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Faculty Biography |
Kelly J. Cole, Ph.D. Office: S-501D Field House |
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Specialization: Motor Control (Control of Human Movement) Courses Taught:
Research Interests: We investigate the neural control of the human hand during health, old age, and disease/injury. Presently, we focus on the sensorimotor mechanisms that control the three-dimensional fingertip forces during skilled grasp and manipulation. The contributions of tactile information, vision, and memory to this control are of particular interest. Publications of Interest Cole, K.J., Rotella, D.L., and Harper, J.G. (1999). Mechanisms for age-related changes of fingertip forces during precision gripping and lifting in adult. Journal of Neuroscience, 19(8):3238-3247. Cole, K.J. and Rotella, D.L. (2001) Old age affects grip force control when restraining objects. Experimental Brain Research, 136:535-542. Cole, K.J. and Rotella, DL (2002) Old age impairs the use of visual cues for predictive control of fingertip forces during grasp. Experimental Brain Research, 143:35-41. Cole, K.J., Steyers, CS and Graybill, EK (2003) The effects of graded compression of the median nerve in the carpal canal on grip force. Experimental Brain Research, 148:150-157. Quaney, B., Rotella, D.L., Peterson, C. and Cole, K.J. (2003). ‘Sensorimotor’ memory for gripping and lifting objects: evidence for a task-independent memory. Journal of Neuroscience, 23(5):1981-1986. Quaney, B. and Cole, K.J. (2004) Accurate fingertip force partitioning after hand rotation, but not after object rotation. Experimental Brain Research 155:145-155. Quaney, B., Nudo, R.J., and Cole, K.J. (2005) Can internal models of objects be utilized for different prehension tasks? Journal of Neurophysiology 93:2021-2027. |
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