Faculty Name | Institute of Gerontology

Research Assistant Professor, IoG
Associate Professor
Division of Kinesiology
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
College of Literature, Science & the Arts

3060A CCRB
401 Washtenaw Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2214
Tel: (734) 615-6224
Fax: (734) 936-1925
Email: rseidler@umich.edu
http://www.kines.umich.edu/faculty/full-time/seidler.html

The goals of Dr. Seidler's research are to understand how motor performance becomes more efficient and skilled as a function of practice. Investigations include work with motor-learning deficient populations such as elderly adults and Parkinson's disease patients. Functional imaging is utilized to examine the neural networks contributing to skill performance both in the early and late stages of learning.

Publications:

Seidler, R. D. (in press). Differential transfer processes in incremental visuomotor adaptation. Motor Control.

Seidler, R. D., Noll, D. C., & Thiers, G. (2004). Feedforward and feedback processes in motor control. NeuroImage, 22(4): 1775-1783.

Seidler, R. D. (2004). Multiple motor learning experiences enhance motor adaptability. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 16:65-73.

Stancak, A., Cohen, E., Seidler, R. D., Duong, T. Q., & Kim, S. (2003). The size of corpus callosum and the functional activation of motor cortical areas in bimanual and unimanual movements. Cerebral Cortex, 13, 475-485.

Seidler RD, Alberts JL, Stelmach GE (2002). "Changes in multi-joint performance with age." Motor Control 2002 Jan;6(1):19-31

Ketcham CJ, Seidler RD, Van Gemmert AW, Stelmach GE (2002). "Age-related kinematic differences as influenced by task difficulty, target size, and movement amplitude." J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2002
Jan;57(1):P54-64

Seidler RD, Purushotham A, Kim S-G, Ugurbil K, Willingham D, Ashe J (2002). "Cerebellum activation associated with performance change but not motor learning." Science, 296: 2043-2046.

Seidler, R. D., Alberts, J. L., & Stelmach, G. E. (2001). "Multi-joint movement control in Parkinson's disease." Experimental Brain Research. 140(3), 335-344.

Seidler, R. D., Bloomberg J. J., & Stelmach, G. E. (2001). "Patterns of transfer of adaptation among body segments." Behavioural Brain Research. 122, 145-157.

Seidler, R. D., Bloomberg, J. J., & Stelmach, G. E. (2001). "Context-specific arm pointing adaptation." Behavioural Brain Research, 119(2), 155-166.

Seidler R. D. & Stelmach, G. E. (2000). "Trunk assisted prehension: Specification of body segments with imposed temporal constraints." Journal of Motor Behavior, 32, 379-389.

Seidler-Dobrin, R. D., He, J., & Stelmach, G. E. (1998). "Coactivation to reduce variability in the elderly." Motor Control, 2, 314-330.

Seidler-Dobrin, R. D. & Stelmach G. E. (1998). "Persistence in visual feedback control by the elderly." Experimental Brain Research, 119, 467-474.

Seidler, R. D. & Martin, P. E. (1997). "The effects of short term balance training on the postural control of older adults." Gait and Posture, 6(3), 224-236.