New sensory devices will aid Parkinson's and stroke patients

Dr Craig's project, known as TEMPUS-G (Temporal Enhancement of Motor Performance Using Sensory Guides), will use theories about how the brain controls self-paced movements as a basis for designing sensory devices (visual, acoustic and haptic). The potential beneficial effects of using these devices will be tried and tested in both a sports (e.g. golf) and rehabilitative (e.g. stroke) context.

Dr Craig will also be using the expertise of colleagues across the University in her project, including those in the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the School of Music and Sonic Arts.

Further information on the School of Psychology can be found at http://www.psych.qub.ac.uk/

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Notes to Editors

• Dr Craig is available for interview.
• An image of Dr Craig can be found by clicking on 'Link to Pictures' in the original email containing this news release.
• Universities and research centres in the United Kingdom have attracted a total of 41 top international researchers, the highest number in any of the participating European countries.
• The European Research Council (ERC) is the first European funding body set up to support investigator-driven frontier research. Its main aim is to stimulate scientific excellence by supporting and encouraging the very best, truly creative scientists, scholars and engineers to be adventurous and take risks in their research. The scientists are encouraged to go beyond established frontiers of knowledge and the boundaries of disciplines. The ERC complements other funding activities in Europe such as those of the national research funding agencies, and is a flagship component of the 'Ideas Programme' of the European Union's Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7).

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