David Ostry
Professor
Department of Psychology
McGill University
Stewart Biological Sciences Bldg., 1205 Dr Penfield Avenue #W7/11
tel: 514-398-6111
e-mail: ostry(at)psych.mcgill.ca
Membership Status
Principal Member
Research Themes
Neural Bases of Language
Speech Science Modeling
Areas of Expertise
Motor control, Speech production
Current Research Interests
Our research focuses on biological mechanisms of voluntary movement. We study the uniquely complex movements of human speech production and carry out parallel studies of multi-joint arm movement. We build anatomically detailed anatomical and physiologically realistic models of speech motor control and human limb movement. Our current interests are in understanding the somatosensory basis of speech production, the maintenance of stability in orofacial and limb motor behaviors, learning and adaptation in speech and limb movement, and more generally the relationship between neural and biomechanical determinants of movements.
Selected Publications
- Mattar, A.A.G. & Ostry, D.J. (In press). Neural averaging in motor learning. Journal of Neurophysiology.
- Nasir, S.M. Ostry, D.J. (2006). Somatosensory precision in speech production. Current Biology 16, 1918-1923.
- Ostry D.J. & Feldman A.G. (2003). A critical evaluation of the force control hypothesis in motor control. Experimental Brain Research, 221, 275-288.
- Tremblay S., Shiller D.M. & Ostry D.J. (2003). Somatosensory basis of speech production. Nature, 423, 866-869.
Graduate Students
- Mohammed Darainey (PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow)
- Andrew Mattar (PhD candidate)
- Daniel Lametti (MA candidate)
