James Gordon

About

James Gordon, EdD, PT, FAPTA, is a professor at the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy. His research focuses on the neural control of arm movements, particularly the roles of proprioceptive information in the control of reaching movements. His work in neurorehabilitation and motor control has been extensively published, and he is recognized as one of the foremost thinkers in motor learning and its application to individuals with neurological conditions. Dr. Gordon's primary teaching areas include neurosciences, motor learning and motor control, and the application of these fields to neurologic physical therapy. He has also taught courses in professional practice and documentation in physical therapy, contributing to the development of better treatment methods and establishing links between biokinesiology and physical therapy practice and research.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Psychology
• Political Science
• Artificial Intelligence
• Sociology
• Economics
• Biology
• Neuroscience
• Business
• Cognitive science

Selected publications

• Updates in Motor Learning: Implications for Physical Therapist Practice and Education

  Physical Therapy · 2021 · 136 citations

  Over the past 3 decades, the volume of human motor learning research has grown enormously. As such, the understanding of motor learning (ie, sustained change in motor behavior) has evolved. It has been learned that there are multiple mechanisms through which motor learning occurs, each with distinctive features. These mechanisms include use-dependent, instructive, reinforcement, and sensorimotor adaptation-based motor learning. It is now understood that these different motor learning mechanisms…

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• Beyond a Statement of Support: Changing the Culture of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Physical Therapy

  Physical Therapy · 2021 · 40 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  DOI

• Adaptive control is reversed between hands after left hemisphere stroke and lost following right hemisphere stroke

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2023-01-30 · 12 citations

  articleOpen access

  Human motor adaptability is of utmost utility after neurologic injury such as unilateral stroke. For successful adaptive control of movements, the nervous system must learn to correctly identify the source of a movement error and predictively compensate for this error. The current understanding is that in bimanual tasks, this process is flexible such that errors are assigned to, and compensated for, by the limb that is more likely to produce those errors. Here, we tested the flexibility of the e…

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• Initial development of skill with a reversed bicycle and a case series of experienced riders

  Scientific Reports · 2024-02-21 · 5 citations

  articleOpen access

  Riding a bicycle is considered a durable skill that cannot be forgotten. Here, novice participants practiced riding a reversed bicycle, in which a reversing gear inverted the handlebar's rotation. Although learning to ride the reversed bicycle was possible, it was slow, highly variable, implicit, and followed an S-shape pattern. In the initial learning phase, failed attempts to ride the normal bicycle indicated strong interference between the two bicycle skills. While additional practice decreas…

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• Implementation of a Comprehensive Anti-Racism Plan in an Academic Physical Therapy Department: An Administrative Case Report

  Physical Therapy · 2023-05-03 · 5 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  OBJECTIVE: Transforming the University of Southern California health care system requires that institutions and organizations position equity, diversity, inclusion (EDI), and anti-racism as central to their missions. The purpose of this administrative case report was to describe a systematic approach taken by an academic physical therapy department to develop a comprehensive antiracism plan that engages all interested and affected parties and includes processes for sustainable, long-term engagem…

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Frequent coauthors

• Israel Abramov

  Brooklyn College

  88 shared

• Vance Zemon

  Yeshiva University

  80 shared

• Robert Shapley

  42 shared

• Claude Ghez

  Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  37 shared

• Carolee J. Winstein

  31 shared

• Pamela D. Butler

  Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research

  25 shared

• Valerie Nunez

  25 shared

• Hoover Chan

  University of California, San Francisco

  14 shared

Education

• Other, Physical Therapy

  University of Southern California

  2000

• Other, Physical Therapy

  University of Southern California

Awards & honors

• Mary McMillan Lecture Award, American Physical Therapy Assoc…
• Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) from SUNY, Health Scienc…
• Distinguished Alumni Award, Teachers College, Columbia Unive…
• Pauline Cerasoli Lecturer, Education Section, American Physi…
• Leadership in Education Award, Education Section, American P…

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