Dr Hannes Saal

All publications

Journal articles

• Cleland LD, Rowland HM, Mazzà C & Saal HP (2023) Complexity of spatio-temporal plantar pressure patterns during everyday behaviours. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 20(203).
• Han C, English G, Saal HP, Indiveri G, Gilra A, von der Behrens W & Vasilaki E (2023) Modelling novelty detection in the thalamocortical loop. PLoS Computational Biology, 19(5).
• Sanders Z, Dempsey‐Jones H, Wesselink DB, Edmondson LR, Puckett AM, Saal HP & Makin TR (2023) Similar somatotopy for active and passive digit representation in primary somatosensory cortex. Human Brain Mapping.
• Katic N, Siqueira RK, Cleland L, Strzalkowski N, Bent L, Raspopovic S & Saal H (2023) Modelling foot sole cutaneous afferents: FootSim. iScience, 26(1).
• Corniani G, Casal MA, Panzeri S & Saal HP (2022) Population coding strategies in human tactile afferents. PLoS Computational Biology, 18(12).
• Edmondson LR, Jiménez Rodríguez A & Saal HP (2022) Expansion and contraction of resource allocation in sensory bottlenecks. eLife, 11. View this article in WRRO
• Edmondson LR & Saal HP (2022) Getting a grasp on BMIs: Decoding prehension and speech signals. Neuron, 110(11), 1743-1745.
• Wesselink DB, Sanders Z-B, Edmondson LR, Dempsey-Jones H, Kieliba P, Kikkert S, Themistocleous AC, Emir U, Diedrichsen J, Saal HP & Makin TR (2022) Malleability of the cortical hand map following a finger nerve block. Science Advances, 8(16).
• Corniani G & Saal HP (2020) Tactile innervation densities across the whole body. Journal of Neurophysiology.
• Saal HP, Suresh AK, Solorzano LE, Weber AI & Bensmaia SJ (2017) The effect of contact force on the responses of tactile nerve fibers to scanned textures. Neuroscience. View this article in WRRO
• Boundy-Singer ZM, Saal HP & Bensmaia SJ (2017) Speed invariance of tactile texture perception. Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00161.2017-jn.00161.2017. View this article in WRRO
• Saal HP, Delhaye BP, Rayhaun BC & Bensmaia SJ (2017) Simulating tactile signals from the whole hand with millisecond precision. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 114(28), E5693-E5702. View this article in WRRO
• Delhaye BP, Saal HP & Bensmaia SJ (2016) Key considerations in designing a somatosensory neuroprosthesis. Journal of Physiology-Paris. View this article in WRRO
• Graczyk EL, Schiefer MA, Saal HP, Delhaye BP, Bensmaia SJ & Tyler DJ (2016) The neural basis of perceived intensity in natural and artificial touch. Science Translational Medicine, 8(362). View this article in WRRO
• Suresh AK, Saal HP & Bensmaia SJ (2016) Edge orientation signals in tactile afferents of macaques.. J Neurophysiol, 116(6), 2647-2655. View this article in WRRO
• Saal HP, Wang X & Bensmaia SJ (2016) Importance of spike timing in touch: an analogy with hearing?. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 40, 142-149. View this article in WRRO
• Saal HP, Harvey MA & Bensmaia SJ (2015) Rate and timing of cortical responses driven by separate sensory channels. eLife, 4. View this article in WRRO
• Saal HP & Bensmaia SJ (2015) Biomimetic approaches to bionic touch through a peripheral nerve interface. Neuropsychologia, 79, 344-353.
• Callier T, Saal HP, Davis-Berg EC & Bensmaia SJ (2015) Kinematics of unconstrained tactile texture exploration. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113(7), 3013-3020.
• Saal HP & Bensmaia SJ (2014) Touch is a team effort: interplay of submodalities in cutaneous sensibility. Trends in Neurosciences, 37(12), 689-697.
• Manfredi LR, Saal HP, Brown KJ, Zielinski MC, Dammann JF, Polashock VS & Bensmaia SJ (2014) Natural scenes in tactile texture. Journal of Neurophysiology, 111(9), 1792-1802.
• Weber AI, Saal HP, Lieber JD, Cheng J-W, Manfredi LR, Dammann JF & Bensmaia SJ (2013) Spatial and temporal codes mediate the tactile perception of natural textures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(42), 17107-17112.
• Mackevicius EL, Best MD, Saal HP & Bensmaia SJ (2012) Millisecond Precision Spike Timing Shapes Tactile Perception. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(44), 15309-15317.
• Saal HP, Vijayakumar S & Johansson RS (2009) Information about Complex Fingertip Parameters in Individual Human Tactile Afferent Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(25), 8022-8031.
• Cleland LD, Rupani M, Blaise CR, Ellmers TJ & Saal HP () Texture perception at the foot sole: Comparison between walking, sitting, and to the hand. Journal of Neurophysiology.
• Harvey MA, Saal HP, Dammann JF & Bensmaia SJ () Multiplexing Stimulus Information through Rate and Temporal Codes in Primate Somatosensory Cortex. PLoS Biology, 11(5), e1001558-e1001558.

