2018
- Synaptic plasticity awarded by Max Planck Institute 2013 - 2016
- Neural Control of Eye Movement awarded by National Institutes of Health 1981 - 2016
- The Interactions Between Cerebellum and Brain Stem Neurons awarded by International Human Frontier Science Program Organization 2012 - 2015
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - Darlington, TR, Tokiyama, S, and Lisberger, SG. "Control of the strength of visual-motor transmission as the mechanism of rapid adaptation of priors for Bayesian inference in smooth pursuit eye movements." Journal of neurophysiology 118, no. 2 (August 2017): 1173-1189. Full Text
  - Raghavan, RT, and Lisberger, SG. "Responses of Purkinje cells in the oculomotor vermis of monkeys during smooth pursuit eye movements and saccades: comparison with floccular complex." Journal of neurophysiology 118, no. 2 (August 2017): 986-1001. Full Text
  - Yang, Y, and Lisberger, SG. "Modulation of Complex-Spike Duration and Probability during Cerebellar Motor Learning in Visually Guided Smooth-Pursuit Eye Movements of Monkeys." eNeuro 4, no. 3 (May 2017). Full Text
  - Lee, J, Joshua, M, Medina, JF, and Lisberger, SG. "Signal, Noise, and Variation in Neural and Sensory-Motor Latency." Neuron 90, no. 1 (April 2016): 165-176. Full Text
  - Joshua, M, Tokiyama, S, and Lisberger, SG. "Interactions between target location and reward size modulate the rate of microsaccades in monkeys." J Neurophysiol 114, no. 5 (November 2015): 2616-2624. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "Visual Guidance of Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements." Annual review of vision science 1 (November 2015): 447-468. Full Text
  - Lisberger, SG, and Medina, JF. "How and why neural and motor variation are related." Curr Opin Neurobiol 33 (August 2015): 110-116. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Joshua, M, and Lisberger, SG. "A tale of two species: Neural integration in zebrafish and monkeys." Neuroscience 296 (June 2015): 80-91. (Review) Full Text
  - Chaisanguanthum, KS, Joshua, M, Medina, JF, Bialek, W, and Lisberger, SG. "The Neural Code for Motor Control in the Cerebellum and Oculomotor Brainstem." eNeuro 1, no. 1 (November 12, 2014). Full Text
  - Yang, Y, and Lisberger, SG. "Purkinje-cell plasticity and cerebellar motor learning are graded by complex-spike duration." Nature 510, no. 7506 (June 2014): 529-532. Full Text
  - Yang, Y, and Lisberger, SG. "Role of plasticity at different sites across the time course of cerebellar motor learning." J Neurosci 34, no. 21 (May 21, 2014): 7077-7090. Full Text Link to Item
  - Joshua, M, and Lisberger, SG. "A framework for using signal, noise, and variation to determine whether the brain controls movement synergies or single muscles." J Neurophysiol 111, no. 4 (February 2014): 733-745. Full Text Link to Item
  - Yang, Y, and Lisberger, SG. "Purkinje-cell plasticity and cerebellar motor learning are graded by complex-spike duration." Nature 510, no. 7506 (January 1, 2014): 529-532. Full Text
  - Yang, Y, and Lisberger, SG. "Interaction of plasticity and circuit organization during the acquisition of cerebellum-dependent motor learning. (Published online)" Elife 2 (December 31, 2013): e01574-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Yang, Y, and Lisberger, SG. "Interaction of plasticity and circuit organization during the acquisition of cerebellum-dependent motor learning." eLife 2013, no. 2 (December 31, 2013). Full Text
  - Lee, J, and Lisberger, SG. "Gamma synchrony predicts neuron-neuron correlations and correlations with motor behavior in extrastriate visual area MT." J Neurosci 33, no. 50 (December 11, 2013): 19677-19688. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hohl, SS, Chaisanguanthum, KS, and Lisberger, SG. "Sensory population decoding for visually guided movements." Neuron 79, no. 1 (July 10, 2013): 167-179. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lee, J, Yang, J, and Lisberger, SG. "Control of the gain of visual-motor transmission occurs in visual coordinates for smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurosci 33, no. 22 (May 29, 2013): 9420-9430. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "Sound the alarm: fraud in neuroscience. (Published online)" Cerebrum 2013 (May 2013): 6-. Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Joshua, M, Medina, JF, and Lisberger, SG. "Diversity of neural responses in the brainstem during smooth pursuit eye movements constrains the circuit mechanisms of neural integration." J Neurosci 33, no. 15 (April 10, 2013): 6633-6647. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hatten, ME, and Lisberger, SG. "Multitasking on the run. (Published online)" Elife 2 (March 19, 2013): e00641-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Huang, X, and Lisberger, SG. "Circuit mechanisms revealed by spike-timing correlations in macaque area MT." J Neurophysiol 109, no. 3 (February 2013): 851-866. Full Text Link to Item
