Associate Professor Mike Paulin, Our People, Department of Zoology

Email mike.paulin@otago.ac.nz

Phone 64-3-479-7985

Please visit my research site: Brains, Biomechanics and Movement

Teaching

Research Interests

Neural and biomechanical mechanisms of animal agility
Evolutionary-developmental modelling of growth and motion
3D interactive graphics with biomedical and robotics applications

Potential Postgraduate Projects

Projects that I supervise will

involve computational models based on experimental data
use interactive 3D graphics and animations as tools for exploring and explaining complex systems
deal with fundamental issues concerning evolution, growth and/or motion of animals
be related to applications in information processing, robotics and/or biomedicine
involve collaborations locally (e.g. School of Dentistry) and internationally (e.g. NASA-JPL, California).

Current Postgraduate Students and Student Research

Rachel Berquist - Electrosensory prey detection in the dogfish
Rupert Farrow - Coding of head movements in bullfrog vestibular system
Richard Berry - Interactive 3D model of the mandible with clinical applications in dentistry

Publications

Eladly, A., Wright, K., Paulin, M., Hoffman, L., & Eladly, A. (2025, February). Signal and noise characteristics in response discharge of semicircular canal afferent neurons. Poster session presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology's (ARO) 48th Annual MidWinter Meeting, Orlando, FL. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Paulin, M. G., Pullar, K. F., & Hoffman, L. F. (2024). Towards the Bayesian brain: A generative model of information transmission by vestibular sensory neurons. Frontiers in Neurology, 15, 1465211. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1465211 Journal - Research Article

Straka, H., Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (2021). Translations of Steinhausen's publications provide insight into their contributions to peripheral vestibular neuroscience. Frontiers in Neurology, 12, 676723. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.676723 Journal - Research Other

Prasad, S., Ramanan, D., Bennani, H., Paulin, M., Cannon, R. D., Palla, S., & Farella, M. (2021). Associations among masticatory muscle activity, physical activity and self-reported oral behaviours in adult women. Clinical Oral Investigations, 25, 5049-5059. doi: 10.1007/s00784-021-03816-9 Journal - Research Article

Prasad, S., Farella, M., Paulin, M., Yao, S., Zhu, Y., & Jansen van Vuuren, L. (2021). Effect of electrode characteristics on electromyographic activity of the masseter muscle. Journal of Electromyography & Kinesiology, 56, 102492. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2020.102492 Journal - Research Article

2025

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

2024

Journal - Research Article

2021

Journal - Research Article

Paulin, M. G., & Cahill-Lane, J. (2021). Events in early nervous system evolution. Topics in Cognitive Science, 13(1), 25-44. doi: 10.1111/tops.12461

Journal - Research Other

2020

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Paulin, M., Pullar, K., & Hoffman, L. (2020). A Bayesian generative model of vestibular afferent neuron spiking. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2020.02.03.933150

2019

Journal - Research Article

Prasad, S., Paulin, M., Cannon, R. D., Palla, S., & Farella, M. (2019). Smartphone-assisted monitoring of masticatory muscle activity in freely moving individuals. Clinical Oral Investigations, 23, 3601-3611. doi: 10.1007/s00784-018-2785-3

Journal - Research Other

Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (2019). Models of vestibular semicircular canal afferent neuron firing activity. Journal of Neurophysiology, 122, 2548-2567. doi: 10.1152/jn.00087.2019

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Prasad, S., Paulin, M., Cannon, R., & Farella, M. (2019, August-September). Monitoring masticatory muscle activity by a smart-phone assisted wearable device. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2018

Journal - Research Article

Paulin, M., & Green, D. (2018). Mostly harmless: Sharks we have met. Junctures, (19), 117-122.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paulin, M., Pullar, K., Hoffman, L., & Cahill-Lane, J. (2018). A model of spike-based inference and decision-making in the first nervous systems predicts functional architecture in brains of modern vertebrates. Proceedings of the COmputational NeuroscieNce of Event CogniTion (CONNECT) Conference. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/bhrc

Cahill-Lane, J., & Paulin, M. (2018). Events in early nervous system evolution and the origin of event-based neural computation. Proceedings of the COmputational NeuroscieNce of Event CogniTion (CONNECT) Conference. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/bhrc

Other Research Output

Paulin, M. (2018, March). Ideas with legs: Robots for teaching and learning about how animals work. Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2017

