Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770568

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0770568

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Facilitatory and inhibitory mechanisms during interlimb coordination in young and older adults. The project seeks to understand how people coordinate their limbs and the factors which limit and enhance this capacity. This is of critical importance because coordination is a dominant deficit in aging and in patients suffering brain insult and neurodegenerative diseases. Disruption of this capacity compromises individual work productivity, mobility and independence. Proficient motor functioning is an important lifestyle factor as humans age and deficits in coordinated muscle activity will increase the risk of falls which are the leading cause of injury in elderly adults. Identification of changes in brain processes involved in interlimb coordination will allow for the development of strategies to improve motor functions in the aged.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2007

End Date: 06-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $420,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Motor Control | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Nervous system and disorders | Health related to ageing | Behavioural and cognitive sciences |

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