  - Yang, J, Lee, J, and Lisberger, SG. "The interaction of bayesian priors and sensory data and its neural circuit implementation in visually guided movement." J Neurosci 32, no. 49 (December 5, 2012): 17632-17645. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Leary, JG, and Lisberger, SG. "Role of the lateral intraparietal area in modulation of the strength of sensory-motor transmission for visually guided movements." J Neurosci 32, no. 28 (July 11, 2012): 9745-9754. Full Text Link to Item
  - Joshua, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Reward action in the initiation of smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurosci 32, no. 8 (February 22, 2012): 2856-2867. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hohl, SS, and Lisberger, SG. "Representation of perceptually invisible image motion in extrastriate visual area MT of macaque monkeys." J Neurosci 31, no. 46 (November 16, 2011): 16561-16569. Full Text Link to Item
  - Li, JX, Medina, JF, Frank, LM, and Lisberger, SG. "Acquisition of neural learning in cerebellum and cerebral cortex for smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurosci 31, no. 36 (September 7, 2011): 12716-12726. Full Text Link to Item
  - Niu, Y-Q, and Lisberger, SG. "Sensory versus motor loci for integration of multiple motion signals in smooth pursuit eye movements and human motion perception." J Neurophysiol 106, no. 2 (August 2011): 741-753. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chaisanguanthum, KS, and Lisberger, SG. "A neurally efficient implementation of sensory population decoding." J Neurosci 31, no. 13 (March 30, 2011): 4868-4877. Full Text Link to Item
  - Li, JX, and Lisberger, SG. "Learned timing of motor behavior in the smooth eye movement region of the frontal eye fields." Neuron 69, no. 1 (January 13, 2011): 159-169. Full Text Link to Item
  - Yang, Y, and Lisberger, SG. "Learning on multiple timescales in smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurophysiol 104, no. 5 (November 2010): 2850-2862. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "Visual guidance of smooth-pursuit eye movements: sensation, action, and what happens in between." Neuron 66, no. 4 (May 27, 2010): 477-491. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Churchland, MM, Yu, BM, Cunningham, JP, Sugrue, LP, Cohen, MR, Corrado, GS, Newsome, WT, Clark, AM, Hosseini, P, Scott, BB, Bradley, DC, Smith, MA, Kohn, A, Movshon, JA, Armstrong, KM, Moore, T, Chang, SW, Snyder, LH, Lisberger, SG, Priebe, NJ, Finn, IM, Ferster, D, Ryu, SI, Santhanam, G, Sahani, M, and Shenoy, KV. "Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon." Nat Neurosci 13, no. 3 (March 2010): 369-378. Full Text Link to Item
  - Medina, JF, and Lisberger, SG. "Encoding and decoding of learned smooth-pursuit eye movements in the floccular complex of the monkey cerebellum." J Neurophysiol 102, no. 4 (October 2009): 2039-2054. Full Text Link to Item
  - Osborne, LC, and Lisberger, SG. "Spatial and temporal integration of visual motion signals for smooth pursuit eye movements in monkeys." Journal of neurophysiology 102, no. 4 (October 2009): 2013-2025. Full Text
  - Lisberger, SG. "Internal models of eye movement in the floccular complex of the monkey cerebellum." Neuroscience 162, no. 3 (September 1, 2009): 763-776. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Huang, X, and Lisberger, SG. "Noise correlations in cortical area MT and their potential impact on trial-by-trial variation in the direction and speed of smooth-pursuit eye movements." J Neurophysiol 101, no. 6 (June 2009): 3012-3030. Full Text Link to Item
  - Yang, J, and Lisberger, SG. "Relationship between adapted neural population responses in MT and motion adaptation in speed and direction of smooth-pursuit eye movements." J Neurophysiol 101, no. 5 (May 2009): 2693-2707. Full Text Link to Item
  - Medina, JF, and Lisberger, SG. "Erratum: Links from complex spikes to local plasticity and motor learning in the cerebellum of awake-behaving monkeys (Nat. Neurosci. 2008:11 (1185-1192))." Nature Neuroscience 12, no. 6 (2009): 808--. Full Text
  - Osborne, LC, Palmer, SE, Lisberger, SG, and Bialek, W. "The neural basis for combinatorial coding in a cortical population response." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 28, no. 50 (December 2008): 13522-13531. Full Text
  - Medina, JF, and Lisberger, SG. "Links from complex spikes to local plasticity and motor learning in the cerebellum of awake-behaving monkeys." Nat Neurosci 11, no. 10 (October 2008): 1185-1192. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ramachandran, R, and Lisberger, SG. "Neural substrate of modified and unmodified pathways for learning in monkey vestibuloocular reflex." J Neurophysiol 100, no. 4 (October 2008): 1868-1878. Full Text Link to Item
  - Heuer, HW, Tokiyama, S, and Lisberger, SG. "Doing without learning: stimulation of the frontal eye fields and floccular complex does not instruct motor learning in smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurophysiol 100, no. 3 (September 2008): 1320-1331. Full Text Link to Item
