Abshire, Pamela, Elec. & Computer Eng

Biotechnology, Channel capacity and efficiency of blowfly photoreceptors, Channel capacity and efficiency of silicon photoreceptors, Fundamental limits on switching energy of the CMOS inverter, Silicon-On-Sapphire (SOS) Photodetectors

Clark, Jane, Kinesiology

Dr.Clark's work focuses on understanding the development of movement control and coordination in motor skills. Her current work examines the role of sensory information in the development of upright posture and locomotion in infants. She also has an on-going project to study perception-action relationships with children who have motor coordination problems.

Cohen, Avis, Biology

My colleagues and I study an isolated piece of the nervous system, but an isolated piece that can perform a "behavior." In particular, we study the isolated spinal cord of a primitive vertebrate, the lamprey. The work is focused on the mechanisms underlying the generation of an organized motor behavior, locomotion.

Contreras-Vidal, Jose, Kinesiology

Dr. Contreras-Vidal's research program integrates behavioral and computational neuroscience methods to study the neural mechanisms and computational principles underlying adaptive sensory-motor control in humans during normal and neurological conditions.

Hatfield, Bradley, Kinesiology

The focus of Dr. Hatfield's program in exercise and sport psychology deals with both the health-related and performance-related aspects of humans in exercise/sport settings.

Herberholz, Jens, Psychology

Research in my lab investigates the neural basis of animal behavior. We are interested in identifying and examining neural circuitry that controls aggression, social status, escape, learning & memory.

Hodos, William, Psychology

My current research interests are in the evolution of the nervous system and behavior, comparative psychology, neural basis of sensory processes, animal psychophysics, and physiological optics.

Horiuchi, Timothy,

Dr. Horiuchi's research program is centered on the development of neural models of sensorimotor behavior and their implementation in VLSI for use in robotic demonstration systems. The laboratory is currently focused on bat echolocation and other auditory and visual projects.

Jeka, John J., NACS Graduate Director, COGMO Lab Director, Kinesiology

The major research focus of my work is targeted towards understanding the integration of multisensory information in functional behavior such as standing and reaching.

Krishnaprasad, P. S., Elec. & Computer Eng

Dr. Krishnaprasad's research interests lie in the broad area of geometric control theory and its applications.

Levine, William, Elec. & Computer Eng

Dr. Levine's research interests are in the areas of application of modern control theory to the study of the nervous system's control of movement and; control theory and its applications with emphasis on computer aided control system design; application of computers and computation to network control; and applications of modern control and estimation theory to biomedical and aerospace problems.

Moss, Cynthia, Psychology

Our research program is directed at understanding auditory information processing and sensorimotor integration in vertebrates. In our lab, the echolocating bat serves as a model system for a neuroethologically-based study of hearing and perceptually-guided behavior.

Newcomb, Robert, Elec. & Computer Eng

Dr. Newcomb's interests lie in analog VLSI, biomedical engineering especially ear type systems and heart models), circuit and systems theory (especially semistate theory and multiport synthesis), microsystems, neural networks (hardware & biologically motivated), robotics.

Shim, Jae Kun, Kinesiology

Dr. Shim's research is currently focused on biomechanics and motor control of (1) hand and digits and (2) lower extremity amputee locomotion as well as their applications to medicine, rehabilitation, and ergonomics. He is especially interested in understanding the CNS control mechanism for motor redundancy, developments of motor functions in typically developing children as well as children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), and developmental changes and intervention & adaptation of motor functions in elderly persons and the persons with neurological/genetic disorders or stroke. He uses techniques of biomechanics, motor control and neurophysiology: kinematic analysis using motion capture systems, kinetic/dynamic analysis, neuromuscular training, TMS, EMG, MEG, fMRI, optic fiber Bragg grading (FBG) force sensors, 6-D kinetic pen, etc.

Simon, Jonathan Z., Elec. & Computer Eng

I am active in a number of research areas, all under the general headings of Auditory Neural Computations and Representations,Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience, and Signal Processing in Biological Systems. My specific research areas are: Magnetoencephalography (MEG): Experimental Research, Analysis, and Signal Processing of Large Scale Neural Data. Coincidence Detection and Neural Coding of Temporal Information in Auditory Brainstem: Modeling. Neural Processing of Spectrotemporal Auditory Information in Mammals: Physiology and Modeling. Signal Processing and Neural Data.

Yager, David D., Psychology

The overarching goal of our laboratory is to find out how insect auditory systems are able to acquire and process acoustic information to yield complex, adaptive behaviors. We are especially interested in the evolution of hearing in insects, and have chosen the very unusual praying mantis ear as a model system.

Sensorimotor integration takes the view that in many aspects of behavior, motor actions and sensory processing are inextricably linked. Examples include: walking, talking, singing, grasping, standing, etc. Many brain areas are more clearly devoted to either sensory processing or motor control where their roles are better defined. Intermediate areas of the brain which respond to sensory stimuli and appear to precede movement are more difficult to understand. To understand how sensory processing and motor functions interact at the neural level, the behavior that drives the interaction must also be understood, making this a difficult multi-level systems problem.