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Performing common tasks, such as crossing a busy intersection, vividly illustrates the complex series of events involved in successfully negotiating one's environment. One must encode and perceive sensory information from multiple modalities, attend to the most valid stimulus based on task demands, select the correct sensorimotor association, prepare the motor response and finally - act. |
Current research in the lab addresses questions regarding cortical mechanisms involved in motor selection during visually-guided goal-directed behavior. Specifically, members of the lab are currently developing protocols to measure both eye and hand movements within the MRI environment to correlate movement accuracy with variations in cortical activity. |