Members of the lab extend a hearty congratulations to collaborator Dr. Tim Bardouille, who has a new appointment in the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University. Dr. Bardouille will be starting this new tenure-track position in July 2017. Tim is a long-time collaborator with the lab, with work focused in the area of neuroimaging, neurofeedback and stroke recovery. Congratulations Tim, and welcome to Dalhousie!
New research from the lab contributes to our understanding of how learning through motor imagery occurs. The study, co-authored by PhD students Sarah Kraeutner and Tony Ingram, shows that inhibition of motor related areas in the brain do not impair the ability to learn a skill through motor imagery-based practice. You can check out the study here.
PhD students Tony and Sarah demonstrate the joy of rTMS…
A big welcome to Emily Rogers, who joined the lab this past January (2017) to pursue her MSc studies. Emily joins the lab after completing an Honours BSc (Biology) at Acadia University. Stay tuned for more on what Emily will be up to. Welcome Emily!
Congratulations to Chris Friesen on his first, 1st author publication. The paper, published in Frontiers of Human Neuroscience, reports on Chris’s MSc work examining a new NFB system for modulating brain activity during combined action observation and motor imagery. The study used a novel design, including ‘gaming’ features, in an attempt to improve user engagement. Congrats to Chris!
Just finished submitting our abstracts for Human Brain Mapping in June 2017. Looking forward to a great meeting in Vancouver!
PhD students Tony Ingram and Chris Friesen, along with partner Mike Lawrence, have been working hard this semester to perfect their pitch as part of Dal’s Starting Lean course. Their pitch perfection was on display this past week when they won the Collider pitch fest for their start-up company Axem. Some updated pitch pics:
The inaugural RIO (Research in Imagery & Observation) newsletter is hot off the presses. The newsletter highlights research from several of the leading research groups in imagery and observation research, including an update from our lab related to our work on assessing imagery ability. You can check out the newsletter here.
Members of the lab recently entered into a friendly wager with colleagues from the ActionLab and the CaMP Lab, with the winner of some different games being hosted for lunch by the losers. Games included Goal Ball, Dodgeball and Soccer (with a rugby ball!). Good times were had by all, and the lab looks forward to making lunch for the members of the Action and CaMP Labs (yes, we lost…).
Congratulations to PhD students Tony Ingram and Chris Friesen who won the recent Collider (http://bit.ly/2gtw6Bm) pitch competition for their company Axem. The Collider is a designated space for student teams, faculty members and community mentors to come together and collaborate on start-up projects, giving a boost to entrepreneurship and innovation at Dalhousie.
Tony and Chris launched Axem along with PhD student Mike Lawrence. Axem looks to commercialize an fNIRS based portable device to aid with motor imagery training in athletes. Congrats to Tony and Chris!
Recruitment is now underway for PhD student Tony Ingram’s first project. Tony has developed a novel task to examine learning of complex motor tasks. This series of projects will use connectivity analysis of functional neuroimaging data to examine how different brain regions interact as we learn, as well as using non-invasive brain stimulation to investigate how learning can be modified. Good luck Tony!
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