Subcortical control of human reaching? (2024-2027)
Source: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/62177 Parent: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/601
Abstract
This project will test a radical new hypothesis about how the human brain generates visually guided behaviour. Conventional thinking assumes that visuomotor control of limb movements occurs exclusively within the cerebral cortex. However, the project team¿TM)s recent observations of extremely rapid visually guided muscle activity strongly imply that the human brain controls reaching movements via more primitive midbrain and brainstem structures. The project¿TM)s hypotheses challenge long-standing ideas about the functional organisation of the human brain and may have wide-ranging implications for the design of human-machine interfaces as well as training protocols in rehabilitation, industry, and sport.
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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
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
Grant type : ARC Discovery Projects
Funded by : Australian Research Council