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Researcher at Donders
Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour Radboud University in
Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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Address Em. prof. dr. R.G.J.
Meulenbroek Donders Centre for
Cognition P.O. Box 9104, 6500
HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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Teaching Between 1996 and
2025 I contributed to psychology courses at the Radboud University. Between
2006-2013 I was director of the two-year Research Master Programme Cognitive
Neuroscience. In 2007 I
received a personal chair in Psychology
of Movement and Sport. Between
2013-2020 I was director of the School of Psychology and Artificial
Intelligence. In 2023-2024 I
was interim director of the Research Master Programme Cognitive Neuroscience.
In April 2025 I
retired. |
Courses
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B2: |
Perception, Action and Development |
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B3: |
Human Motor Control and Sport |
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M1: |
Motor control |
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CNS: AI: |
Academic Writing |
Research
In 1984 I started motor control research, in particular
studies on the information processes that underlie goal-directed arm, hand and
finger movements. Following an investigation of handwriting acquisition, I
studied the biomechanical and cognitive determinants of sequencing in drawing.
In the 1990s my research turned to joint coordination in reaching and grasping.
Together with David Rosenbaum, Jonathan Vaughan and Chris Jansen, I developed a
computational model of joint coordination capable of simulating aiming,
grasping, drawing, and handwriting movements. Around 2000 my research interests
extended to motor control and joint action, in particular how in shared task
performance such as in sports, people learn to take into account the intentions
and movements of their partners. Applied contexts in which the latter processes
were equestrian sports, RSI, and physical therapy, where the movements of
therapist and patient were scrutinized in learning paradigms for assessment and
treatment purposes. Together with Derrick Brown, I extended kinematic assessments
of movement stability and flexibility to lower limb movements in sports and
performing arts, i.e. dance (duets).
Projects
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1984-1989 |
Handwriting
development and training Funded by the Radboud
University |
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1989-1993 |
Sequencing in drawing Funded by The Dutch
National Science Foundation (NWO) |
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1993-1998 |
Sequencing and
coordination in complex human movements Funded by The Royal
Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) |
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2001-2006 |
Object manipulation
from a perception-action perspective Research programme
funded by The Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO) in
collaboration with the universities of Utrecht, Amsterdam and Maastricht |
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2003-2007 |
Apprehending the effects
of alignment and orientation illusions on human action Funded by the Faculty
of Social Sciences (Radboud University) |
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2004-2009 |
Joint Action Science
and Technology |
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2009-2010 |
Donders Graduate
School for Cognitive Neuroscience Prestiguous grant |
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2012-2020 |
Neuromotor
flexibility following trauma to the lower extremities |
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2013-2020 |
Joint Action
Coordination Dynamics in Professional Dance Funded by the Donders
Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour |
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2014-2017 |
Risk Assessment in
Repetitive Strain Injury HealthPAC: Perception and Action
in Health and Disease (PITN-GA-2013-604063) |
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Publications |