Understanding human movement, sensing and cognition for learning and health.
Project: Movement, sensing and cognition
Project: Movement, sensing and cognition
Project lead: Dr Genevieve Williams
Characteristics of a person’s movement, sensing, and cognition directly relate to underlying neuro-physiological processes. Therefore, changes in these processes tend to be strong indicators of many health conditions and performance levels. Our work investigates characteristics of movement, sensing and cognition to understand health and performance.
We are taking an inter- and multi- disciplinary approach with Engineering, Psychology, Mathematics and Epidemiology to measure specific characteristics of movement (ie catching, swinging or walking), sensing (ie visual gaze and proprioception) and cognition (ie perception-action coupling) to understand health and performance problems. From this work we can start to develop diagnostic tools for health and performance measures for movement and sports.
Related publications:
- Słowiński P, Baldemir H, Wood G, Alizadehkhaiyat O, Coyles G, Vine S, Williams G, Tsaneva-Atanasova K, Wilson M (2019). Gaze training supports self-organization of movement coordination in children with developmental coordination disorder. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1712-1712
- Vicinanza D, Newell KM, Irwin G, Smith L, Williams GKR (2018). Limit cycle dynamics of the gymnastics longswing. Human Movement Science, 57, 217-226.
- Williams G, Aggio D, Stubbs B, Pardhan S, Gardner B, Smith L (2018). Physical activity levels in children with sensory problems: Cross-sectional analyses from the Millennium Cohort Study. Disability and Health Journal, 11(1), 58-61.
- Neely KA, Chennavasin AP, Yoder A, Williams GKR, Loken E, Huang-Pollock CL (2016). Memory-guided force output is associated with self-reported ADHD symptoms in young adults. Experimental Brain Research, 234(11), 3203-3212.