Berkley Petersen
Sessions in which Berkley Petersen attends
- Measurement of Centre of Pressure using the Wii Balance Board in Older Adults with Simulated Visual Impairment
- Postural stability is a complex skill dependent upon the coordination of motor, sensory and cognitive systems (Woollacott & Shumway-Cook, 2002)...
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9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Sleep and cognitive health: neural mechanisms and clinical perspectives
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
- Sleep is important for memory consolidation and cognitives performances during the day. There is increasing evidence that brain o...
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9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Quantifying connectivity: Applications across the lifespan
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
- Regional brain function is determined by its local structure and connectivity. I will present work from our lab that strives to quantify connect...
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9:15 AM
9:15 AM
- Age Differences in Motor and 'Non-Motor' Brain Regions Correlate with Motor Function
- 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | 45 minutes
- With aging, there are declines in sensorimotor functions such as fine motor control, gait and balance. Moreover, the largest age differences in ...
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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Targeted executive function training to improve mobility and cognition in older adults
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
- Safe mobility is vital to the functional independence of older adults. Executive functions such as working memory updating and dividing attention p...
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1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Beyond the medicine cabinet: Non-pharmacological approaches to treat cognitive-motor disorders
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Disorders of gait and cognition are central to many age related conditions and diseases. While there are medications available to treat some of ...
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