We are examining how different populations learn to control body-machine interfaces (BMI). Similar to brain-machine interfaces, BMIs establish a communication pathway between the body and an external device.
With practice, users can interact with a variety of devices by moving their body, allowing efficient patterns of control. We are using BMIs to address the question of whether we can facilitate goal-directed arm movements in children with typical and atypical motor development.
We are interested in how new behaviors and movement patterns emerge out of previous ones, specifically in the context of how spontaneous arm movements develop into goal-directed reaching and grasping movements. We are also examining the characteristics of spontaneous movement by using kinematic analysis, biofeedback, and qualitative analysis. Our overall goal is to characterize the developmental trajectories of typical and atypical motor development.
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