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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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
- 3 Article
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Shifting Fall Perception: How Virtual Reality Alters the Precision of Estimating Postural Instability Onset
McIlroy, R. E. & Barnett-Cowan, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Multisensory Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deep learning techniques for identifying KPIs in League of Legends: Win prediction, map navigation, and vision control
Hojaji, F., Mcilroy, R. E., Dupuy, A., Pedroni, G., Toth, A. J. & Campbell, M. J., Aug 2025, In: Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 19, 14 p., 100718.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Perceived timing of postural instability onset
McIlroy, R. E. & Barnett-Cowan, M., Sep 2023, In: Gait and Posture. 105, p. 39-44 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review