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Gensberger, K. D., Wuehr, M., Hoffman, L. F., Paulin, M. G., & Straka, H. (2017). Spike time regularity of horizontal canal afferent fibers as decisive factor for motion encoding in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 47th Annual Meeting. 225.11/AA29. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org/

Hoffman, L. F., Prins, T. J., Paulin, M. G., & Schweizer, F. E. (2017). Vestibular afferent discharge in otoferlin-null mice. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 47th Annual Meeting. 225.08/AA26. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org/

2016

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Gensberger, K. D., Hänzi, S., Paulin, M. G., Straka, H., & Hoffman, L. F. (2016). Response characteristics of horizontal semicircular canal afferents to behaviorally-inspired stimuli in late-stage larvae of Xenopus laevis. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 46th Annual Meeting. 804.01/EE4. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org/

Paulin, M. G., Pullar, K. F., & Hoffman, L. F. (2016). Heterogeneity, randomness and sparseness in neural activity can be explained by a trade-off between energy and information in spiking neurons. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 34th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 23). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr

2015

Journal - Research Article

Bauman, O., Borra, R. J., Bower, J. M., Cullen, K. E., Habas, C., Ivry, R. B., … Paulin, M. G., … Sokolov, A. A. (2015). Consensus paper: The role of the cerebellum in perceptual processes. Cerebellum, 14(2), 197-220. doi: 10.1007/s12311-014-0627-7

Monk, T., Paulin, M. G., & Green, P. (2015). Ecological constraints on the origin of neurones. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 71(6), 1299-1324. doi: 10.1007/s00285-015-0862-7

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Campbell, J., Mills, S., & Paulin, M. (2015). Mutual information of image intensity and gradient flux for markerless pose estimation. Proceedings of the International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). 71. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ.2015.7761559

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hänzi, S., Hoffman, L., Paulin, M., & Straka, H. (2015). Changes in swimming parameters during the development on Xenophus tadpoles. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 45th Annual Meeting. 753.13/A34. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org

Hoffman, L., Pullar, K., Schweizer, F. E., & Paulin, M. (2015). Spontaneous discharge in mammalian vestibular afferents modelled as Gamma-censored Poisson processes: Associations with response dynamics. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 45th Annual Meeting. 235.09/L18. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org

Gensberger, K., Gravot, C., Hoffman, L. F., Paulin, M., & Straka, H. (2015). Dynamic diversity of horizontal canal afferent neurons in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 45th Annual Meeting. 235.07/L16. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org

Hoffman, L., & Paulin, M. (2015). Spontaneous discharge in mammalian vestibular afferents modelled as Gamma-censored Poisson processes. In L. J. Hood (Ed.), Proceedings of the 38th Annual MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO). 38, (pp. 100). USA: Association for Research in Otolaryngology. [Abstract]

2014

Chapter in Book - Research

Paulin, M. G. (2014). Pattern formation and animal morphogenesis. In N. K. Kasabov (Ed.), Springer handbook of bio-/neuro-informatics. (pp. 73-92). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-30574-0_6

Journal - Research Article

Monk, T., & Paulin, M. G. (2014). Predation and the origin of neurones. Brain, Behavior & Evolution, 84(4), 246-261. doi: 10.1159/000368177

Monk, T., Green, P., & Paulin, M. (2014). Martingales and fixation probabilities of evolutionary graphs. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 470(2165), 20130730. doi: 10.1098/rspa.2013.0730

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Campbell, J., Mills, S., & Paulin, M. (2014). Kinematic spider tracking with PoseCut. Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). (pp. 207-211). New York: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2683405.2683441

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paulin, M. (2014). Bayesian tracking of a moving target in a cluttered environment using spiking neurons. Proceedings of the 7th Australian Workshop on Computational Neuroscience (NeuroEng). (pp. 13). Retrieved from http://neuroeng.org.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/NeuroEng-2014-Abstracts.pdf

2013

Journal - Research Article

Hashemi Oskouei, A., Paulin, M. G., & Carman, A. B. (2013). Intra-session and inter-day reliability of forearm surface EMG during varying hand grip forces. Journal of Electromyography & Kinesiology, 23(1), 216-222. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2012.08.011

