Neuromotor Systems Laboratory

	Neuromotor Systems Laboratory
	Neuromotor Systems Laboratory



Video by Craig LaPlante	Slapshot Science (Full Story)
		February 20, 2014 by Craig LaPlante
		Exerpt:"Assistant Professor Christopher Hasson studies muscle mechanics, specifically in the context of aging. His intimate knowledge of the way our bodies move gives him a unique perspective when it comes to watching contact sports like hockey. Here he explains the technicalities of the motion behind a slap shot."

Photo via Thinkstock courtesy of Angela Herring	A Game of Virtual Strength (Full Story)
		February 14, 2014 by Angela Herring
		Exerpt:" How much force a muscle produces in response to neurological stimuli depends on its length, velocity, and stiffness, in addition to its strength. The same signal from the brain could generate very different movement depending on these properties. Christopher Hasson is interested in the interplay between those two phenomenon and wants to know whether the brain is aware of - and compensates for - variations in those properties."

Photo by Brooks Canaday	3Qs: "Driving" a New Pair of Arms (Full Story)
		February 5, 2013 by Jason Kornwitz
		Exerpt:"Brendan Marrocco, an Iraq War veteran who lost all four limbs in a roadside bomb attack, was recently released from a Baltimore hospital after receiving a double-arm transplant. We asked Christopher Hasson, a sensorimotor control expert and a newly appointed assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, to explain the brain's role in the long recovery and rehabiitation process."