We are a human subjects research laboratory at Arizona State University within the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering. Dr. Sydney Schaefer founded the laboratory in 2012 at Utah State University, and transferred the laboratory to ASU in 2016.
We are focused on understanding how motor learning can be optimized across the lifespan into later adulthood. We are also studying how motor learning may change in conjunction with (or prior to) the development of cognitive decline and dementia.
Our in-person lab is located in Bulldog Hall on the Tempe Campus of Arizona State University. Currently this 400 square-foot facility contains a fully-integrated MotionMonitor BioFeedback Module, equipped with Ascension electromagnetic sensors for tracking the 3-D motion of the entire upper extremity (arm, hand, and individual digits) and trunk during a wide range of functional and experimental motor tasks. This system also includes a virtual environment in which visual feedback of motor performance during computer-based tasks can be manipulated to study adaptive processes. Other technologies used for research in this laboratory include: electroencephalography and transcranial direct current stimulation. Numerous standardized clinical assessment tools are also available to evaluate arm and hand function.
You can reach us at mrllab-at-asu-dot-edu.
Click here to learn more about our current and past lab members.
We are focused on understanding how motor learning can be optimized across the lifespan into later adulthood. We are also studying how motor learning may change in conjunction with (or prior to) the development of cognitive decline and dementia.
Our in-person lab is located in Bulldog Hall on the Tempe Campus of Arizona State University. Currently this 400 square-foot facility contains a fully-integrated MotionMonitor BioFeedback Module, equipped with Ascension electromagnetic sensors for tracking the 3-D motion of the entire upper extremity (arm, hand, and individual digits) and trunk during a wide range of functional and experimental motor tasks. This system also includes a virtual environment in which visual feedback of motor performance during computer-based tasks can be manipulated to study adaptive processes. Other technologies used for research in this laboratory include: electroencephalography and transcranial direct current stimulation. Numerous standardized clinical assessment tools are also available to evaluate arm and hand function.
You can reach us at mrllab-at-asu-dot-edu.
Click here to learn more about our current and past lab members.
In an effort to expand our research beyond the four walls of our physical lab space, we now conduct research studies that involve in-home assessments. For more details about this emerging work, check out this publication.