  - Garbutt, S, Matlin, A, Hellmuth, J, Schenk, AK, Johnson, JK, Rosen, H, Dean, D, Kramer, J, Neuhaus, J, Miller, BL, Lisberger, SG, and Boxer, AL. "Oculomotor function in frontotemporal lobar degeneration, related disorders and Alzheimer's disease." Brain 131, no. Pt 5 (May 2008): 1268-1281. Full Text Link to Item
  - Schoppik, D, Nagel, KI, and Lisberger, SG. "Cortical mechanisms of smooth eye movements revealed by dynamic covariations of neural and behavioral responses." Neuron 58, no. 2 (April 24, 2008): 248-260. Full Text Link to Item
  - Medina, JF, and Lisberger, SG. "Variation, signal, and noise in cerebellar sensory-motor processing for smooth-pursuit eye movements." J Neurosci 27, no. 25 (June 20, 2007): 6832-6842. Full Text Link to Item
  - Osborne, LC, Hohl, SS, Bialek, W, and Lisberger, SG. "Time course of precision in smooth-pursuit eye movements of monkeys." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 27, no. 11 (March 2007): 2987-2998. Full Text
  - Churchland, AK, Huang, X, and Lisberger, SG. "Responses of neurons in the medial superior temporal visual area to apparent motion stimuli in macaque monkeys." J Neurophysiol 97, no. 1 (January 2007): 272-282. Full Text Link to Item
  - Garbutt, S, and Lisberger, SG. "Directional cuing of target choice in human smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurosci 26, no. 48 (November 29, 2006): 12479-12486. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ramachandran, R, and Lisberger, SG. "Transformation of vestibular signals into motor commands in the vestibuloocular reflex pathways of monkeys." J Neurophysiol 96, no. 3 (September 2006): 1061-1074. Full Text Link to Item
  - Schoppik, D, and Lisberger, SG. "Saccades exert spatial control of motion processing for smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurosci 26, no. 29 (July 19, 2006): 7607-7618. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boxer, AL, Garbutt, S, Rankin, KP, Hellmuth, J, Neuhaus, J, Miller, BL, and Lisberger, SG. "Medial versus lateral frontal lobe contributions to voluntary saccade control as revealed by the study of patients with frontal lobe degeneration." J Neurosci 26, no. 23 (June 7, 2006): 6354-6363. Full Text Link to Item
  - Priebe, NJ, Lisberger, SG, and Movshon, JA. "Tuning for spatiotemporal frequency and speed in directionally selective neurons of macaque striate cortex (Mar 15, pg 2941, 2006)." JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 26, no. 12 (March 22, 2006): 3365-3365. Link to Item
  - Priebe, NJ, Lisberger, SG, and Movshon, JA. "Tuning for spatiotemporal frequency and speed in directionally selective neurons of macaque striate cortex." J Neurosci 26, no. 11 (March 15, 2006): 2941-2950. Full Text Link to Item
  - Priebe, NJ, Lisberger, SG, and Movshon, JA. "Erratum: Tuning for spatiotemporal frequency and speed in directionally selective neurons of macaque striate cortex (Journal of Neuroscience (March 15, 2006) (2941-2950))." Journal of Neuroscience 26, no. 12 (2006): 3365--.
  - Churchland, AK, and Lisberger, SG. "Relationship between extraretinal component of firing rate and eye speed in area MST of macaque monkeys." J Neurophysiol 94, no. 4 (October 2005): 2416-2426. Full Text Link to Item
  - Osborne, LC, Lisberger, SG, and Bialek, W. "A sensory source for motor variation." Nature 437, no. 7057 (September 2005): 412-416. Full Text
  - Churchland, AK, and Lisberger, SG. "Discharge properties of MST neurons that project to the frontal pursuit area in macaque monkeys." J Neurophysiol 94, no. 2 (August 2005): 1084-1090. Full Text Link to Item
  - Carey, MR, Medina, JF, and Lisberger, SG. "Instructive signals for motor learning from visual cortical area MT." Nat Neurosci 8, no. 6 (June 2005): 813-819. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ramachandran, R, and Lisberger, SG. "Normal performance and expression of learning in the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) at high frequencies." J Neurophysiol 93, no. 4 (April 2005): 2028-2038. Full Text Link to Item
  - Churchland, MM, Priebe, NJ, and Lisberger, SG. "Comparison of the spatial limits on direction selectivity in visual areas MT and V1." J Neurophysiol 93, no. 3 (March 2005): 1235-1245. Full Text Link to Item
  - Medina, JF, Carey, MR, and Lisberger, SG. "The representation of time for motor learning." Neuron 45, no. 1 (January 6, 2005): 157-167. Full Text Link to Item
  - Carey, MR, Medina, JF, and Lisberger, SG. "Erratum: Instructive signals for motor learning from visual cortical area MT (Nature Neuroscience (2005) 8 (813-819))." Nature Neuroscience 8, no. 7 (2005): 969--. Full Text
  - Gardner, JL, Tokiyama, SN, and Lisberger, SG. "A population decoding framework for motion aftereffects on smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurosci 24, no. 41 (October 13, 2004): 9035-9048. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chou, I-H, and Lisberger, SG. "The role of the frontal pursuit area in learning in smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurosci 24, no. 17 (April 28, 2004): 4124-4133. Full Text Link to Item
