Catarina Martins
Implicit representations of action in individuals with Cerebral Palsy
This project addresses the study of motor representations and, more generally, of dynamical representations in individuals with Cerebral Palsy (CP). More specifically, we will investigate to what extent motor representations underlie movement constraints in CP. This project studies the direct relation between cognition and motor behavior. Movement control theories assume that there are important cognitive factors that are necessary prerequisites to movement behavior. Employed paradigms will include classical motion extrapolation and representational momentum tasks, variants of biological movement perception, imagery tasks involving postural and action planning, and EEG recording (ERPs).
