Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1093193

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1093193

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Neural mechanisms underlying interlateral transfer of ballistic motor skill. This project seeks to discover why practicing a task with one limb can improve performance with the corresponding limb (which does no physical work) on the opposite side of the body. Identifying the changes in the brain that cause acquisition of skill without direct training is crucial to determine whether the effect might be exploited to improve rehabilitation outcomes for movement disorders that chiefly affect one side of the body (e.g. after a stroke). The research will provide basic information that might lead to new treatment approaches that help to minimize the social cost of the persistent and severe movement difficulties experienced by many patients after neurological injury.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $328,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Nervous system and disorders |

Other Keywords

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Nervous system and disorders | Psychology | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance

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