John Krakauer

This article is about the neuroscientist. For the writer and mountaineer, see Jon Krakauer.

John W. Krakauer
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Known for	Motor control and Motor learning in Stroke and Stroke recovery
Scientific career
Fields	Neurology, Neuroscience
Institutions	Johns Hopkins University
Academic advisors	Claude Ghez, Eric Kandel

John Krakauer is a neurologist and neuroscientist. He is currently the John C. Malone Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the Director of the Brain, Learning, Animation, and Movement (BLAM) laboratory, and co-founder of the KATA project at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of interest range from motor learning and motor control and stroke to bioethics. From 2003 until 2010 he was the codirector of the Motor Performance Laboratory at the Neurological Institute of Columbia University. He received his bachelor's degree at Trinity College of Cambridge University. He received his medical education at Columbia University. He completed the Osler internship at Johns Hopkins University and both his Neurology residency and Neurovascular fellowship at Columbia University.

Selected publications

• Krakauer JW, Mazzoni P (2011). "Human sensorimotor learning: adaptation, skill, and beyond" (PDF). Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 21: 636–644. doi:10.1016/j.conb.2011.06.012.

• Zarahn E, Alon L, Ryan SL, Lazar RM, Vry MS, Weiller C, Marshall RS, Krakauer JW (2011). "Prediction of Motor Recovery Using Initial Impairment and fMRI 48 h Poststroke" (PDF). Cerebral Cortex. 21: 2712–2721. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhr047. PMC 3209795.

• Huang VS, Haith A, Mazzoni P, Krakauer JW (2011). "Rethinking motor learning and savings in adaptation paradigms: model-free memory for successful actions combines with internal models" (PDF). Neuron. 70 (4): 787–801. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2011.04.012.

• Shadmehr R, Smith MA, Krakauer JW (2010). "Error correction, sensory prediction, and adaptation in motor control" (PDF). Annual Review of Neuroscience. 33: 89–108. doi:10.1146/annurev-neuro-060909-153135.

External links

• John Krakauer on Charlie Rose