  - Osborne, LC, Bialek, W, and Lisberger, SG. "Time course of information about motion direction in visual area MT of macaque monkeys." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 24, no. 13 (March 2004): 3210-3222. Full Text
  - Priebe, NJ, and Lisberger, SG. "Estimating target speed from the population response in visual area MT." J Neurosci 24, no. 8 (February 25, 2004): 1907-1916. Full Text Link to Item
  - Carey, MR, and Lisberger, SG. "Signals that modulate gain control for smooth pursuit eye movements in monkeys." J Neurophysiol 91, no. 2 (February 2004): 623-631. Full Text Link to Item
  - Churchland, MM, Chou, I-H, and Lisberger, SG. "Evidence for object permanence in the smooth-pursuit eye movements of monkeys." J Neurophysiol 90, no. 4 (October 2003): 2205-2218. Full Text Link to Item
  - Priebe, NJ, Cassanello, CR, and Lisberger, SG. "The neural representation of speed in macaque area MT/V5." J Neurosci 23, no. 13 (July 2, 2003): 5650-5661. Link to Item
  - Churchland, AK, Gardner, JL, Chou, IH, Priebe, NJ, and Lisberger, SG. "Directional anisotropies reveal a functional segregation of visual motion processing for perception and action." Neuron 37, no. 6 (March 27, 2003): 1001-1011. Link to Item
  - Carey, MR, and Lisberger, SG. "Behavioral analysis of gain control for smooth pursuit eye movements." Ann N Y Acad Sci 978 (December 2002): 507-. Link to Item
  - Gardner, JL, and Lisberger, SG. "Serial linkage of target selection for orienting and tracking eye movements." Nat Neurosci 5, no. 9 (September 2002): 892-899. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tanaka, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Role of arcuate frontal cortex of monkeys in smooth pursuit eye movements. II. Relation to vector averaging pursuit. (vol 87, pg 2700, 2002)." JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 88, no. 2 (August 2002): 1B-4B. Link to Item
  - Tanaka, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Role of arcuate frontal cortex of monkeys in smooth pursuit eye movements. I. Basic response properties to retinal image motion and position. (vol 87, pg 2684, 2002)." JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 88, no. 2 (August 2002): 1A-1A. Link to Item
  - Priebe, NJ, Churchland, MM, and Lisberger, SG. "Constraints on the source of short-term motion adaptation in macaque area MT. I. the role of input and intrinsic mechanisms." J Neurophysiol 88, no. 1 (July 2002): 354-369. Full Text Link to Item
  - Priebe, NJ, and Lisberger, SG. "Constraints on the source of short-term motion adaptation in macaque area MT. II. tuning of neural circuit mechanisms." J Neurophysiol 88, no. 1 (July 2002): 370-382. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chou, I-H, and Lisberger, SG. "Spatial generalization of learning in smooth pursuit eye movements: implications for the coordinate frame and sites of learning." J Neurosci 22, no. 11 (June 1, 2002): 4728-4739. Link to Item
  - Churchland, AK, and Lisberger, SG. "Gain control in human smooth-pursuit eye movements." J Neurophysiol 87, no. 6 (June 2002): 2936-2945. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tanaka, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Role of arcuate frontal cortex of monkeys in smooth pursuit eye movements. II. Relation to vector averaging pursuit." J Neurophysiol 87, no. 6 (June 2002): 2700-2714. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tanaka, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Role of arcuate frontal cortex of monkeys in smooth pursuit eye movements. I. Basic response properties to retinal image motion and position." J Neurophysiol 87, no. 6 (June 2002): 2684-2699. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rambold, H, Churchland, A, Selig, Y, Jasmin, L, and Lisberger, SG. "Partial ablations of the flocculus and ventral paraflocculus in monkeys cause linked deficits in smooth pursuit eye movements and adaptive modification of the VOR." J Neurophysiol 87, no. 2 (February 2002): 912-924. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tanaka, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Enhancement of multiple components of pursuit eye movement by microstimulation in the arcuate frontal pursuit area in monkeys." J Neurophysiol 87, no. 2 (February 2002): 802-818. Full Text Link to Item
  - Carey, MR, and Lisberger, SG. "Embarrassed, but not depressed: Eye opening lessons for cerebellar learning." Neuron 35, no. 2 (2002): 223-226. Full Text
  - Tanaka, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Erratum: Role of arcuate frontal cortex of monkeys in smooth pursuit eye movements. II. Relation to vector averaging pursuit (Journal of Neurophysiology (June 2002) 87 (2700-2714))." Journal of Neurophysiology 88, no. 2 (2002): [d]ii-v.
  - Tanaka, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Erratum: Role of arcuate frontal cortex of monkeys in smooth pursuit eye movements. I. Basic response properties to retinal image motion and position (Journal of Neurophysiology (June 2002) 87 (2684-2699))." Journal of Neurophysiology 88, no. 2 (2002): i-.
