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Professor MacIver believes that the body’s mechanical intelligence can be just as important, if not more important, than what’s going on in your head. His primary scientific efforts are in understanding how animal mechanics and sensory abilities fit together, and he pursues that problem using approaches from neuroscience, animal behavior studies, robotics, mathematical modeling, and computer simulations. In engineering, he has pioneered the development of a new sensor inspired by the ability of certain fish to sense using a self-generated electric field, and highly maneuverable propulsion systems based on fish locomotion.
Education/Academic qualification
Neuroscience, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
… → 2001
Philosophy, MA, University of Toronto
… → 1992
Philosophy and Computer Science, BSc, University of Toronto
… → 1991
Computer Science, BS, University of Toronto
Research interests
- Biomechanics
- Neuroethology
- Neuromechanics
- Robotics
- Signal acquisition
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NCS-FO: The Biology and Technology of Online Planning
MacIver, M. A. & Dombeck, D. A.
9/1/21 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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NCS-FO: How Ecology Induces Cognition: Paleontology, Machine Learning, and Neuroscience
MacIver, M. A. & Dombeck, D. A.
9/1/18 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
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Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program
Disterhoft, J. F., McLean, D., Acosta, A., Allada, R., Apkarian, A., Awatramani, R., Beeman, M., Bevan, M. D., Bozza, T., Cang, J., Chetkovich, D. M., Cobia, D. J., Contractor, A., Corcos, D. M., DeVries, S. H., Dewald, J. P. A., Dhar, S., Dombeck, D. A., Elliott, J. M., Feng, Y., Ferreira, A. B., Gallio, M., Garcia-Anoveros, J., George Jr., A. L., Geula, C., Gordon, K. E., Gottfried, J. A., Grafman, J. H., Hartmann, M. J. Z., Heckman, C., Hespos, S. J., Jayaraman, A., Kahnt, T., Kearney, J. A., Kessler, J., Kiskinis, E., Kohtz, J., Kording, K. P., Kozorovitskiy, Y., Krainc, D., Larson, C., Lee, S. S. M., Li, L., Losh, M. C., MacIver, M. A., Maccaferri, G., Martina, M., Mazzulli, J., Mesulam, M., Miller, L. E., Miller, R. J., Mussa-Ivaldi, F., Nusslock, R., Opal, P., Ozdinler, H., Paller, K., Parrish, T. B., Prakriya, M., Radulovic, J., Raman, I. M., Reber, P. J., Redei, E. E., Rogalski, E., Sanchez, J. T., Sanz-Clemente, A., Savas, J. N., Schmidt, T. M., Schwartz, G. W., Segraves, M., Shepherd, G. M. G., Siddique, T., Solla, S. A., Surmeier Jr, D. J., Swanson, G. T., Topczewski, J., Tresch, M. C., Tysseling, V. M., Vassar, R. J., Voss, J. L., Wainwright, D. A., Wang, L., Weintraub, S., Woolley, C. S. & Wright, B. A.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
5/1/17 → 4/30/22
Project: Research project
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Reticulospinal Execution of Innate Decision-Making
McLean, D., MacIver, M. A. & Patankar, N. A.
7/15/15 → 6/30/20
Project: Research project
Research Output
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Formalizing planning and information search in naturalistic decision-making
Hunt, L. T., Daw, N. D., Kaanders, P., MacIver, M. A., Mugan, U., Procyk, E., Redish, A. D., Russo, E., Scholl, J., Stachenfeld, K., Wilson, C. R. E. & Kolling, N., Aug 2021, In: Nature neuroscience. 24, 8, p. 1051-1064 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Intersection of motor volumes predicts the outcome of ambush predation of larval zebrafish
Bhattacharyya, K., McLean, D. L. & Maciver, M. A., Mar 2021, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 224, 5, jeb235481.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Publisher Correction: Spatial planning with long visual range benefits escape from visual predators in complex naturalistic environments (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (3057), 10.1038/s41467-020-16102-1)
Mugan, U. & MacIver, M. A., Dec 1 2020, In: Nature communications. 11, 1, 3580.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Spatial planning with long visual range benefits escape from visual predators in complex naturalistic environments
Mugan, U. & MacIver, M. A., Dec 1 2020, In: Nature communications. 11, 1, 3057.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tuning movement for sensing in an uncertain world
Chen, C., Murphey, T. D. & Maciver, M. A., Sep 2020, In: eLife. 9, p. 1-39 39 p., e52371.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations