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
Preparing EMG placement for study in virtual environment!
Mariusz was kind enough to be a participant for one of the experiments. Seen here are Diego, Mia, and Tom preparing the skin for EMG placement.
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
Seminar at MGH
Reach-to-grasp study in VR
New MNL logo
We are pleased to announce our new Movement Neuroscience Lab logo:
From the life of TunikLab
GRI – Student Researcher Flash Talks
We are pleased to announce that our student Natty Pinkes has given a talk titled: Maximizing Resilience for People Living with Physical Disabilityduring Student Researcher Flash Talks organized by Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern […]
TunikLab Crew
From right: Gene, Mariusz, Sophia, Mat, Sambina, Lake, Bailey, Atharva, Andrea, Kyle, Sasha, Alex, Gladys, Leila, Trisha, Daniel, Holden, Tessa, Don, Natty, Daniel, and not on this photo Sofia, Palig
Congratulations to Mat and Carrie #2!
Warmest congratulations on the birth of your sweet baby girl – Dorothy! Wishing you joy and happiness, and plenty of wonderful moments together…
Neuroscience Lab in Camera Lens
‘The Beautiful Brain’ at MIT Museum
TunikLab started the Fall semester with a great visit to MIT museum. We have seen the wonderful exhibition entitled: The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Santiago Ramón y […]
Triathlon, Wolfeboro (NH) – Aug. 2018
We are proud to announce that Gene, Alek and Mariusz participated and completed the Granite Man Triathlon 3.4 mile (~1.2 km) swim, 15 mile (~24 km) bike and 4.2 mile […]