PSU Motor Control

@DrGBuckingham @JacquelynGill Here it's coffee and things-to-eat-with-coffee. The committee will always act very surprised and happy to have snacks, but will also always complain if snacks fail to materialize.

@PSUMotorControl @JacquelynGill In UK it's typically organized by either the supervisor or the internal examiner (university-paid-for tray of sandwiches etc)

What sort of monstrous department does this?? twitter.com/JacquelynGill/…

@DrGBuckingham @JacquelynGill Super common in our department as well, esp for PhD defense. And the committee always comments on snack quality :P

@JacquelynGill My wife tells me it's par for the course in Germany. My bubble is evidently pretty small! What sort of snacks does one proved? Are you implicitly assessed on snack quality?

Come and work with me, @TimCarroll_UQ, and @AndyBeetroot looking at how ageing and fatigue affect dexterity sites.google.com/site/obintlab/… twitter.com/UniofExeter/st…

All, Please spread the word: @Celnik_Lab is hiring one or two post-doctoral fellows. See announcement here: celniklab.johnshopkins.edu/post-doctoral-… If interested email: pcelnik@jhmi.edu and/or gcantar1@jhmi.edu

This week in Colloquium we welcome back a familiar face, our former department head Dr. Karl Newell, now at the University of Georgia. Dr. Newell will be speaking on “The Dynamics of Motor Skill Acquisition” Thursday 3:05 PM in 127 Noll Laboratory

Join us for two talks this week with Reza Shadmehr (JHU; @reziliusReza)! Thursday 1pm in 276K Rec on Posture and Movement, and Friday 3:45pm in 127 Noll on Error Encoding, Learning, and Correction in the Cerebellum.

Ali Falaki is first author on a new publication in Clinical Neurophysiology - congratulations, Ali! @PSUMotorControl ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29573980

Action club again this Friday! Dr. Kreg Gruben (Wisconsin) on Postural Neuromuscular Coordination after aging, stroke, and Parkinson's! 127 Noll at 3:45, and Dr. Gruben is also speaking in the same room at 3:05 on Thursday!

PhD position available: study the control of reaching with some of our colleagues (Sainburg, Dingwell, Cusumano) at Penn State! goo.gl/9VtDBt

New work from us and some Chilean friends! twitter.com/PSUKINESGrad/s…

We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow for an exciting project looking at cognitive decision-making in professional sports. Good programming skills essential. Soonish start ideal. Email me: adrian.haith@jhu.edu if interested.

Join us at the Active Touch Lab! 👍🧠 twitter.com/ShefTouch/stat…

Sasha Reschechtko has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on the "Roles of Feedback in the Stability of Multi-Finger Action”. Sasha's research advisor is Dr. Mark Latash. Congratulations, Dr. Reschechtko! @res_chetko @PSUMotorControl

There's another Action Club this Friday, the 23rd! Dr. Stephen J Page (OSU): "Translating Neuroplasticity to NeuroRecovery" 3:45 in 127 Noll!

This Friday's Action Club: Dr. Daniela Corbetta (U Tennessee - Knoxville) on Looking and Reaching in Infancy! Join us at 3:45 in 127 Noll to hear about the Formation of Action Selection in Early Development!

Action Club returns this Friday (19 Jan) with Stephen Helms Tillery (ASU)! He'll present on S1 LFPs after touch and electrical stimulation: "Engineering a Sensation of Touch." 127 Noll at 3:45 pm!

Another opportunity to work next door! twitter.com/kmac280/status…

@DrGBuckingham @DrTimHolmes @SinghLab1 @JCashaback @fredericcrevec1 @ShakeyWaits @writetojason @AcuityVR We had a talk from John Matthis (UT Austin) recently; he was a big proponent of pupil labs, but not sure if he's used VR integration. Maybe also check with Stan Solnik to see if he's using eye tracking in his lab?

Some new-ish (theoretical) work with @res_chetko. Thanks for the shout, @JNeurophysiol! twitter.com/JNeurophysiol/…