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Portrait of Jinsung Wang

Jinsung Wang, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Kinesiology

Education

Post-doctoral appointment Movement Neuroscience Pennsylvania State University 2005
Ph D Kinesiology Arizona State University 2000
MS Kinesiology Arizona State University 1995
BA Physical Education Korea University 1993

Speaker Topics

  • Motor Control/Learning
  • Sensorimotor Adaptation

Interests & Expertise

In his research, Jinsung Wang attempts to delineate the neural mechanisms that underlie hemispheric lateralization and interlimb transfer of motor control and learning. He is interested in research questions, such as how movement information is stored, represented and retrieved in the brain, and how such information is transferred between the two brain hemispheres.

To study these questions, he often investigates how learning a novel task generalizes across different movement conditions, e.g., transfer of visuomotor or dynamic adaptation task from one limb to the other, or from bilateral to unilateral training conditions.

He is also interested in investigating other issues of motor control/learning, which include observational learning, handedness, the effect of perception on motor learning, etc.

Wang investigated these motor control/learning issues primarily with healthy young adults and individuals with Parkinson's disease in his previous research. His current/future research directions also involve testing stroke patients with hemiparesis and upper limb amputees, employing psychophysical experiments and functional MRI.

Selected Publications

Heintz Walters, Brittany, Huddleston, Wendy E., O'Connor, Kristian M., Wang, Jinsung, Hoeger Bement, Marie, and Keenan, Kevin. “The role of eye movements, attention, and hand movements on age-related differences in pegboard tests.” Journal of Neurophysiology 126.5 (2021): 1710-1722.
Almonroeder, Thomas G., Kernozek, Thomas, Cobb, Stephen, Slavens, Brooke, Wang, Jinsung, and Huddleston, Wendy. “Cognitive Demands Influence Lower Extremity Mechanics During a Drop Vertical Jump Task in Female Athletes.” Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. (2018): 1-22.
Lei, Yuming, Bao, Shancheng, Perez, Monica A., and Wang, Jinsung. “Enhancing Generalization of Visuomotor Adaptation by Inducing Use-dependent Learning.” Neuroscience 366. (2017): 184-195.
Almonroeder, Thomas G., Kernozek, Thomas, Cobb, Stephen, Slavens, Brooke, Wang, Jinsung, and Huddleston, Wendy. “Divided attention during cutting influences lower extremity mechanics in female athletes.” Sports Biomechanics. (2017): 1-13.
Bao, Shancheng, Lei, Yuming, and Wang, Jinsung. “Experiencing a reaching task passively with one arm while adapting to a visuomotor rotation with the other can lead to substantial transfer of motor learning across the arms.” Neuroscience Letters 638. (2017): 109-113.
Wang, Jinsung, D’Amato, Arthur, Bambrough, Jennifer, Swartz, Ann M., and Miller, Nora E. “A positive association between active lifestyle and hemispheric lateralization for motor control and learning in older adults.” Behavioural Brain Research 314. (2016): 38-44.
Lei, Yuming, Bao, Shancheng, and Wang, Jinsung. “The combined effects of action observation and passive proprioceptive training on adaptive motor learning.” Neuroscience 331. (2016): 91-98.
Bao, Shancheng, Lei, Y, and Wang, Jinsung. Augmenting motor generalization by inducing instance-reliant plasticity. Neuroscience Meeting Planner, 2016.
Bao, Shancheng, and Wang, Jinsung. Persistence of a neural representation following repeated adaptations to and repeated deadaptations from a novel visuomotor rotation. Neuroscience Meeting Planner, 2015.
Wang, Jinsung, Thomas, Danny, and Cho, Young Ik. “Sensorimotor learning deficits observed in children with sports-related concussion.” F1000Research 4.1 (2015): 143.
D'Amato, A, and Wang, Jinsung. Visuomotor adaptation and deadaptation with one arm result in savings during subsequent visuomotor adaptation with the other arm. Neuroscience Meeting Planner, 2015.
Wang, Jinsung, and Lei (雷宇鸣), Yuming. “Direct-effects and after-effects of visuomotor adaptation with one arm on subsequent performance with the other arm.” Journal of Neurophysiology 114.1 (2015): 468-473.
Wang, Jinsung, Lei, Yuming, and Binder, Jeffrey R. “Performing a reaching task with one arm while adapting to a visuomotor rotation with the other can lead to complete transfer of motor learning across the arms.” Journal of Neurophysiology 113.7 (2015): 2302-2308.
Lei, Yuming, and Wang, Jinsung. “Prolonged training does not result in a greater extent of interlimb transfer following visuomotor adaptation.” Brain and Cognition 91. (2014): 95-99.
Steeves, Jeremy A., Bowles, H, McClain, J, Dodd, K, Brychta, R, Wang, Jinsung, and Chen, K. “Ability of thigh-worn actigraph and activPAL monitors to classify posture and motion.” Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. (2014).
Suboc, T B., Strath, Scott J., Dharmashankar, K, Coulliard, A, Miller, N, Wang, Jinsung, Tanner, M J., and Widlansky, M E. “Relative importance of step count, intensity, and duration on physical activity’s impact on vascular structure and function in previously sedentary older adults.” J Am Heart Assoc 3.1 (2014): e000702.