  - Churchland, MM, and Lisberger, SG. "Shifts in the population response in the middle temporal visual area parallel perceptual and motor illusions produced by apparent motion." J Neurosci 21, no. 23 (December 1, 2001): 9387-9402. Link to Item
  - Churchland, MM, and Lisberger, SG. "Experimental and computational analysis of monkey smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurophysiol 86, no. 2 (August 2001): 741-759. Full Text Link to Item
  - Priebe, NJ, Churchland, MM, and Lisberger, SG. "Reconstruction of target speed for the guidance of pursuit eye movements." J Neurosci 21, no. 9 (May 1, 2001): 3196-3206. Link to Item
  - Gardner, JL, and Lisberger, SG. "Linked target selection for saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurosci 21, no. 6 (March 15, 2001): 2075-2084. Link to Item
  - Tanaka, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Regulation of the gain of visually guided smooth-pursuit eye movements by frontal cortex." Nature 409, no. 6817 (January 11, 2001): 191-194. Full Text Link to Item
  - Priebe, NJ, Cassanello, CR, and Lisberger, SG. "The speed tuning of single units in macaque visual area MT depends on spatial form and contrast." Journal of Vision 1, no. 3 (2001): 19a-. Full Text
  - Kahlon, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Changes in the responses of Purkinje cells in the floccular complex of monkeys after motor learning in smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurophysiol 84, no. 6 (December 2000): 2945-2960. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tanaka, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Context-dependent smooth eye movements evoked by stationary visual stimuli in trained monkeys." J Neurophysiol 84, no. 4 (October 2000): 1748-1762. Full Text Link to Item
  - Churchland, MM, and Lisberger, SG. "Apparent motion produces multiple deficits in visually guided smooth pursuit eye movements of monkeys." J Neurophysiol 84, no. 1 (July 2000): 216-235. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Nusbaum, MP. "Motor systems understanding motor circuits: Where bottom-up meets top-down: Editorial overview." Current Opinion in Neurobiology 10, no. 6 (2000): 673-675. Full Text
  - Raymond, JL, and Lisberger, SG. "Hypotheses about the neural trigger for plasticity in the circuit for the vestibulo-ocular reflex." Prog Brain Res 124 (2000): 235-246. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Kahlon, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Vector averaging occurs downstream from learning in smooth pursuit eye movements of monkeys." J Neurosci 19, no. 20 (October 15, 1999): 9039-9053. Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Movshon, JA. "Visual motion analysis for pursuit eye movements in area MT of macaque monkeys." J Neurosci 19, no. 6 (March 15, 1999): 2224-2246. Link to Item
  - Raymond, JL, and Lisberger, SG. "Neural learning rules for the vestibulo-ocular reflex." J Neurosci 18, no. 21 (November 1, 1998): 9112-9129. Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "Physiologic basis for motor learning in the vestibulo-ocular reflex." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 119, no. 1 (July 1998): 43-48. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "Postsaccadic enhancement of initiation of smooth pursuit eye movements in monkeys." J Neurophysiol 79, no. 4 (April 1998): 1918-1930. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "Cerebellar LTD: a molecular mechanism of behavioral learning?." Cell 92, no. 6 (March 20, 1998): 701-704. (Review) Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Ferrera, VP. "Vector averaging for smooth pursuit eye movements initiated by two moving targets in monkeys." J Neurosci 17, no. 19 (October 1, 1997): 7490-7502. Link to Item
  - Ferrera, VP, and Lisberger, SG. "Neuronal responses in visual areas MT and MST during smooth pursuit target selection." J Neurophysiol 78, no. 3 (September 1997): 1433-1446. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ferrera, VP, and Lisberger, SG. "The effect of a moving distractor on the initiation of smooth-pursuit eye movements." Vis Neurosci 14, no. 2 (March 1997): 323-338. Link to Item
  - Raymond, JL, and Lisberger, SG. "Multiple subclasses of Purkinje cells in the primate floccular complex provide similar signals to guide learning in the vestibulo-ocular reflex." Learn Mem 3, no. 6 (March 1997): 503-518. Link to Item
  - Raymond, JL, and Lisberger, SG. "Multiple subclasses of purkinje cells in the primate floccular complex provide similar signals to guide learning in the vestibulo-ocular reflex." Learn Mem 3, no. 6 (March 1997): 503-518. Link to Item
  - Raymond, JL, and Lisberger, SG. "Behavioral analysis of signals that guide learned changes in the amplitude and dynamics of the vestibulo-ocular reflex." J Neurosci 16, no. 23 (December 1, 1996): 7791-7802. Link to Item
  - Kahlon, M, and Lisberger, SG. "Coordinate system for learning in the smooth pursuit eye movements of monkeys." J Neurosci 16, no. 22 (November 15, 1996): 7270-7283. Link to Item
  - Kiorpes, L, Walton, PJ, O'Keefe, LP, Movshon, JA, and Lisberger, SG. "Effects of early-onset artificial strabismus on pursuit eye movements and on neuronal responses in area MT of macaque monkeys." J Neurosci 16, no. 20 (October 15, 1996): 6537-6553. Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "Motor learning and memory in the vestibulo-ocular reflex: the dark side." Ann N Y Acad Sci 781 (June 19, 1996): 525-531. Link to Item
