Instructor at Dalhousie University. Interested in the neuroscience of human movement.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined November 2010
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New paper! Weakening the subjective sensation of own hand ownership does not interfere with rapid finger movements journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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The meaning of the Readiness Potential remains deeply controversial for studies of volition. New paper shows that conscious feeling of being about to move is accompanied by RP-like brain activity. Unbiased sampling of EEG and awareness. @elisabethpares doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage…
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It's happened! A Nature Medicine paper on the microbiome of elite marathoners has identified a microbe that enhances performance via lactate breakdown! #microbiome #powerpoop #ultrachat nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
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High-order coordination of cortical spiking activity modulates perceptual accuracy
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New paper in @TrendsCognSci discussing how the structure of natural environments modulates the perception of objects: adaptations to positional regularities facilitate object detection and recognition, and sharpen object representations in visual cortex. doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.…
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@goreham97 from @BENLabDalhousie tell us about his wearables research measuring kayak sprint technique in the lab and on the water for the @ISBSOFFICIAL @BiomechanicsDay 2-minute-tweet competition. Retweet your favorite video from the @ISBSOFFICIAL page! youtube.com/watch?v=ZujzDH15…
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Here's another Munker illusion with small dots instead of stripes: The large circles appear to be salmon and yellow but are actually both the same color (RGB 255,223,0). The original png file is at bit.ly/2O74l2I.
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that is cool: prior learning biases how the outcomes of our actions is perceived.
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Attention vs. working memory. This preprint suggests "a central sampling attentional rhythm which allocates shared attentional resources both to the flow of external visual stimulation and also to the internal maintenance of visual information."
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A four-color Munker illusion: Although they appear to be pink, yellow, orange, and nearly white, all four background ovals are the same color (RGB 255,236,196). Original png file is at bit.ly/2O74l2I .
Kevin LeBlanc, PhD retweeted
A great colleague of mine (.@_thePerceiver) absolutely killing his presentation on exercise and attentional control at today’s .@DalHealth Crossroads conference. Well done Kev! .@PsychNeuroDal
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Does systems consolidation exist? Or does an alternative process -- contextual binding -- account for post-encoding activity, sleep benefits, and forgetting over time?
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By Andy Yonelinas, @CharanRanganath, @ArneEkstrom1, & @Wiltgenlab
Debate anyone? 🔥
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When you inhale or exhale correlates with task performance on a visuospatial task. What could be cooler? Neural processing of the task differs also depends on whether participants inhaled or exhaled at task onset shows this study buff.ly/2UzmEQU
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Currently working on a paper investigating the differences between high intensity vs. moderate intensity exercise on attentional control (+cerebral blood flow). I would appreciate any suggestions for relevant references. Thanks! #exercisescience #attention #exercisecognition
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Wolves lead and dogs follow, but they both cooperate with humans
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Practice variability promotes an external focus of attention and enhances motor skill learning buff.ly/2NCnxpe
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Great to see this out @biorxiv_neursci - work lead by @BachingerMarc & @ReaLehner from @NCMLabETH - Motor fatigability as evoked by repetitive movements results from a gradual breakdown of surround inhibition biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Opinion piece: Why science needs #philosophy. From #stemcell biology to #cognitive #neuroscience, philosophy has enhanced the vitality of science--and will likely continue to do so. bit.ly/2Hfnsql
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Our latest paper with @IvanCamponogara about multisensory grasping is now out in @SciReports. The simultaneous availability of both visual and haptic (proprioceptive) information about the target object substantially improves reach-to-grasp actions. nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
