Research Interests My research is focused on how the brain contributes to effective movement, with the long-range goal to impact remediation, rehabilitation and therapeutic practices. My current focus is the contribution of the basal ganglia to learning and retention of motor skills, and to planning and online control of sequential tasks. Thus, much of my research is with people with Parkinson's disease. I am also doing collaborative work in which movement sequencing is being examined in children with developmental coordination disorder. Teaching I teach motor control and learning to both undergraduates and graduate students as well as the neural basis of human movement. I advise honor's students as well as M.S. and Ph.D. students. Service/Outreach/Professional Activity I am currently serving as the Secretary-Treasurer for the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. Personal Interests Supporting my children and husband - that is all I have time for outside of work! I am also faculty advisor for Intervarsity. |
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