Sazzad Nasir, Ph.D.
Research Associate

Department of Psychology 
McGill University 
1205 Dr. Penfield Ave.
Stewart Biology Building  
Montreal (Qc)
Canada, H3A 1B1 

Tel.: (514) 398-6111 
Fax: (514) 398-4896 
Email: nasir[at]motion.psych.mcgill.ca

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Journal Articles in Neuroscience

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ (2009) Auditory plasticity and speech motor learning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:20470–20475.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (716 KB)] - [Supporting Information PDF format (101 KB)] - [Commentary PDF format (100 KB)]

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ (2008) Speech motor learning in profoundly deaf adults. Nat Neurosci 11:1217–1222.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (400 KB)] - [Neuropod Podcast] - [Dispatch PDF format (64 KB)]

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ (2006) Somatosensory precision in speech production. Curr Biol 16:1918–1923.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (408 KB)] - [Supplemental Data PDF format (152 KB)] - [Dispatch PDF format (132 KB)]

Chapter 

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ (2010) Control of movement precision in speech production. Speech Motor Control, edited by B. Maassen and Pascal H. van Lieshout. Oxford University Press.

 

Journal Articles in Physics (author names appear alphabetically)

Nasir SM, Niemi A (2002) Effective string theories and field theories in four dimensions. Mod Phy Lett A 17:1445-1453.
[Article in PDF format (20289B)]

Lubcke M, Nasir SM, Niemi A, Torokoff L (2002) Twisted vortices in a gauge field theory. Physics Letters B 534:195-200.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (89 K)]

Nasir SM (1999) Bogomol'nyi vortices from Seiberg-Witten Monopoles. Internat J Modern Phys A 14:3905-3920.
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Manton NS, Nasir SM (1999) Volume of vortex moduli spaces. Comm Math Phys 199:591-604.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (117 KB)]

Manton NS, Nasir SM (1999) Conservation laws in a first order dynamical system of vortices. Nonlinearity 12:851-865.
[Article in PDF format (188 KB)]

Nasir SM (1998) Study of Bogomol'nyi Vortices on a disc. Nonlinearity 11:445-466.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (902 KB)]

Nasir SM (1998) Vortices and flat connections. Phys Lett B 419:253-257.
[abstract] - [Article in PDF format (61 K)]



Conference proceedings

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ. Speech motor adaptation without auditory feedback, 8th International Seminar on Speech Production. Strasbourg, 2008.

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ. Maintaining somatosensory precision in speech, 7th International Seminar on Speech Production. Sao Paolo, 2006.



Conference presentations / published abstracts

Lametti DR, Nasir SM, Ostry DJ. Interaction between sensory goals in speech. Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, 2009. 

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ. Speech motor learning modifies speech perception. Presented at the 10th International Multisensory Research Forum, New York, NY, 2009. 

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ. Auditory Perceptual Changes Following Speech Motor Learning. Presented at the 19th Neural Control of Movement Meeting, Hawaii, 2009. 

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ. Effects of speech motor learning on speech perception. Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, 2008.

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ. Speech motor learning in post-lingually deaf adults.  Presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2007.

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ. Speech production in patients with cochlear implants. Presented at the 17th Annual Neural Control of Movement Meeting, Sevilla, Spain, 2007.

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ. A study of the somatosensory precision requirements of speech production. Presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, 2006.

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ. Role of impedance to achieve precision requirements in speech production. Presented at the 5th Conference on Speech Motor Control, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2006.

Nasir SM, Ostry DJ. Impedance control is used to achieve the somatosensory precision requirements of speech production. Presented at the Neural Control of Movement Meeting, FL, 2006.

Nasir SM, Sakata JT, Brainard MS. Sequence dependent coding of syllables in HVC of male Bengalese finches. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2004.

Bouchard K, Nasir SM, Brainard MS. Statistics of syllable patterns in produced songs predict auditory responses in HVC of Bengalese finches. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego CA, 2004.

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