Lei, Y, and Wang, Jinsung. Performing, but not learning, a reaching task with one arm while learning the same task with the other leads to complete transfer of visuomotor adaptation across the arms. Neuroscience Meeting Planner, 2014.
Bao, Shancheng, Lei, Y, and Wang, Jinsung. Performing a reaching task with one arm passively while learning the same task with the other leads to substantial transfer of visuomotor adaptation across the arms. Neuroscience Meeting Planner, 2014.
Wang, Jinsung, and Lei, Y. Prolonged training during visuomotor adaptation does not result in a greater extent of interlimb transfer. Neuroscience Meeting Planner, 2013.
Wang, Jinsung, Lei, Yuming, Xiong, Khongchee, and Marek, Katie. “Substantial Generalization of Sensorimotor Learning from Bilateral to Unilateral Movement Conditions.” PLoS ONE 8.3 Ed. Gribble, Paul L. (2013): e58495.
Lei, Yuming, Johnson, Michelle J., and Wang, Jinsung. “Separation of visual and motor workspaces during targeted reaching results in limited generalization of visuomotor adaptation.” Neuroscience Letters 541. (2013): 243-247.
Wang, Jinsung, and Lei, Y. Complete generalization of sensorimotor learning from bilateral to unilateral movement conditions. Neuroscience Meeting Planner, 2012.
Lei, Y, and Wang, Jinsung. Dissociation of visual and motor workspace locations during targeted reaching results in lack of generalization of visuomotor adaptation. Neuroscience Meeting Planner, 2012.
Stöckel, Tino, and Wang, Jinsung. “Transfer of short-term motor learning across the lower limbs as a function of task conception and practice order.” Brain and Cognition 77.2 (2011): 271-279.
Wang, Jinsung. Generalization of dynamic adaptation between bilateral and unilateral movement conditions. 15. Proceedings of the International Graphonomics Society Conference, 2011: 63-65.
Wang, Jinsung, Przybyla, Andrzej, Wuebbenhorst, Kati, Haaland, Kathleen Y., and Sainburg, Robert L. “Aging reduces asymmetries in interlimb transfer of visuomotor adaptation.” Experimental Brain Research 210.2 (2011): 283-290.
Wang, Jinsung, and Xiong, K. Bilateral adaptation to a novel dynamic condition can facilitate unilateral performance under the same condition. Society for Neuroscience, 2011.
Wang, Jinsung, Joshi, Mukta, and Lei, Y. “The extent of interlimb transfer following adaptation to a novel visuomotor condition does not depend on awareness of the condition.” Journal of Neurophysiology 106.1 (2011): 259-264.
Wang, Jinsung, Mordkoff, J. T., and Sainburg, R. L. “Visuomotor Learning Generalizes Between Bilateral and Unilateral Conditions Despite Varying Degrees of Bilateral Interference.” Journal of Neurophysiology 104.6 (2010): 2913-2921.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R L. Bilateral interference during visuomotor adaptation is caused by conficts between two stages of motor planning. Neuroscience Meeting Planner, 2010.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R L. Visuomotor learning generalizes from bilateral to unilateral movements despite bilateral interference. 31. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2010: 134-135.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R. L. “Generalization of Visuomotor Learning Between Bilateral and Unilateral Conditions.” Journal of Neurophysiology 102.5 (2009): 2790-2799.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R L. Extensive generalization of visuomotor learning between bilateral and unilateral conditions. Progress in Motor Control Abstracts, VII, 2009.
Wang, Jinsung. “A dissociation between visual and motor workspace inhibits generalization of visuomotor adaptation across the limbs.” Experimental Brain Research 187.3 (2008): 483-490.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R L. Visuomotor learning, but not performance, transfers between unilateral and bilateral conditions. 34. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2008.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R L. Asymmetry in interlimb transfer is caused by competitive processes. 33. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2007.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, Robert L. “The dominant and nondominant arms are specialized for stabilizing different features of task performance.” Experimental Brain Research 178.4 (2007): 565-570.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, Robert L. “Interlimb transfer of visuomotor rotations depends on handedness.” Experimental Brain Research 175.2 (2006): 223-230.
Wang, Jinsung, Bohan, Michael, Leis, Berta C., and Stelmach, George E. “Altered coordination patterns in parkinsonian patients during trunk-assisted prehension.” Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 12.4 (2006): 211-222.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R L. Differential reliance on initial and final conditions suggests limb specializations for forward dynamic and final position control. 32. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2006.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, Robert L. “The symmetry of interlimb transfer depends on workspace locations.” Experimental Brain Research 170.4 (2006): 464-471.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R L. Interlimb transfer of visuomotor rotations in left handers. 31. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2005.
