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Grants 2017: Dr. Carlsen awarded NSERC Discovery Grant
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded Anthony Carlsen a 5-year discovery grant to support his program of research. The reshttps://neuromotor.ca/people/earch proposal, entitled “Examining the nature of distributed neural contributions to motor preparation and initiation,” aims to determine the brain regions involved in preparing for upcoming actions.…
MSc and PhD Scholarships available in Motor Control at the University of Ottawa
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…
Publication: A broadband acoustic stimulus is more likely than a pure tone to elicit a startle reflex and prepared movements
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…
Publication: Startle activation is additive with voluntary cortical activation irrespective of stimulus modality
PDF This paper investigated whether an additive model of activation or a horse-race model would be a better fit for data showing that reaction times are facilitated to a greater degree than would be expected when a startling stimulus presented after the typical “go” signal. Abstract: When a startling acoustic…
Grants: Dr. Carlsen awarded Government of Ontario Early Researcher Award (ERA)
Dr. Tony Carlsen was recently awarded an Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the Government of Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. This grant is intended help prominent young researchers build exceptional research teams by providing funding to enable increased recruitment of students, research fellows, technicians and assistants. Dr. Carlsen’s research project, entitled…