  - Raymond, JL, Lisberger, SG, and Mauk, MD. "The cerebellum: a neuronal learning machine?." Science 272, no. 5265 (May 24, 1996): 1126-1131. (Review) Link to Item
  - Krauzlis, RJ, and Lisberger, SG. "Directional organization of eye movement and visual signals in the floccular lobe of the monkey cerebellum." Exp Brain Res 109, no. 2 (May 1996): 289-302. Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Raymond, JL. "Neural recordings and behavioral observations in the monkey vestibulo-ocular reflex constrain the cellular mechanisms for cerebellum-dependent behavioral learning." J Physiol Paris 90, no. 5-6 (1996): 381-382. Link to Item
  - Broussard, DM, DeCharms, RC, and Lisberger, SG. "Inputs from the ipsilateral and contralateral vestibular apparatus to behaviorally characterized abducens neurons in rhesus monkeys." J Neurophysiol 74, no. 6 (December 1995): 2445-2459. Full Text Link to Item
  - du Lac, S, and Lisberger, SG. "Cellular processing of temporal information in medial vestibular nucleus neurons." J Neurosci 15, no. 12 (December 1995): 8000-8010. Link to Item
  - Ferrera, VP, and Lisberger, SG. "Attention and target selection for smooth pursuit eye movements." J Neurosci 15, no. 11 (November 1995): 7472-7484. Link to Item
  - du Lac, S, and Lisberger, SG. "Membrane and firing properties of avian medial vestibular nucleus neurons in vitro." J Comp Physiol A 176, no. 5 (May 1995): 641-651. Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "Learning. A mechanism of learning found?." Curr Biol 5, no. 3 (March 1, 1995): 221-224. (Review) Link to Item
  - Movshon, JA, Lisberger, SG, Kiorpes, L, Walton, PD, and O'Keefe, LP. "Effects of artificial strabismus on pursuit eye movements and MT neurons in macaque monkeys." PERCEPTION 24 (1995): 6-7. Link to Item
  - du Lac, S, Raymond, JL, Sejnowski, TJ, and Lisberger, SG. "Learning and memory in the vestibulo-ocular reflex." Annu Rev Neurosci 18 (1995): 409-441. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Krauzlis, RJ, and Lisberger, SG. "A model of visually-guided smooth pursuit eye movements based on behavioral observations." J Comput Neurosci 1, no. 4 (December 1994): 265-283. Link to Item
  - Krauzlis, RJ, and Lisberger, SG. "Simple spike responses of gaze velocity Purkinje cells in the floccular lobe of the monkey during the onset and offset of pursuit eye movements." J Neurophysiol 72, no. 4 (October 1994): 2045-2050. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, Pavelko, TA, Bronte-Stewart, HM, and Stone, LS. "Neural basis for motor learning in the vestibuloocular reflex of primates. II. Changes in the responses of horizontal gaze velocity Purkinje cells in the cerebellar flocculus and ventral paraflocculus." J Neurophysiol 72, no. 2 (August 1994): 954-973. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, Pavelko, TA, and Broussard, DM. "Neural basis for motor learning in the vestibuloocular reflex of primates. I. Changes in the responses of brain stem neurons." J Neurophysiol 72, no. 2 (August 1994): 928-953. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, Pavelko, TA, and Broussard, DM. "Responses during eye movements of brain stem neurons that receive monosynaptic inhibition from the flocculus and ventral paraflocculus in monkeys." J Neurophysiol 72, no. 2 (August 1994): 909-927. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "Neural basis for motor learning in the vestibuloocular reflex of primates. III. Computational and behavioral analysis of the sites of learning." J Neurophysiol 72, no. 2 (August 1994): 974-998. Full Text Link to Item
  - Krauzlis, RJ, and Lisberger, SG. "Temporal properties of visual motion signals for the initiation of smooth pursuit eye movements in monkeys." J Neurophysiol 72, no. 1 (July 1994): 150-162. Full Text Link to Item
  - Schwartz, JD, and Lisberger, SG. "Initial tracking conditions modulate the gain of visuo-motor transmission for smooth pursuit eye movements in monkeys." Vis Neurosci 11, no. 3 (May 1994): 411-424. Link to Item
  - BRONTESTEWART, HM, and LISBERGER, SG. "PHYSIOLOGICAL-PROPERTIES OF VESTIBULAR PRIMARY AFFERENTS THAT MEDIATE MOTOR LEARNING AND NORMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX IN MONKEYS." JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 14, no. 3 (March 1994): 1290-1308. Link to Item
  - Brontë-Stewart, HM, and Lisberger, SG. "Physiological properties of vestibular primary afferents that mediate motor learning and normal performance of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in monkeys." J Neurosci 14, no. 3 Pt 1 (March 1994): 1290-1308. Link to Item
  - Brontë-Stewart, HM, and Lisberger, SG. "Physiological properties of vestibular primary afferents that mediate motor learning and normal performance of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in monkeys." Journal of Neuroscience 14, no. 3 I (1994): 1290-1308.
  - Ito, M, Lisberger, SG, and Sejnowski, TJ. "Cerebellar flocculus hypothesis [4]." Nature 362, no. 6424 (1993): 24-25.
  - Lisberger, SG, and Sejnowski, TJ. "Cerebellar flocculus hypothesis [10]." Nature 363, no. 6424 (1993): 25--.
