Grant: Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

For my MSc, I will use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the areas of the brain (e.g., specific regions of cerebral cortex) that are involved in predictive behavioural control. I will use the saccadic eye movement system combined with brain imaging. The predictive saccade task has often been used to distinguish differences in brain function in neurological and psychiatric disorders (e.g., Parkinson's disease, Schizophrenia). However, not much is known about how specific cortical areas are involved in this task. This study will be conducted in the fMRI scanner while healthy human subjects perform specially designed saccadic eye movement experiments.