Aaron Wong, PhD

Dr. Wong is interested in understanding how the healthy motor system controls movements and how neurological disorders disrupt these processes, with the long-term goal of applying that understanding to more effectively rehabilitate individuals with movement disorders resulting from injury or neurodegenerative disease. His research blends behavioral, computational, and neuropsychological approaches in the study of movement planning and motor learning. He is interested in topics ranging from cognitive-motor interactions contributing to the learning and control of skilled behaviors; processes and decisions underlying motor planning; mechanisms giving rise to imitation and tool-use deficits in individuals with apraxia following left-hemisphere stroke; and the influence of motivation and effort on behavior in people with Parkinson’s disease. 

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