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Researcher at Donders
Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour Radboud University in
Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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Address Prof. dr. R.G.J.
Meulenbroek Donders Centre for
Cognition P.O. Box 9104, 6500
HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands Tel:
+31.24.361.6031 |
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Teaching Since 1996 I
have been teaching psychology courses at the Radboud University. Between
2006-2013 I was director of the two-year Research Master Programme Cognitive
Neuroscience. Since 2007 I am
heading a personal chair Psychology of
Movement and Sport. Between
2013-2020 I was director of the School of Psychology and Artificial
Intelligence. Between
1-Feb-2023 and 1-Apr-2024 I was interim director of the Research Master
Programme Cognitive Neuroscience. |
Courses
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B2: |
Perception, Action and Development (with Rob van
Lier, Arno Koning, and Sabine Hunnius) |
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B3: |
Human Motor Control and Sport (with Pieter Medendorp,
Jurjen Bosga, and Derrick Brown) |
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M1: |
Motor control (with Pieter Medendorp and Luc Selen) |
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CNS: AI: |
Academic Writing |
Research
Since 1984 I have been involved in motor control
research, in particular in 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 (Pennstate University,
PA, USA), Jonathan Vaughan (Hamilton College, NY, USA) and Chris Jansen, I
developed a computational model of joint coordination capable of simulating
aiming, grasping, drawing, and handwriting movements. More recently my research
interests and that of my close colleagues 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 have been studied are equestrian
sports, and physical therapy, where the movements of therapist and patient are
being scrutinized in learning paradigms for diagnostic, treatment and
assessment purposes. Kinematic assessments of movement stability and
flexibility are currently also extended to lower limb movements and Repetitive
Strain Injury (RSI) 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 |
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Links |
School
of Psychology and Artificial Intelligence |