  - du Lac, S, and Lisberger, SG. "Eye movements and brainstem neuronal responses evoked by cerebellar and vestibular stimulation in chicks." J Comp Physiol A 171, no. 5 (December 1992): 629-638. Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Sejnowski, TJ. "Motor learning in a recurrent network model based on the vestibulo-ocular reflex." Nature 360, no. 6400 (November 12, 1992): 159-161. Full Text Link to Item
  - Broussard, DM, and Lisberger, SG. "Vestibular inputs to brain stem neurons that participate in motor learning in the primate vestibuloocular reflex." J Neurophysiol 68, no. 5 (November 1992): 1906-1909. Full Text Link to Item
  - Broussard, DM, Brontë-Stewart, HM, and Lisberger, SG. "Expression of motor learning in the response of the primate vestibuloocular reflex pathway to electrical stimulation." J Neurophysiol 67, no. 6 (June 1992): 1493-1508. Full Text Link to Item
  - Goldreich, D, Krauzlis, RJ, and Lisberger, SG. "Effect of changing feedback delay on spontaneous oscillations in smooth pursuit eye movements of monkeys." J Neurophysiol 67, no. 3 (March 1992): 625-638. Full Text Link to Item
  - Grasse, KL, and Lisberger, SG. "Analysis of a naturally occurring asymmetry in vertical smooth pursuit eye movements in a monkey." J Neurophysiol 67, no. 1 (January 1992): 164-179. Full Text Link to Item
  - Krauzlis, RJ, and Lisberger, SG. "Visual motion commands for pursuit eye movements in the cerebellum." Science 253, no. 5019 (August 2, 1991): 568-571. Link to Item
  - Stone, LS, and Lisberger, SG. "Visual responses of Purkinje cells in the cerebellar flocculus during smooth-pursuit eye movements in monkeys. II. Complex spikes." J Neurophysiol 63, no. 5 (May 1990): 1262-1275. Full Text Link to Item
  - Stone, LS, and Lisberger, SG. "Visual responses of Purkinje cells in the cerebellar flocculus during smooth-pursuit eye movements in monkeys. I. Simple spikes." J Neurophysiol 63, no. 5 (May 1990): 1241-1261. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "Visual tracking in monkeys: evidence for short-latency suppression of the vestibuloocular reflex." J Neurophysiol 63, no. 4 (April 1990): 676-688. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, Broussard, DM, and Brontë-Stewart, HM. "Properties of pathways that mediate motor learning in the vestibulo-ocular reflex of monkeys." Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 55 (1990): 813-822. Link to Item
  - MOVSHON, JA, LISBERGER, SG, and KRAUZLIS, RJ. "VISUAL CORTICAL SIGNALS SUPPORTING SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE-MOVEMENTS." COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 55 (1990): 707-716. Link to Item
  - Movshon, JA, Lisberger, SG, and Krauzlis, RJ. "Visual cortical signals supporting smooth pursuit eye movements." Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 55 (1990): 707-716. Link to Item
  - Krauzlis, RJ, and Lisberger, SG. "A Control Systems Model of Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements with Realistic Emergent Properties." Neural Computation 1, no. 1 (March 1989): 116-122. Full Text
  - Lisberger, SG, and Pavelko, TA. "Topographic and directional organization of visual motion inputs for the initiation of horizontal and vertical smooth-pursuit eye movements in monkeys." J Neurophysiol 61, no. 1 (January 1989): 173-185. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Pavelko, TA. "Brain stem neurons in modified pathways for motor learning in the primate vestibulo-ocular reflex." Science 242, no. 4879 (November 4, 1988): 771-773. Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "The neural basis for learning of simple motor skills." Science 242, no. 4879 (November 4, 1988): 728-735. (Review) Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "The neural basis for motor learning in the vestibulo-ocular reflex in monkeys." Trends Neurosci 11, no. 4 (April 1988): 147-152. (Review) Link to Item
  - Morris, EJ, and Lisberger, SG. "Different responses to small visual errors during initiation and maintenance of smooth-pursuit eye movements in monkeys." J Neurophysiol 58, no. 6 (December 1987): 1351-1369. Full Text Link to Item
  - LISBERGER, SG. "Visual motion processing and sensory-motor integration for smooth pursuit eye movements." Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 10 (1987): 97-129. Full Text
  - Lisberger, SG, Morris, EJ, and Tychsen, L. "Visual motion processing and sensory-motor integration for smooth pursuit eye movements." Annu Rev Neurosci 10 (1987): 97-129. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Stone, LS, and Lisberger, SG. "Detection of tracking errors by visual climbing fiber inputs to monkey cerebellar flocculus during pursuit eye movements." Neurosci Lett 72, no. 2 (December 12, 1986): 163-168. Link to Item
  - Tychsen, L, and Lisberger, SG. "Visual motion processing for the initiation of smooth-pursuit eye movements in humans." J Neurophysiol 56, no. 4 (October 1986): 953-968. Full Text Link to Item
  - King, WM, Lisberger, SG, and Fuchs, AF. "Oblique saccadic eye movements of primates." J Neurophysiol 56, no. 3 (September 1986): 769-784. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tychsen, L, and Lisberger, SG. "Maldevelopment of visual motion processing in humans who had strabismus with onset in infancy." J Neurosci 6, no. 9 (September 1986): 2495-2508. Link to Item