Wang, Jinsung. “Adaptation to Visuomotor Rotations Remaps Movement Vectors, Not Final Positions.” Journal of Neuroscience 25.16 (2005): 4024-4030.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, Robert L. “Limitations in interlimb transfer of visuomotor rotations.” Experimental Brain Research 155.1 (2004): 1-8.
Sainburg, R L., Kovalchick, B A., and Wang, Jinsung. Adaptation to visuomotor rotations realigns target vectors with movement vectors, but does not alter visuomotor representations of absolute target position. 30. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2004.
Wang, Jinsung. “Interlimb Transfer of Novel Inertial Dynamics Is Asymmetrical.” Journal of Neurophysiology 92.1 (2004): 349-360.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R L. The symmetry of interlimb transfer depends on workspace locations. 30. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2004.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, Robert L. “Mechanisms underlying interlimb transfer of visuomotor rotations.” Experimental Brain Research 149.4 (2003): 520-526.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R L. Interlimb transfer of dynamics learned in adaptation to a novel inertial load during reaching movements. 29. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2003.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R L. Interlimb transfer of dynamics learned in adaptation to a novel inertial load during reaching movements. IV. Progress in Motor Control Abstracts, 2003: 168.
Sainburg, Robert L., and Wang, Jinsung. “Interlimb transfer of visuomotor rotations: independence of direction and final position information.” Experimental Brain Research 145.4 (2002): 437-447.
Wang, Jinsung, and Sainburg, R L. Mechanisms of interlimb transfer in visually guided reaching. 28. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2002.
Stelmach, G E., and Wang, Jinsung. “Impairments in trunk-assisted prehension in Parkinson's Disease.” Academic Publishing House: Sofia 2. Ed. Gancthev, N. (2001): 357-367.
Wang, Jinsung, and Stelmach, G E. “Prehension involving the trunk: Accuracy and temporal constraints influence trunk kinematics.” Experimental Brain Research 136. (2001): 231-240.
Wang, Jinsung, and Stelmach, G E. Patients with Parkinson's disease have motor synergy impairments in multijoint movements. 26. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2000: 757.
Wang, Jinsung, and Stelmach, G E. Synergistic coordination of multiple movement components during trunk-assisted prehension. 27. Symposium for Neural Control of Movement Synergy, 2000.
Wang, Jinsung, and Stelmach, George E. “Temporal and Spatial Relationship between Reaching and Grasping. Commentary on “A New View on Grasping”.” Motor Control 3.3 (1999): 307-311.
Wang, Jinsung, Thomas, Jerry R., and Stelmach, George E. “A meta-analysis on cognitive slowing in Parkinson's disease: are simple and choice reaction times differentially impaired?.” Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 4.1 (1998): 17-29.
Stelmach, G E., Seidler, R, and Wang, Jinsung. Coordination among body segments during reach-to-grasp movements assisted by the trunk. 30.1-2 International Journal of Psychophysiology, 1998: 112.
Wang, Jinsung. “Coordination among the body segments during trunk-assisted prehension.” Experimental Brain Research 123. (1998): 346-350.
Wang, Jinsung, and Stelmach, G E. Spatial coordination of a prehensible action during reaching and passing movements. 24. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1998: 2110.
Stelmach, G E., and Wang, Jinsung. Temporal and spatial constraints influence the prehensile movement involving the trunk. 23. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1997: 2091.
Wang, Jinsung, and Stelmach, G E. Prehension movement involving the trunk. Robert S. Flinn Foundation, 1996.
Thomas, K T., and Wang, Jinsung. The effects of model type and condition on acquisition and retention of a novel motor skill. 17. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 1995: S103.

Honors & Awards

Clinical Research Scholar (2013) The Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
Clinical Research Scholar (2012) The Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
Clinical Research Scholar (2011) The Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
Award for Excellence in Research on Parkinson's Disease (2000) Arizona Chapter of the National Parkinson Foundation.
Flinn Fellow and Scholar (2000) .
Flinn Fellow and Scholar (1999) .
Flinn Fellow and Scholar (1998) .
Flinn Fellow and Scholar (1997) .
Flinn Fellow and Scholar (1996) .
Computational Aspects of Motor Coordination (1995) .
Flinn Fellow and Scholar (1995) .
Member of Flinn Foundation Neuroscience Research and Training program - Adaptive and Computational Aspects of Motor Coordination, 1995-2000 (1995) .
Korea University College of Education Honor Award (1992) Korea University.
Korea University College of Education Honor Award (1991) Korea University.
Korea University Academic Scholarship (1988) Korea University.