See .PDF of posting HERE The Centre for Neuromotor Behaviour in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa has Two Academic Scholarships for incoming MSc or PhD students available for September 2017 / January 2018. The scholarships, valued at a minimum $17,000/ year (MSc – 2years; PhD…
PDF In order to be able to confidently assert that any RT speeding following a startling acoustic stimulus (SAS) is the result of activation in subcortical areas related to the startle reflex, a reliable indication that a startle reflex actually occurred is required. While the eye-blink response is typically used…
PDF This study investigated whether movements that were “imaged” or “imagined” to be executed involved a build up of preparatory activation in brain structures in a similar way as movements that were actually executed. By using a loud startling acoustic stimulus, we are able to elicit pre-planned movements if they…
PDF This study is a replication of a previous experiment that investigated how movement-related brain activation changes as a go-stimulus approaches in time. The previous experiment used a startle to show that activity increased in short time prior to the go-signal. However, startle activity was not reported, so this was only…
In this study subjects performed a bimanual coordination task, where spontaneous transitions between states is observed at higher oscillation frequencies. For example, when limbs are moved in a parallel fashion (like windshield wipers on a car) a transition is seen at faster speeds whereby subjects spontaneously change to performing mirror-symmetrical…