Deanna M. Kennedy

Characterizing bilateral M1 excitability changes after learning a novel spatiotemporal coordination pattern

This study investigates how learning a novel coordination pattern affects motor cortex excitability, finding comparable behavioral improvements across bimanual and unimanual training without consistent neurophysiological correlates.

Impaired Sensory Gating During Standing Balance in Parkinson's Disease

This study shows that individuals with Parkinson's disease have impaired sensory gating during standing balance, as evidenced by elevated somatosensory-evoked potential amplitudes, despite comparable postural sway to healthy older adults.

Generalization in motor learning: learning bimanual coordination with one hand

This study investigates how bimanual coordination is learned and generalized through unimanual practice, showing that visual feedback is critical for transferring skills to bimanual tasks.