Movement Neuroscience Laboratory
The mission of the lab is to advance knowledge of human neural control of movement and leverage this information to improve motor function for those with neurological impairment
Goals
1. To study the neural processes that govern perception and action in health and disease.
2. To translate principles of neuroscience into practical interventions for individuals with motor impairment.
3. To advance techniques for studying human motor neurophysiology.
Approaches
1. State of the art virtual reality and robotics to study the effects of visual and haptic feedback on motor behavior.
2. High-precision optical cameras, instrumented gloves, inertial sensors, and force sensors to study human movement biomechanics.
3. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electromyography (EMG) to study human neurophysiology.
Meet the Team
News/Blog Section
Great visit from Dr. Fattori to discuss posterior parietal area V6A and see some demos in the lab!
NU and Bouvé Research Development Team in the lab
The MNL was happy to host the Northeastern University and Bouvé Research Development team for a tour of the lab with a cTMS demo. Dr. Kim Holloway, Vice Provost for Research Development is pictured...
In-progress development of Human-to-robot human-like object handover
Congrats to our team for their progress!
Visiting Summer Scholars in lab
Vising Scholars Mia Drazevic, Sarah Hsu, and Diego Soto with Mariusz and Tom on a weekly Monday meeting. Discussion includes experiment schedule for the week and data analysis.
Productive spring semester… students at MNL
New cTMS device arrived to MNL!
Co-op Spotlight – Spencer Jacobs-Skolik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6sWoXVbaNg
Ascent PEAK Award goes to Garrit!
We are pleased to announce that Garrit Strenge was awarded a PEAK Ascent! Congratulations! Garrit Strenge Project title: “Determination of Object Position, Orientation and Affordances using Computer Vision”. Faculty Advisor: […]
Lake was recognized as 2021 Goldwater Scholars. Congratulations!
One of our long-standing lab members, Lake, was named a Barry Goldwater Scholar. The Goldwater award is a competitive national STEM-based award given to undergraduates from over 5,000 college sophomores […]
Another PEAK Award for MNL student
We are pleased to announce that Andrea Smith (Bioengineering) has obtained the Project-Based Exploration for the Advancement of Knowledge – PEAK Experiences Summit Award! Congratulation! Andrea Smith Summit Awardees will have […]
PEAK Award for MNL student
We are pleased to announce that Victoria Izsa was awarded a scholarship: Project-Based Exploration for the Advancement of Knowledge – PEAK! Congratulations for Tori and Mat, who will be overseeing […]
MNL is re-opened
We are pleased to announce that our Research Resumption Application RITM0183977 has been approved! Movement Neuroscience Laboratory is officially reopened…
A day for reflection, engagement, and action
Northeastern suspended operations on Monday to hold two live events focused on unity, equality, and justice. A morning vigil will be held in response to the killing of George Floyd […]