Programme

THURSDAY 27th January

12.00 - 2.00 Registration, Atlantis Room, Watermark Hotel
Workshop
2.00 - 5.00 Workshop with Prof. Bill Warren: The dynamics of perception and action. Abstract
6.30 - 8.30

Welcome Party, H2O Bar, Watermark Hotel (complimentary drinks and snacks).




FRIDAY 28th January

8.00 - 8.30 Registration
8.30 - 8.45 Welcoming Address: Prof. Bill Lovegrove,
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Griffith University
8.45 - 9.45

Keynote Address: Prof. Bill Warren -
Visual control of posture and locomotion.
Abstract

Information for Locomotion
9.45 - 10.15 David Anderson: The Ontogeny of Postural Responsiveness to Peripheral Optic Flow: Experimental Manipulation of a Developmental Process. Abstract
10.15 - 10.45 Barry Hughes: Beyond Facial Vision: Information in Echoes for the Perceptual Guidance of Locomotion. Abstract
10.45 - 11.15 Refreshments
Time-to-contact, Vision, and Control
11.15 - 11.45 Bernhard Frey: Perceptual Countermeasures Against Tailgating: A Virtual Reality Experiment. Abstract
11.45 - 12.15 Jiantao Pei: Isolating the Error in Clocking Process from the Error in Time-to-contact Based Performance. Abstract
12.15 - 12.45 Cheyne Sherman: Visual Perception of the Golf Swing by Expert and Novice Coaches. Abstract
12.45 - 2.00 Lunch
Coordination of Walking (1)
2.00 - 2.30 Jack Crosbie: Changes in the Temporal and Distance Parameters of Gait Evoked by Negotiation of Curbs. Abstract
2.30 - 3.00 Tony Sparrow: Optimising Foot-Placement in Negotiating Obstacles and Raised Surfaces: Insights into the Visual Regulation of Step Length. Abstract
3.00 - 3.30 Discussion
3.30 - 4.00 Refreshments
Theoretical Issues in Movement Control
4.00 - 4.30 Steven Morrison: Physiological Tremor: A Functional Characteristic of the Motor System? Abstract
4.30 - 5.00 James Tresilian: Eye Movements as a Test Case for the Equilibrium Point Hypothesis. Abstract
5.00 - 5.30 Karl Kalveram: How Muscles Drive Voluntary Movements While Defending Posture Against Gravitation. Abstract



SATURDAY 29th January

8.30 - 9.30

Keynote Address: Prof. Walter Freeman -
Direction by limbic dynamics based in reafference of intentional movements through space-time.
Abstract

Coordination of Walking (2)
9.30 - 10.00 Gwyn Lewis: Gait Stability and Central Processing Capacity with Extrinsic Visual Cueing During Walking in Parkinson's Disease. Abstract
10.00 - 10.30 Nick O'Dwyer: Coordination of the Kinematic Degrees of Freedom in Walking: A Quantitative Analysis. Abstract
10.30 - 11.00
Refreshments
Neurophysiological Constraints
11.00 - 11.30 Katherine Johnson: Attentional Strategies and Movement Related Potentials in Huntington's Disease. Abstract
11.30 - 12.00 Richard Carson: Musculo-skeletal Constraints on Corticospinal Input to Upper Limb Motoneurones During Coordinated Movements. Abstract
12.00 - 12.30 Jeff Summers: Role of Ipsilateral Motor Cortex in Bimanual Motor Control. Abstract
12.30 - 2.00
Lunch
2.00 - 3.00 Keynote Address: Prof. Peter Beek -
Coordination and Vision in Juggling.
Abstract
Coordination Dynamics
3.00 - 3.30 Robin Burgess-Limerick: Spontaneous Transitions in Repetitive Lifting and Lowering. Abstract
3.30 - 4.00 Stephan Riek: Inertial Factors Strongly Influence the Coordination Dynamics of Circling Movements. Abstract
4.00 - 4.30 Refreshments
Eye-hand Coordination
4.30 - 5.00 Digby Elliott: Eye-Hand Coordination in Goal-directed Aiming. Abstract
5.00 - 5.30 Werner Helsen: The Organization and Control of Sequential Movements. Abstract
7.00 - 10.30 Banquet at Mermaids Cafe, plus Polyrhythmic
Music
Workshop-Performance
11.00 - Late

Dancing, L'Aqua Bar, Watermark Hotel




SUNDAY 30th January

9.00 - 10.00 Keynote Address: Prof. Karl Newell -
Changing Degrees of Freedom in Motor Learning and Control. Abstract
Stimulus Memory Movement
10.00 - 10.30 Greg Anson: Memory and Simple Reaction Time. Abstract
10.30 - 11.00 Amir Mohagheghi: Movement Preparation in Fitts' Paradigm. Abstract
11.00 - 12.30 Refreshments & Posters
Poster Session:
Presenters
12.30 - 2.30

Lunch
Denis
Glencross Student Poster Award;
Guest Speaker:
Mr. Frank Gardner -
Real motor control at 300 kph!

Development of Coordinated Perception and Action
2.30 - 3.00 Jan Piek: The Development of Interlimb Coordination: A Longitudinal Investigation of Spontaneous Leg and Arm Movements in Young Infants. Abstract
3.00 - 3.30 Megan Nielson: A Computational Theory of Motor Development Part 1: Development in Utero. Abstract
3.30 - 4.00 Peter Nielson: A Computational Theory of Motor Development Part 2: Development after Birth. Abstract
4.00 - 4.30 Refreshments
4.30 - 5.30 Round Table: Towards 3000 - A New Millennium for Motor Control Research?
5.30 - 6.00 Closing remarks