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2022/11/04 | People | Robotics

PhD thesis defense Joaquin Peñalver de Andres

The ARTORG Center congratulates Joaquin Peñalver de Andres for successfully defending his PhD thesis on “EEG-based Imaging of Cognitive-Attentional Processes Related to Motor Performance” on Thursday, 3 November 2022. Joaquin investigated the role of functional brain organization for motor skill acquisition using EEG neuroimaging. Together with postdoctoral researcher Karin Bütler, he found that resting-state networks linked to cognitive functions affect posterior motor performance and that task instructions modulate the attentional networks and enhance performance during motor practice.

Neuroimaging of attentional processes in motor performance. (Joaquin Peñalver © ARTORG Center)

Publications:

“Tricking the Brain” Using Immersive Virtual Reality: Modifying the Self -Perception Over Embodied Avatar Influences Motor Cortical Excitability and Action Initiation. Front. Hum. Neurosci., 09 February 2022
Providing Task Instructions During Motor Training Enhances Performance and Modulates Attentional Brain Networks. Front. Neurosci., 09 December 2021
Effect of immersive visualization technologies on cognitive load, motivation, usability, and embodiment. Virtual Reality (2021)
Haptic Rendering Modulates Task Performance, Physical Effort and Movement Strategy during Robot-Assisted Training. BioRob 2020

Motor Learning and Neurorehabilitation