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Research Interests

My research career has revolved around how humans process, perceive and utilise sensory information to produce motor action. This interest has been targeted around key populations, including both older adults and gamers. In order to investigate and probe various sensory systems I implement and leverage the use of innovative technology and techniques. This has included the use of virtual reality, electromyography, force plates (kinetics), accelerometers, eye-tracking, 3D motion capture (kinematics), galvanic skin response and heart rate measurements.

My future goals are to delvelop ways in which I can leverage and utilise wearable technology to produce standardised and validated systems to accurately gather data about both sensory processing and sensorimotor action. Allowing myself to explore aspects of individual differences within populations and utilising Machine Learning to quantifying these mult-facotrial data sets.

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Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Visual determinants of postural control and perception during physical and visual motion, University of Waterloo

Award Date: 9 Jan 2023

Masters, MSc - Human Kinetics - The effect of gaze position on postural stepping strategies, University of Guelph

Award Date: 1 Dec 2013

Bachelor, BSc (Honours) - Human Kinetics, University of Guelph

Award Date: 1 May 2012

Keywords

  • QP Physiology
  • BF Psychology
  • QM Human anatomy

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