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My research is focused on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying human control of movements.
I focus on the brain's ability to use predictions to inform the sensory system about ongoing movements.
These predictions seem to influence conscious perception of movements and may be responsible for our sensation of control.

I am currently investigating early development of cognition in infants, amoung others infants' abilities to predict the consequences of their own movement. This work is done in collaboration with the Elsass Institute

I work as group leader for Cognitive Motor Neuroscience at Department of Neuroscience, and do coordination and supervision of neurophysiology research within the domain of cognitive control of movements.

• Consciousness and movements
• Movement awareness
• Sensory motor illusions
• Agency
• Body awareness and ownership
• Early cognitive development 

In the research group we use the following methods

• Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
• Electroencephalography (EEG)
• Eye-tracking
• Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), in collaboration with DRCMR
• Behavioural tests
• Virtual Reality

Fields of interest

• Motor control
• Neural control of movements and actions
• Sensorimotor integration
• Theories of neuroscience
• Consciousness
• Agency
• Intentionality and volitional control of movements

Teaching

• Human Neurobiology, MSc course at Deartment of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copnhagen
• Supervision in BSc, MSc projects in Cognitive Control of Movements and actions 

Selected publications

1. Published

   Are sensorimotor experiences the key for successful early intervention in infants with congenital brain lesion?

   Ritterband-Rosenbaum, A., Justiniano, M. D., Nielsen, J. B. & Christensen, M. S., 2019, In : Infant Behavior and Development. 54, p. 133-139 7 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review

2. Published

   Sense of agency for movements

   Christensen, M. S. & Grünbaum, T., 2018, In : Consciousness and Cognition. 65, p. 27-47 21 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

3. Published

   Modulation of task-related cortical connectivity in the acute and subacute phase after stroke

   Larsen, L. H., Zibrandtsen, I. C., Wienecke, T., Kjær, T. W., Langberg, H., Nielsen, J. B. & Christensen, M. S., 2018, In : European Journal of Neuroscience. 47, 8, p. 1024-1032 9 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

4. Published

   Sense of moving: Moving closer to the movement

   Christensen, M. S. & Grünbaum, T., 2017, Sensation of Movement. Grünbaum, T. & Christensen, M. S. (eds.). Abingdon, UK: Routledge, p. 64-84 21 p. (Current Issues in Consciousness Research).

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

5. Published

   Sensation of Movement

   Grünbaum, T. (ed.) & Christensen, M. S. (ed.), 2017, Abingdon, UK: Routledge. 154 p. (Current Issues in Consciousness Research).

   Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

6. Published

   To be active through indoor-climbing: an exploratory feasibility study in a group of children with cerebral palsy and typically developing children

   Schram Christensen, M., Jensen, T., Voigt, C. B., Nielsen, J. B. & Lorentzen, J., 15 Jun 2017, In : B M C Neurology. 17, 20 p., 112.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

7. Published

   Sense of agency is related to gamma band coupling in an inferior parietal-preSMA circuitry

   Ritterband-Rosenbaum, A., Nielsen, J. B. & Christensen, M. S., 2014, In : Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8, 10 p., 510.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

8. Published

   Seeing or moving in parallel: the premotor cortex does both during bimanual coordination, while the cerebellum monitors the behavioral instability of symmetric movements

   Christensen, M. S., Ehrsson, H. H. & Nielsen, J. B., 2013, In : Experimental Brain Research. 230, 1, p. 101-115 15 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

9. Published

   Modulation of proprioceptive feedback during functional electrical stimulation: an fMRI study

   Christensen, M. S. & Grey, M. J., 2013, In : European Journal of Neuroscience. 37, 11, p. 1766-1778 13 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

10. Published

    10 Hz rTMS over right parietal cortex alters sense of agency during self-controlled movements

    Ritterband-Rosenbaum, A., Karabanov, A. N., Christensen, M. S. & Nielsen, J. B., 2014, In : Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8, 7 p., 471.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

11. Published

    Body schema, illusions of movement and body perception

    Christensen, M. S., 2012, Routledge Handbook of Motor Control and Motor Learning. Gollhofer, A., Taube, W. & Nielsen, J. B. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 283-303 21 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

12. Published

    Action-blindsight in healthy subjects after transcranial magnetic stimulation

    Christensen, M. S., Kristiansen, L., Rowe, J. B. & Nielsen, J. B., 2008, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 105, 4, p. 1353-1357 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

13. Published

    Illusory sensation of movement induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

    Christensen, M. S., Lundbye-Jensen, J., Grey, M. J., Vejlby, A. D., Belhage, B., Nielsen, J. B., Christensen, M. S., Jensen, J. L., Grey, M. J., Vejlby, A. D., Belhage, B. & Holm-Nielsen, J. B., 2010, In : P L o S One. 5, 10, p. e13301

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

14. Published

    Watching your foot move - an fMRI study of visuomotor interactions during foot movement

    Christensen, M. S., Jensen, J. L., Petersen, N., Geertsen, S. S., Paulson, O. B. & Nielsen, J. B., 2007, In : Cerebral Cortex. 17, 8, p. 1906-1917 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

15. Published

    Premotor cortex modulates somatosensory cortex during voluntary movements without proprioceptive feedback

    Christensen, M. S., Lundbye-Jensen, J., Geertsen, S. S., Petersen, T. H., Paulson, O. B. & Nielsen, J. B., 1 Apr 2007, In : Nature Neuroscience. 10, 4, p. 417-9 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

16. Published

    Twenty weeks of computer-training improves sense of agency in children with spastic cerebral palsy

    Ritterband-Rosenbaum, A., Christensen, M. S. & Nielsen, J. B., 2012, In : Research in Developmental Disabilities. 33, 4, p. 1227-1234 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

17. Published

    Altered sense of agency in children with spastic cerebral palsy

    Ritterband-Rosenbaum, A., Christensen, M. S., Kliim-Due, M., Petersen, L. Z., Rasmussen, B. & Nielsen, J. B., 2011, In : B M C Neurology. 11, 1, p. 150 (1-12) 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

18. Published

    An fMRI study of the neural correlates of graded visual perception

    Christensen, M. S., Ramsøy, T., Lund, T. E., Madsen, K. H. & Rowe, J. B., 2006, In : NeuroImage. 31, 4, p. 1711-1725 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review