  - McKenzie, A, and Lisberger, SG. "Properties of signals that determine the amplitude and direction of saccadic eye movements in monkeys." J Neurophysiol 56, no. 1 (July 1986): 196-207. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Pavelko, TA. "Vestibular signals carried by pathways subserving plasticity of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in monkeys." J Neurosci 6, no. 2 (February 1986): 346-354. Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Westbrook, LE. "Properties of visual inputs that initiate horizontal smooth pursuit eye movements in monkeys." J Neurosci 5, no. 6 (June 1985): 1662-1673. Link to Item
  - Langer, T, Fuchs, AF, Chubb, MC, Scudder, CA, and Lisberger, SG. "Floccular efferents in the rhesus macaque as revealed by autoradiography and horseradish peroxidase." J Comp Neurol 235, no. 1 (May 1, 1985): 26-37. Full Text Link to Item
  - Miles, FA, Optican, LM, and Lisberger, SG. "An adaptive equalizer model of the primate vestibulo-ocular reflex." Rev Oculomot Res 1 (1985): 313-326. (Review) Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, Miles, FA, and Zee, DS. "Signals used to compute errors in monkey vestibuloocular reflex: possible role of flocculus." J Neurophysiol 52, no. 6 (December 1984): 1140-1153. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "The latency of pathways containing the site of motor learning in the monkey vestibulo-ocular reflex." Science 225, no. 4657 (July 6, 1984): 74-76. Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, Miles, FA, and Optican, LM. "Frequency-selective adaptation: evidence for channels in the vestibulo-ocular reflex?." J Neurosci 3, no. 6 (June 1983): 1234-1244. Link to Item
  - LISBERGER, SG. "ROLE OF THE CEREBELLUM DURING MOTOR LEARNING IN THE VESTIBULO-OCULAR REFLEX - DIFFERENT MECHANISMS IN DIFFERENT SPECIES." TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES 5, no. 12 (1982): 437-441. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG. "The signal processing and function of the flocculus during smooth eye movement in the monkey." Experimental Brain Research 47, no. Suppl. 6 (1982): 501-514.
  - Lisberger, SG. "Role of the cerebellum during motor learning in the vestibulo-ocular reflex. Different mechanisms in different species?." Trends in Neurosciences 5, no. C (1982): 437-441. Full Text
  - Lisberger, SG, Evinger, C, Johanson, GW, and Fuchs, AF. "Relationship between eye acceleration and retinal image velocity during foveal smooth pursuit in man and monkey." J Neurophysiol 46, no. 2 (August 1981): 229-249. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, Miles, FA, Optican, LM, and Eighmy, BB. "Optokinetic response in monkey: underlying mechanisms and their sensitivity to long-term adaptive changes in vestibuloocular reflex." J Neurophysiol 45, no. 5 (May 1981): 869-890. Full Text Link to Item
  - LISBERGER, S. "Optokinetic response in monkey: understanding mechanisms and their sensitivity to long-term adaptive changes in vestibulo-ocular reflex." J Neurophysiol 45 (1981): 869-890.
  - Miles, FA, and Lisberger, SG. "The "error" signals subserving adaptive gain control in the primate vestibulo-ocular reflex." Ann N Y Acad Sci 374 (1981): 513-525. Link to Item
  - Miles, FA, and Lisberger, SG. "Plasticity in the vestibulo-ocular reflex: a new hypothesis." Annu Rev Neurosci 4 (1981): 273-299. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Miles, FA. "Role of primate medial vestibular nucleus in long-term adaptive plasticity of vestibuloocular reflex." J Neurophysiol 43, no. 6 (June 1980): 1725-1745. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Fuchs, AF. "Role of primate flocculus during rapid behavioral modification of vestibuloocular reflex. II. Mossy fiber firing patterns during horizontal head rotation and eye movement." J Neurophysiol 41, no. 3 (May 1978): 764-777. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Fuchs, AF. "Role of primate flocculus during rapid behavioral modification of vestibuloocular reflex. I. Purkinje cell activity during visually guided horizontal smooth-pursuit eye movements and passive head rotation." J Neurophysiol 41, no. 3 (May 1978): 733-763. Full Text Link to Item
  - King, WM, Lisberger, SG, and Fuchs, AF. "Responses of fibers in medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) of alert monkeys during horizontal and vertical conjugate eye movements evoked by vestibular or visual stimuli." J Neurophysiol 39, no. 6 (November 1976): 1135-1149. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, Fuchs, AF, King, WM, and Evinger, LC. "Effect of mean reaction time on saccadic responses to two-step stimuli with horizontal and vertical components." Vision Res 15 (August 1975): 1021-1025. Link to Item
  - Lisberger, SG, and Fuchs, AF. "Response of flocculus Purkinje cells to adequate vestibular stimulation in the alert monkey: fixation vs. compensatory eye movements." Brain Res 69, no. 2 (April 5, 1974): 347-353. Link to Item
  - Osborne, LC, Palmer, SE, Lisberger, SG, and Bialek, W. "Combinatorial coding in neural populations." Link to Item
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