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Publications & Presentations

Peer-reviewed journal articles, conference presentations, and preprints from my research program in kinesiology and cognitive neuroscience.

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Total Research Output
2026
Impaired micro-online motor learning processes in individuals with severe anxiety
Prashad, S., Murray, A., & Rednoske, V.M.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Journal
2026
Longer chronic cannabis use in humans is associated with impaired implicit motor learning and supranormal resting state cortical activity
Prashad, S., Paek, A.Y., & Fournier, L.R.
PLOS One, 21(1), e0338082
Journal
2025
A review of the differential effects of age on online and offline learning of implicit motor sequences
Murray, A. & Prashad, S.
Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 13(3), 605-631
Journal
2025
Physical activity mediates age-related impairment in motor adaptation in adults aged 50-65 years
Rednoske, V.M., Dai, S., & Prashad, S.
North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Lake Tahoe, CA
Conference
2025
Higher attention is associated with stronger sensorimotor connectivity during a target pursuit task
Paek, A.Y. & Prashad, S.
bioRxiv, 2025.07.31.667972
Preprint
2024
Different neurocognitive controls modulate obstacle avoidance through pregnancy
Jamali, P., Kinkade, K.M., Ericson, A., Tyler, B., Prashad, S., & Catena, R.D.
Experimental Brain Research, 242, 505-519
Journal
2024
Effects of anxiety on motor sequence learning
Murray, A., Rednoske, V.M., Paek, A.Y., & Prashad, S.
North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
Conference
2023
Repetitive execution of a reach-and-lift task is associated with inter-trial changes in movement-related EEG features and their predictive power
Paek, A.Y. & Prashad, S.
bioRxiv, 2023.02.09.527923
Preprint
2023
Which task subgoal will you choose first? Sensitivity to conservation of task effort in chronic cannabis users and non-users
Fournier., L.F., Prashad, S., & Paek, A.Y.
Psychonomic Society’s 2023 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Conference
2023
Does repetition in a motor task result in weaker movement-related EEG modulations?
Paek, A.Y., & Prashad, S.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC
Conference
2023
Impact of chronic cannabis use on motor behavior
Prashad, S., Paek, A.Y., & Fournier, L.R.
Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA
Conference
2022
Repetitive practice attenuates EEG spectral features associated with upperlimb movement
Paek, A.Y., & Prashad, S.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA
Conference
2022
Gaps in brain-machine interface practices related to neural Efficiency
Paek, A.Y., & Prashad, S.
North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Kona, HI
Conference
2021
Sequence structure has a differential effect on underlying motor learning processes
Prashad, S., Du, Y., & Clark, J.E.
Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 9, 38-57
Journal
2021
Why Research Productivity Among Women in Academia Suffered During the Early Stages of COVID-19 Crisis: A Qualitative Analysis
Lambrechts, A.A., Larasatie, P., Boutelier, S., Guta, H.A., Leonowicz-Bukala, I. & Prashad, S.
EdArXiv
Preprint
2021
The contributions of the endocannabinoid system and stress on the neural processing of reward stimuli
Filbey, F.M., Beaton, D., & Prashad, S.
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 106, 110183
Journal
2020
Sex-related differences in subjective, but not neural, cue-elicited craving response in heavy cannabis users
Prashad, S., Hammonds, R.P., Wiese, A.L., Milligan, A.L., & Filbey, F.M.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 209, 107931
Journal
2020
Recent tobacco use has widespread associations with adolescent white matter microstructure
Thayer, R.E., Hansen, N.S., Prashad, S., Karoly, H., Filbey, F.M., Bryan, A.D., & Feldstein Ewing, S.W.
Addictive behaviors 101, 106152
Journal
2020
Sex-related differences in subjective, but not neural, cue-elicited craving response in heavy cannabis users
Thayer, R.E., Hansen, N.S., Prashad, S., Karoly, H., Filbey, F.M., Bryan, A.D., & Feldstein Ewing, S.W.
Addictive behaviors 101, 106152
Journal
2019
Sex-related differences in subjective, but not neural, cue-elicited craving response in heavy cannabis users
Prashad, S., Hammonds, R.P., Wiese, A.L., Milligan, A.L., & Filbey, F.M.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL
Conference
2019
Testing the role of the posterior cingulate cortex in processing salient stimuli in cannabis users: An rTMS study
Prashad, S., Dedrick, E.S., To, W.T., Vanneste, S., & Filbey, F.M.
