Research

Research topics:

• Visual perception, attention and action

• Body and action representation

• Brain stimulation (TMS, rTMS, tDCS)

• The automatic activation of the motor system by viewing graspable objects (affordances)

• The neural basis of action prediction and anticipation

• The neural and cognitive correlates of elite sport performance

Research techniques:

• Computer-based psychophysics

• Eye-tracker

• Electroencephalography (EEG) including event-related potentials (ERPs)

• Electromyography (EMG) and motor evoked potentials (MEPs)

• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), repetitive TMS (rTMS) and Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation (tDCS)

• Functional Near-InfraRed Spectroscopy (fNIRS)