Is part of the Centre for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Plymouth. The SensoriMotor Laboratory is a research laboratory run by Professor Chris Harris and carries out both basic and clinical research into human motor control and its development.

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Our Aims

To understand the principles that govern human movement and their relationship to sensation and perception in health and disease at all ages.

To put this understanding into practice to help people of all ages with sensorimotor and brain disorders

To disseminate and teach sensorimotor neuroscience at all levels.

Research

The SensoriMotor Laboratory carries out both basic and clinical research into human motor control and sensory processes, with particular emphasis on development, learning, and plasticity. Our theoretical emphasis is on understanding the control principles that underlie human movement. We analyse and model behaviours as 'optimal' control strategies (distal models).  

Experimentally, current work includes the measurement of eye movements, arm reaching, and speech articulatory movements, vision and hearing.

Understanding abnormal human movement is a fundamental aspect of our research. Understanding disorders provides insight into how normal movement control develops and is maintained. We have strong clinical connections and hold regular clinical sessions to assess neuro-ophthalmological disorders in patients of all ages (see Patient Info).

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