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The neural fingerprints of the missing hand
Please contact Paula Kaanders (paula.kaanders@wadham.ox.ac.uk) to arrange individual meetings.
Following arm-amputation, brain areas that previously operated the hand will be freed-up, and could potentially be “recruited” to work for other body parts (brain reorganisation). I will present recent results and ideas about how the brain undergoes reorganisation due to hand loss and the need to pick up alternative behavioural strategies. I will explore the neural correlates of a range of alternative hand functions, including extraordinarily dexterous foot usage, artificial limbs and supernumerary robotic fingers. Based on these findings I will challenge some of the basic textbook assumptions about the triggers and barriers of brain reorganisation, and suggest an alternative framework.
Date:
22 November 2018, 16:00
Venue:
Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Speaker:
Dr Tamar Makin (University College London)
Organiser:
Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Cortex Club - Oxford Neuroscience Society
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Marta Blanco pozo