European Journal of Neuroscience, 50(3), 2357-2369
Journal
2018
Interaction of Cannabinoid Receptor Genes and Stress on Neural Responsivity to Reward Cues
Filbey, F.M., Beaton, D., & Prashad, S.
Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, FL
Conference
2018
Differential associations of combined vs. isolated cannabis and nicotine on brain resting state networks
Filbey, F.M., Gohel, S., Prashad, S., & Biswal, B.B.
Brain Structure and Function, 223(7), 3317-3326
Journal
2018
Cannabis users exhibit increased cortical activation during resting state compared to non-users
Prashad, S., Dedrick, E.S., & Filbey, F.M.
NeuroImage, 179, 176-186
Journal
2018
Testing the role of the posterior cingulate cortex in processing salient stimuli in cannabis users
Prashad, S., Dedrick, E.S., To, W.T., Vanneste, S., & Filbey, F.M.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA
Conference
2018
Regularized linear regression guides development of a multilocus genetic profile score for cannabis use disorder
Ketcherside, A., Rao, M., Prashad, S., Goldsmith, A., & Filbey, F.M.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Biological Psychiatry, New York, NY
Conference
2017
Cross-cultural effects of cannabis use disorder: Evidence to support a cultural neuroscience approach
Prashad, S., Milligan, A.L., Cousijn, J., & Filbey, F.M.
Current Addiction Reports, 2(4), 100-109
Journal
2017
Cognitive motor deficits in cannabis users
Prashad, S. & Filbey, F.M.
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 13, 1-7
Journal
2017
Motor learning deficits in cannabis users
Prashad, S., Dedrick, E.S., & Filbey, F.M.
Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA
Conference
2016
EEG resting state analysis of cannabis users of cannabis with and without rTMS
Prashad, S., Dedrick, E.S., To, W. T., Rhinehardt, T., Eroh, J., Vanneste, S., Hart, J. Jr., & Filbey, F.M.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA
Conference
2016
Probabilistic motor sequence yields greater offline and less online learning than fixed sequence
*Du, Y., *Prashad, S. Schoenbrun, I., & Clark, J.E
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10, 87
Journal
2016
The effects of sequence structure, age-related impairments, and Parkinson's disease on motor sequence learning
Prashad, S.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park
Dissertation
2014
Sequence structure has a differential effect in typically aging adults
Prashad, S., Du, Y., & Clark, J.E.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC
Conference
2013
The importance of sequence structure in motor sequence learning
Prashad, S., Youlios, S., Robinson, C., Du, Y., & Clark, J.E.
Annual Bioscience Research and Technology Review Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
🏆 Best Poster in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Award
Conference
2013
The importance of sequence structure in motor sequence learning
Prashad, S., Youlios, S., Robinson, C., Du, Y., & Clark, J.E.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA
Conference
2012
Learning a probabilistic sequence is different from learning a fixed sequence in motor sequence learning
Prashad, S., Youlios, S., Du, Y., & Clark, J.E.
Annual Bioscience Research and Technology Review Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
🏆 Best Poster in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Award
Conference
2011
Characterizing whole-body movement kinematics of functional motor actions in Parkinson’s disease: II. Application to Activities of Daily Living
Prashad, S., Venkatakrishnan, A., & Contreras-Vidal, J.L.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC
Conference
2011
Characterizing whole-body movement kinematics of functional motor actions in Parkinson’s disease: I. Methods
Venkatakrishnan, A.,Prashad, S., & Contreras-Vidal, J.L.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC
Conference
2011
The macrostructure of rest tremor in Parkinson’s disease
Prashad, S., Venkatakrishnan, A., & Contreras-Vidal, J.L.
Biennial Conference of the International Graphonomics Society, Cancun, Mexico
🏆 Best Student Presentation in Neuroscience Award
Conference
2009
Shortest path algorithms combined with natural language parsing, map pathways involved in neuroendocrine aging
Garan, S.A., Freitag, W., Gouw, A.M., Rizvi, B., Prashad, S. & Csapo, V.
Experimental Gerontology, 44(1), 129
Journal
2008
Using robots to introduce computer programming to middle schools
*Gupta, M., *Muhammad, M.N., *Prashad, S., & Blank, D.S.
Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Keystone, CO
Conference
2008
Designing personal robots for education: Hardware, software, and curriculum
Balch, T., Summet, J., Blank, D., Kumar, D., Guzdial, M., O'Hara, K., Walker, D., Sweat, M., Gupta, G., Tansley, S., Jackson, J., Gupta, M., Muhammad, M.N., Prashad, S., Eilbert, N., Gavin, A.
IEEE Pervasive Computing, 7(2), 5-9
Journal
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