FRIDAY
28th January
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| 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
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Visual control of posture and locomotion. Abstract
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Information for
Locomotion
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| 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 |
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Time-to-contact,
Vision, and Control
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| 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 |
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Coordination
of Walking (1)
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| 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 |
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Theoretical Issues
in Movement Control
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| 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
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| 8.30 - 9.30 |
Keynote Address: Prof. Walter
Freeman -
Direction by limbic dynamics based in reafference of intentional
movements through space-time. Abstract
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Coordination
of Walking (2)
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| 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
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Neurophysiological
Constraints
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| 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
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| 2.00 - 3.00 |
Keynote Address: Prof.
Peter Beek -
Coordination and Vision in Juggling. Abstract |
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Coordination
Dynamics
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| 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 |
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Eye-hand Coordination
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| 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
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| 11.00 - Late |
Dancing, L'Aqua Bar, Watermark
Hotel
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SUNDAY
30th January
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| 9.00 - 10.00 |
Keynote
Address: Prof. Karl Newell -
Changing Degrees of Freedom in Motor Learning and
Control. Abstract |
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Stimulus Memory
Movement
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| 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 |
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| 12.30 - 2.30 |
Lunch
Denis Glencross Student Poster Award;
Guest Speaker: Mr.
Frank Gardner -
Real motor control at 300 kph!
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Development of
Coordinated Perception and Action
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| 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 |