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Hoermann, T. J., Mills, S., Paulin, M., & Reussenzehn, S. (2013). The design and calibration of a 3D motion capture system for arthropods. Proceedings of the 28th International Conference of Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). (pp. 265-269). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ.2013.6727027

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Pullar, K., & Paulin, M. G. (2013). Ampullary structure and electrosensory hyperacuity in sharks. Proceedings of the Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS) Annual Meeting. (pp. 67). Retrieved from http://www.ans.org.au/

Monk, T., & Paulin, M. (2013). Bayesian inference from single spikes. BMC Neuroscience, 14(Suppl 1), P278. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-14-S1-P278

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Pullar, K., & Paulin, M. G. (2013, February). Ampullary structure and electrosensory hyperacuity in sharks. Verbal presentation at the Australian Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.

Paulin, M. (2013, September). Algorithms of animal agility (with applications). Verbal presentation at the Linking Businesses with Academia Forum: Smart Materials and Devices, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2011

Journal - Research Article

Sowerby, S. J., Mirams, G. J., Hill, P. C., & Paulin, M. G. (2011). An axisymmetric meniscus converges particles for microscopy. Journal of Microscopy, 244(3), 230-234. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2011.03527.x

Chyou, T., Liddell, G. F., & Paulin, M. G. (2011). An upper-body can improve the stability and efficiency of passive dynamic walking. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 285(1), 126-135. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.06.032

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (2011). Bayesian head state prediction: Computing the dynamic prior with spiking neurons. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC). 1, (pp. 445-449). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICNC.2011.6022088

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sowerby, S. J., Mirams, G. J., Hill, P. C., & Paulin, M. G. (2011, November). Rapid in-field diagnosis of parasitic infectious disease. Verbal presentation at the 4th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2010

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paulin, M. (2010). Mechanical design for agility in the Otago Fishing Spider, Dolomedes aquaticus. Proceedings of the New Zealand Mathematics Colloquium. (pp. 21-22). Retrieved from http://nzmathsoc.org.nz/colloquium/programme.php

Hoffman, L. F., Hirsch-Shell, D. J., & Paulin, M. G. (2010). The contributions of signal and noise to information transmission rates in mammalian vestibular afferent neurons. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 40th Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/Plan/SSResults.aspx

Hirsch-Shell, D. J., Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (2010). Primary vestibular afferents from the anterior vertical semicircular canal exhibit high mutual information rates during head rotations in the horizontal plane. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 40th Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/Plan/SSResults.aspx

2009

Journal - Research Article

Vergoz, V., McQuillan, H. J., Geddes, L. H., Pullar, K., Nicholson, B. J., Paulin, M. G., & Mercer, A. R. (2009). Peripheral modulation of worker bee responses to queen mandibular pheromone. PNAS, 106(49), 20930-20935. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0907563106

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paulin, M. (2009, June). Computational evo-devo: Analyzing brains by synthesizing brains in virtual organisms. Verbal presentation at the Brain Health and Repair Research Centre Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2008

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Paulin, M. (2008). Dynanimats: Virtual animals for integrative modeling of neural and biomechanical mechanisms underlying agile movement. Proceedings of the Mathematical Biosciences Institute Biomechanics and Neural Control Workshop. [Video] Retrieved from http://mbi.osu.edu/2007/ws3abstracts.html

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Pullar, K., & Paulin, M. (2008). Development of a model-based tracking algorithm for reconstruction of 3D spider motion. Proceedings of the 7th Joint Australia-New Zealand Mathematics Convention. Retrieved from http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/caxv-15

Paulin, M. (2008). Computational neural models embedded in virtual animals. Proceedings of the 7th Joint Australia-New Zealand Mathematics Convention. Retrieved from http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/caxv-13

Chyou, T.-Y., Liddell, G., & Paulin, M. (2008). Passive dynamics of animal locomotion. Proceedings of the 7th Joint Australia-New Zealand Mathematics Convention. Retrieved from http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/caxv-00

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paulin, M. (2008, November). A computational neural model of electrosensory filtering embedded in a virtual shark. Verbal presentation at the 3rd Australian Workshop on Mathematical and Computational Neuroscience, Melbourne, Australia.

Paulin, M. G. (2008, November). Attacking neural computation with a virtual shark. Invited presentation at the 15th International Conference on Neural Information Processing of the Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly, Auckland, New Zealand.

