CAREER: Sensorimotor Control of Hand Movement

简单摘要 主要研究者：Gordon，Andrew提案编号： IBN-97332679 这个教师早期职业发展（CAREER）项目的目标是了解如何使用感官信息来规划和控制手部运动。 戈登教授和他的学生采用了最先进的技术，可以精确测量手和手指的运动和力量，如打字，伸手和抓握。 他们研究触觉信息如何有助于动作（打字）的顺序，这些顺序是如何学习的，以及打字过程中手和眼运动之间的协调。 他们还研究了触觉信息在物体操纵过程中对指尖力调节的贡献，以及触觉提示如何提供有关肢体在空间中位置的信息。 这些研究提供了对学习的本质和大脑中运动组织的深入了解。 除了让学生参与这项研究之外，这个职业项目的教育部分是与科学教育计划形成跨部门合作。 这提高了教师的准备，介绍科学教育博士生在系统神经科学的研究。 戈登教授让这些学生参与研究，促进对科学方法和原理的理解，以促进在课堂上探索科学和科学探究的本质，并通过发现过程改善学习过程。

LAY ABSTRACT Principal Investigator: Gordon, Andrew Proposal Number: IBN-97332679 The objective of this Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project is to understand how sensory information is used for the planning and control of hand movement. Professor Gordon and his students employ state-of-the-art techniques which allow precise measurement of hand and finger movements and forces during tasks such as typing, reaching and grasping. They study how tactile information contributes to the sequencing of movements (typing), how these sequences are learned, and the coordination between hand and eye movement during typing. They also study the contribution of tactile information to the regulation of fingertip forces during object manipulation and how tactile cues may provide information about the location of the limb in space. These studies provide insight into the nature of learning and organization of movement in the brain. The educational component of this CAREER project beyond involvement of students in this research is to form an interdepartmental cooperation with the Program in Science Education. This enhances teacher preparation by introducing Science Education doctoral students to research in systems neuroscience. Professor Gordon engages these students in research which foster an understanding of the methodology and rationale of science in order to facilitate exploration of the nature of science and scientific inquiry in the classroom and improve the learning process through the process of discovery.