http://news.vanderveer.org.nz Keep up-to-date with brain research and happenings at the Institute Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:45:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PUBLICATIONS Dalrymple-Alford JC, MacAskill MR, Nakas C, Livingston L, Graham CF, Crucian GP, Melzer TR, Kirwan J, Keenan R, Wells S, Porter RJ, Watts R, Anderson TJ (in press). The MoCA: Well-suited screen for cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease. Neurology. Hoggarth P, Innes C, Dalrymple-Alford J, Croucher M, Severinsen J, ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2010/07/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-july-2010/ CONFERENCES Richard Jones attended the University of Otago, Christchurch, Centre for Bioengineering Mini-Conference on 23rd June 2010 and presented the following invited talk: Jones R D (2010). An overview of the Christchurch Neurotechnology Research Programme. Tracy Melzer attended the 16th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping in Barcelona, Spain, ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2010/06/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-june-2010/ PUBLICATIONS Wu CC, Fairhall SL, McNair NA, Hamm JP, Kirk IJ, Cunnington R, Anderson TA, Lim VK (2010). Impaired sensorimotor integration in focal hand dystonia patients in the absence of symptoms. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 81: 659-665 GRADUATIONS Govinda Poudel graduated with a PhD in Medicine from the ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2010/05/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-may-2010/ PUBLICATIONS Hoggarth PA, Innes CRH, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Severinsen JE, Jones RD (in press). Comparison of a linear and a non-linear model for using sensory-motor, cognitive, personality, and demographic data to predict driving ability in healthy older adults. Accident Analysis & Prevention. Melzer T R, Watts R, MacAskill, M R, Pearson, ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2010/04/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-april-2010/ Applications are invited from interested candidates for 5 x Post-Doctoral Fellow positions and 3 x PhD scholarships at the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour, University of Canterbury. See http://www.nzilbb.canterbury.ac.nz/fellowships.shtml for full details. http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2010/04/post-doctoral-fellow-and-phd-vacancies-at-the-university-of-canterbury/ PUBLICATIONS Poudel GR, Jones RD, Innes CRH, Davidson P, Watts R, and Bones PJ (in press). Measurement of BOLD Changes Due to Cued Eye-closure and Stopping during a Continuous Visuomotor Task via Model-based and Model-free Approaches. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. Poudel GR, Jones RD, ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2010/03/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-march-2010/ PUBLICATIONS Alamri Y, Anderson T, MacAskill M (in press). We are what we eat, or are we not? New Zealand Medical Student Journal. CONFERENCES Hannah Farr and Tim David attended the conference ‘Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering’ in Valencia, Spain 24–27 February. Hannah was interested to find that ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2010/02/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-february-2010/ PUBLICATIONS Choo AL, Robb MP, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Huckabee M-L, O’Beirne GA (in press). Different lip asymmetry in adults who stutter: Electromyographic evidence during speech and non-speech. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica. Doeltgen SH, Dalrymple-Alford J, Ridding MC, Huckabee M-L (in press). Differential effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation parameters on ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2010/01/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-december-2009-january-2010/ PUBLICATIONS Wilcke JC, O'Shea RP, Watts R (2009). Frontoparietal activity and its structural connectivity in binocular rivalry. Brain Research, 1305, 96-107. Wu B, Butler A, Millane RP, Watts R, Bones PJ (in press). Cartesian sliding window methods for retrospective selection of acceleration factors for contrast enhance MR angiography. ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2009/11/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-november-2009/ PUBLICATIONS Heitger MH, Jones RD, Macleod AD, Snell DL, Frampton CM, Anderson TJ (2009). Impaired eye movements in post-concussion syndrome indicate suboptimal brain function beyond the influence of depression, malingering or intellectual ability. Brain. 132(10), 2850-70. Huckabee M-L, Macrae P (2009). Temporal resolution in swallowing neural control: The ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2009/10/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-october-2009/