Sensorimotor Development Research Lab

 The Sensorimotor Development Research Lab is currently investigating the learning and development of bimanual coordination.  Timing and coordination in perceptual-motor skills are measured in typically developing children, individuals with Down syndrome, and adults to investigate cerebral asymmetries, learning, individual differences, and coordination patterns.  The Sensorimotor Development Research Lab encompasses issues of motor control and learning from cognitive and biomechanical levels.

 

The Sensorimotor Development Research collects 6-dimensional movement data using Polhemus Liberty which gathers displacement data using magnetic fields in real time at 120 Hz/sensor.  The lab is also working in conjunction with colleagues to collect cognitive/EEG data using Neruoscan 32 channel Quick cap Technology.

 

 

Dr. (Robertson) Ringenbach received her B.Pe. from McMaster University in 1991, her M.Sc. from McMaster University in 1993, and her Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1998. Dr. Ringenbach has been funded from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Down Syndrome Society and the Jerome Lejeune Foundation to investigate perceptual motor behavior in individuals with Down Syndrome for over 7 years. Specifically, she is investigating the effects of different instructions (e.g., auditory, music, verbal, visual) on producing unimanual and bimanual continuous movements (e.g., drawing, tapping, drumming). She was received the Young Career Award from the World Down Syndrome Congress in 2006, was featured as one of Arizona’s leading woman scientists in Phoenix Women’s magazine in 2008 and was given special recognition as a Professor of the Year by the ASU Parents Association in 2009.