The Brain in Action Laboratory
MEMBERS
Dr. Claudia Gonzalez
Principal Investigator
I was born and raised in Mexico City. I obtained a Bachelor in Psychology from the National Autonomus University of Mexico (UNAM). I have a M.Sc and a Ph.D in Neuroscience from the University of Lethbridge. My graduate work focused on characterizing behavioural and structural changes associated with brain injury, plasticity and recovery of function.
During my postdoctoral studies at the University of Western Ontario I worked on projects related to human perception and action. I joined the University of Lethbridge in 2009 as a Canada Research Chair (renewed in 2014). My research in healthy and neurological populations is aimed at understanding sensorimotor integration and control, cognitive and motor interactions, and development of sensorimotor functions.
Lara Coelho
PhD Candidate
Her research focuses on body model distortions in healthy populations. She is specifically interested in uncovering how the body model is altered following training/experience. As well as the role vision and haptics play in the formation of this body representation.
Nicole van Rootselaar
PhD Candidate
Her primary research interest revolves around understanding the connection between motor development and higher cognitive outcomes in young children.
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students
Jarrod Blinch, PhD
Postdoctoral Training
Thesis/Project Title: The contributions of the left and right hemispheres to bimanual grasping
Present Position: Assistant Professor Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States
Natalie de Bruin,PhD
Postdoctoral Training
Thesis/Project Title: Assessing visuospatial abilities in healthy aging: a novel visuomotor task
Presentation Position: Currently Instructor III at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Jason Flindall, PhD
Thesis/Project Title: Evidence for right-handed feeding biases in a left-handed population
Present Position: Postdoc at University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
Kayla Stone, M.Sc.
Thesis/Project Title: Vision and haptics : how sensorimotor interactions influence grasping
Present Position: PhD Utrecht University, Netherlands
Scott Stone, M.Sc.
Thesis/Project Title: Using auditory augmented reality to understand visual scenes
Present Position: PhD Candidate University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Kris Cormier, M.Sc.
Thesis/Project Title: Grasping Perception with Weber's Law
Mariel Rodríguez, M.Sc.
Thesis/Project Title: The nature of the object mediates conscious perception: evidence from reaction time
Present Position: Research Assistant, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Frank Robertson, M.Sc.
Thesis/Project Title: Music and executive function in adolescents
Present Position: Graduate Program Clinical Psychology, Pacific University, Portland, Oregon
Daniela Aguilar M.Sc.
Thesis/Project Title: An investigation on the Development of Visuospatial Abilities using Hands-on Tasks
Present Position: Research Assistant, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Honours Undegraduate Students
Jordie Visser
Thesis/Project Title: Use of Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound to track hemisphere
dominance of spatial and language abilities
Present Position: Graduate Student-Physiotherapy
Mackenzie Lawson
Thesis/Project Title:Does Hand Preference for Grasping Vary as a Function of Task?
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Quinn Johnsson
Thesis Project Title: Concussion and fear of injury
Present Position: Graduate Student- Kinesiology
Clarissa Beke
Thesis/Project Title: Interactions of speech and grasping
Present Position: Graduate Student-Physiotherapy
Kayla Hauck
Thesis/Project Title: Effects of physical activity of executive function
Present Position: Graduate Student-Physiotherapy
Bailey Way
Thesis/Project Title: Investigating the relationship between language and hand use
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Nicole van Rootselaar
Thesis/Project Title: The Multi-Dimensional Interaction of Speech and Grasping
Present Position: PhD Candidate- Neuroscience
Sara Codd
Thesis/Project Title:The Effects of Concussion on Cognition and Fine Motor Control
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Devon Bryant
Thesis/Project Title: Spatial Biases in Visually Guided Grasping
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Jessica Kress
Thesis/Project Title: Assessing use of workspace for healthy individuals in reaching and grasping tasks.
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Nolan Murley
Thesis/Project Title: Language task dependent hemispheric lateralization
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Katherine Odland
Thesis/Project Title:Hemispheric Asymmetries in a Spatial Task
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Kayla Stone
Thesis/Project Title: The Visual and Haptic Influences of Grasping
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Kelly Mills
Thesis/Project Title: Interaction of the two visual systems in a grasping task
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