Chapters

• Saal H (2022) Somatosensory Neurons: Spike-Timing, Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience (pp. 3182-3185).
• Saal H (2015) Somatosensory Neurons: Spike-Timing, Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience (pp. 2756-2759). Springer New York
• Saal H (2013) Somatosensory Neurons: Spike Timing, Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience (pp. 1-4).

Conference proceedings papers

• Corniani G, Lee Z, Carre MJ, Lewis R, Delhaye BP & Saal HP (2022) Imaging Sub-surface Skin Strain Patterns During Fingertip Sliding. HAPTICS: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, APPLICATIONS, EUROHAPTICS 2022, Vol. 13235 (pp 358-361)
• Edmondson L, Jimenez-Rodriguez A & Saal H (2019) Nonlinear scaling of resource allocation in sensory bottlenecks. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 19) (pp 7543-7552). Vancouver, Canada, 8 December 2019 - 14 December 2019. View this article in WRRO
• Davis-Berg EC, Sachar C, Callier T, Saal HP & Bensmaia SJ (2014) Dynamic adaptation of exploratory movements for texture perception. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, Vol. 54 (pp E49-E49)
• Saal HP, Heess NMO & Vijayakumar S (2011) Multimodal Nonlinear Filtering Using Gauss-Hermite Quadrature (pp 81-96)
• Saal HP, Jo-Anne Ting & Vijayakumar S (2010) Active estimation of object dynamics parameters with tactile sensors. 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 18 October 2010 - 22 October 2010.
• Saal HP, Ting JA & Vijayakumar S (2010) Active sequential learning with tactile feedback. Journal of Machine Learning Research, Vol. 9 (pp 677-684)
• Strohmayr MW, Saal HP, Potdar AH & van der Smagt P (2010) The DLR touch sensor I: A flexible tactile sensor for robotic hands based on a crossed-wire approach. 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 18 October 2010 - 22 October 2010.

Posters

• Edmondson L, Saal H & Jimenez-Rodriguez A NeurIPS 2019 poster: Nonlinear scaling of resource allocation in sensory bottlenecks.

Datasets

• Saal H & Corniani G Supplemental data for: Tactile innervation densities across the whole body.

Preprints

• Rupani M, Cleland LD & Saal HP (2024) Local postural changes elicit extensive and diverse skin stretch around joints, on the trunk, and the face, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Cleland LD, Rupani M, Blaise C, Ellmers TJ & Saal H (2024) Texture perception at the foot sole: Comparison between walking, sitting, and to the hand, Center for Open Science.
• Corniani G, Lee ZS, Carré MJ, Lewis R, Delhaye BP & Saal HP (2024) Sub-surface deformation of individual fingerprint ridges during tactile interactions, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.
• Corniani G, Lee ZS, Carré MJ, Lewis R, Delhaye BP & Saal HP (2024) Sub-surface deformation of individual fingerprint ridges during tactile interactions, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.
• Tummala N, Reardon G, Dandu B, Shao Y, Saal HP & Visell Y (2023) Pre-neuronal biomechanical filtering modulates and diversifies whole-hand tactile encoding, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Saal HP, Birznieks I & Johansson RS (2023) Memory at your fingertips: how viscoelasticity affects tactile neuron signaling, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.
• Saal HP, Birznieks I & Johansson RS (2023) Memory at your fingertips: how viscoelasticity affects tactile neuron signaling, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.
• Corniani G, Lee ZS, Carre MJ, Lewis R, Delhaye BP & Saal HP (2023) Sub-surface deformation of individual fingerprint ridges during tactile interactions, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Saal HP, Birznieks I & Johansson RS (2023) Memory at your fingertips: how viscoelasticity affects tactile neuron signaling, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Cleland LD, Rowland HM, Mazzà C & Saal HP (2023) Complexity of spatiotemporal plantar pressure patterns during everyday behaviours, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Han C, English G, Saal HP, Indiveri G, Gilra A, von der Behrens W & Vasilaki E () Modelling novelty detection in the thalamocortical loop.
• Edmondson LR, Rodríguez AJ & Saal HP () Expansion and contraction of resource allocation in sensory bottlenecks.
• Wesselink DB, Sanders Z-B, Edmondson LR, Dempsey-Jones H, Kieliba P, Kikkert S, Themistocleous AC, Emir U, Diedrichsen J, Saal HP & Makin TR () Malleability of the cortical hand map following a finger nerve block.
• Corniani G & Saal HP () Tactile innervation densities across the whole body.
• Corniani G, Casal MA, Panzeri S & Saal HP () Population coding strategies in human tactile afferents, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.