# A common sub-cortical system for human eye and limb control? (2017-2021)

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/29844
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/601

## Abstract

The capacity to produce fast and accurate visually-guided movement was crucial for survival long before animals evolved a cerebral cortex, suggesting that basic control systems may be conserved across species. This project will test the extent to which the human brain controls reaching movements via structures and control mechanisms known to be used for rapid eye movements, and for prey capture by lower vertebrates such as fish. The notion that complex, human limb movements can be controlled by primitive sub-cortical systems challenges conventional thinking about movement-related brain activity, and has important implications for the design of human-machine interfaces and training protocols in rehabilitation, industry and sport.

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## Experts

### Professor Timothy Carroll

Centre Director of Centre for Sensorimotor Performance
:   Centre for Sensorimotor Performance
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Professor and Deputy Head of School
:   School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

[Timothy Carroll](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1850)

### Professor Guy Wallis

Affiliate of Centre for Sensorimotor Performance
:   Centre for Sensorimotor Performance
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Director of Research of School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
:   School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Professor
:   School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

[Guy Wallis](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/601)

Grant type
:   ARC Discovery Projects

Funded by
:   Australian Research Council