2007

Journal - Research Article

Rotem, N., Sestieri, E., Cohen, D., Paulin, M., Meiri, H., & Yarom, Y. (2007). The functional architecture of the shark's dorsal-octavolateral nucleus: An in vitro study. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210, 2730-2742. doi: 10.1242/jeb.001784

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hoffman, L. F., Hirsch-Shell, D. J., & Paulin, M. G. (2007). Representation of bullfrog semicircular canal afferent dynamics by distributed spike measurement distributions in kinematic head state space. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 37th Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/viewer/SearchResults.asp

Hirsch-Shell, D. J., Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (2007). Spike measurement distributions of semicircular canal afferents reflect receptive fields in state space. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 37th Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/viewer/SearchResults.asp

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paulin, M. (2007, August). Distributed Bayesian belief propagation in spiking neural networks. Verbal presentation at the Biomedical Fuzzy Systems Association International Conference on Soft Computing and Human Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.

2006

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hoffman, L. F., Hirsch-Shell, D., & Paulin, M. G. (2006). Spike measurement distributions in semicircular canal afferents reflect distributed coding of head kinematic state. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/plan/AdvancedSearch.aspx

2005

Journal - Research Article

Paulin, M. G. (2005). Evolution of the cerebellum as a neuronal machine for Bayesian state estimation. Journal of Neural Engineering, 2, S219-S234.

Paulin, M. G. (2005). Evolutionary origins and principles of distributed neural computation for state estimation and movement control in vertebrates. Complexity, 10(3), 56-65.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Braun-Elwert, E. L., & Paulin, M. G. (2005, October). Simple computational models of a downhill skier as a parameterized passive dynamic mechanical system. Verbal presentation at the 2nd ECMI Workshop on Numerical Methods in Multibody Dynamics, Bad Herrenalb, Germany.

2004

Chapter in Book - Research

Paulin, M. G. (2004). Evolving cerebellar models. In H. Nakagawa, K. Ishii & H. Miyamoto (Eds.), International Congress Series, Volume 1269. (pp. 34-37). Elsevier.

Journal - Research Article

Szu, H., Chanyagorn, P., Hwang, W., Paulin, M., & Yamakawa, T. (2004). Collective and distributive swarm intelligence: Evolutional biological survey. International Congress Series, 1269, 46-49.

Paulin, M. G., Hoffman, L. F., & Assad, C. (2004). Dynamics and the single spike. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 15(5), 987-994.

Kieser, J. A., Paulin, M., & Law, B. (2004). Intrabony course of the inferior alveolar nerve in the edentulous mandible. Clinical Anatomy, 17, 107-111.

Paulin, M. G., Hoffman, L. F., & Assad, C. (2004). Distributed coding by single spikes in the bullfrog vestibular nerve: A basis for dynamical computation in neural systems. Neurocomputing, 58-60, 73-77.

Journal - Research Other

Paulin, M. G. (2004). Spikes are the operands of neural computation. Neural Networks Society Newsletters, 2(2-3), 1-2.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Paulin, M. G. (2004). [Review of the book Neural engineering: Computation, representation and dynamics in neurobiological systems]. Neural Networks, 17, 461-463.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Paulin, M. G. (2004). Principles of agility with applications to character animation. Proceedings of the New Zealand Game Developers Conference: Fuse. NZGDC. [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paulin, M. (2004, December). Falling on your feet: Spiking neural networks and biomechanical principles of agile legged locomotion. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Mathematics Colloquium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2003

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Paulin, M. G. (2003). Spikes are the operands of neural computation.

2002

Journal - Research Article

Assad, C., Hartmann, M., & Paulin, M. G. (2002). Control of a simulated arm using a novel combination of cerebellar learning mechanisms. Neurocomputing, 44, 275-283.

2001

Journal - Research Article

Berquist, R., & Paulin, M. G. (2001). The virtual dogfish: An environment for modelling neural computations in the cerebellar-like circuitry of the elasmobranch electrosensory system. Neurocomputing, 38(40), 1107-1112.

Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (2001). Optimal firing rate estimation. Neural Networks, 14(6-7), 877-881.

Paulin, M. G., Hoffman, L. F., & Assad, C. (2001). A model of cerebellar computations for dynamical state estimation. Autonomous Robots, 11(3), 279-284.

Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (2001). State space receptive fields of semicircular canal afferent neurons in the bullfrog. Neurocomputing, 38, 293-298.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Paulin, M. G. (2001). A dynamical systems approach to neural computation with spikes. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*01). [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paulin, M. G. (2001). Visualizing structure and function of the bullfrog vestibular labyrinth. Abstracts of the Society for Neuroscience. [Abstract]

2000

Chapter in Book - Research

Paulin, M. G., & Berquist, R. (2000). Virtual Biobots. In N. Kasabov (Ed.), Future Directions for Intelligent Systems and Information Science. (pp. 174-190). Springer-Verlag.

Journal - Research Article

Peacock, L., Paulin, M. G., & Darby, J. (2000). Investigations into climate influence on population dynamics of yellow eyed penguins Megadyptes antipodes. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 27, 317-325.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (2000). State-Space Receptive Fields of Semicircular Canal Afferent Neurons: A basis for analyzing neural computation. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*00). [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hoffman, L. F., & Paulin, M. G. (2000). Coding diversity among mammalian semicircular canal afferent neirons. Abstracts of the Society for Neuroscience. [Abstract]

Hoffman, L. F., & Paulin, M. G. (2000). Receptive fields of semicircular canal asserents representing the coding of head movement state. Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. http://www.aro.org/archives/2001/22013.html. [Abstract]

Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (2000). Computational modeling of central vestibular processing. Proceedings of the Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paulin, M. G., Hoffman, L. R., & Assad, C. (2000). Optimal state prediction and cerebellar modelling using receptive fields in state space [Invited speaker]. Verbal presentation at the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Workshop on Biomorphic Robotics, California.

Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (2000). Coding of dynamic information by vestibular neurons [Invited speaker]. Verbal presentation at the Neural Systems Structure and Function Workshop on Brain and Perception, Dunedin.

1999

Journal - Research Article

Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (1999). Predicting the firing pattern of bullfrog vestibular neurons responding to naturalistic stimuli. Neurocomputing, 26, 223-228.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Berquist, R., & Paulin, M. G. (1999). The Desktop Dogfish: A tool for analyzing spatial and temporal properties of sensory neurons. Proceedings of the Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. [Abstract]

Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (1999). Generalized receptive field maps for vestibular sensory neurons. Proceedings of the Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Hoffman, L. F., & Paulin, M. G. (1999). Receptive fields of semicircular canal afferent neurons in head movement state space [Invited]. Verbal presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement

1998

Chapter in Book - Research

Paulin, M. G., Senn, W., Yarom, Y., Meiri, H., & Cohen, D. (1998). A model of how rapid changes in local input resistance of shark electrosensory neurons could enable the detection of small signals. In J. Bower (Ed.), Computational Neuroscience. (pp. 239-244). New York: Plenum.

Journal - Research Article

Paulin, M. G. (1998). A method for analysing neural computation using receptive fields in state space. Neural Networks, 11, 1219-1228.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Paulin, M. G., & Hoffman, L. F. (1998). Transfer Function Models of Bullfrog Vestibular Neurons Responding to Naturalistic Stimuli Evaluated using an Information Criterion. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*98). [Full Paper]

1997

Chapter in Book - Research

Paulin, M. G. (1997). Measuring information in firing rates. In J. Bower (Ed.), Computational Neuroscience. (pp. 167-170). Kluwer Academic Press.

Paulin, M. G. (1997). The role of the cerebellum in neural representation of moving systems. In J. D. Schmahmann (Ed.), The Cerebellum and Cognition. (pp. 515-533). New York: Academic Press.

Journal - Research Article

Paulin, M. G. (1997). The Propagation of errors in sequences of cerebellar theories. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 20(2), 261-262.

Paulin, M. G. (1997). The evolutionary origins of image schemas: a commentary on Vandervert's theory. New Ideas in Psychology, 15(2), 133-136.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Paulin, M. G., Yarom, Y., Meiri, H., & Cohen, D. (1997). A model of target selectivity and hypersensitivity in the electrosensory system of sharks using rapidly varying effective synaptic strengths. In N. Kasabov, R. Kozma, K. Ko, R. O'Shea, G. Coghill & T. Gideon (Eds.), Progress in Connectionist-Based Information Systems. (pp. 137-140). New York: Springer. [Full Paper]

1995

Journal - Research Article

Nelson, M. E., & Paulin, M. (1995). Simulations of adaptive self noise cancellation in the elasmobranch electronsensory system. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 177, 723-736.