The Sensorimotor Neuroscience and Ageing Research Group

We aim to understand the neural correlates of human behaviours from decision-making and inhibitory control to gait and balance, and how these change as we age.


Combining multiple brain stimulation and imaging techniques with behavioural paradigms and computational modelling, we aim to understand the neural mechanisms that permit a wide range of human behaviours.  A particular interest in the lab is how healthy and pathological ageing, for example MCI, may affect our ability to undertake many everyday tasks such as decision-making, inhibitory control, and control of balance and gait.

Expertise

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • EEG
  • Functional near infra-red spectroscopy (fNIRS)
  • Decision-Making
  • Control of balance and gait
  • Inhibitory Control

Projects

Neural Correlates of Rapid Decision-Making and Inhibitory Control

Funding by the ARC (Mark Hinder – Future Fellowship) this project combines brain stimulation, behavioural experiments and computational modelling (in collaboration with Prof Andrew Heathcote). We aim to understand how we make fast and accurate decisions, inhibited undesired actions and how this changes during healthy ageing.

Understanding the cortical contribution to balance and gait

Funded by the NHRMC (Rebecca St George – Early Career Fellowship) we are using EEG and fNIRS brain imaging techniques to understand the cortical control of balance and gait.

Group Leader(s)

Affiliation

School of Psychological Sciences

Contact

Email: Mark.Hinder@utas.edu.au

Group members

Rebecca St George

Rohan Puri

Tess Nikitenko