Tim McGarry, University of New Brunswick

Research

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motor control: brain behaviour muscle excitatory-inhibitory control on-line control reaction time kinematics electromyogram sports performance: system analysis dynamics pattern detection decision-making strategies tactics

Latest papers

Exploring Game Performance in the National Basketball Association Using Player Tracking Data.
PloS one · 2015

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Inhibitory control of voluntary actions in humans
NSERC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Searching for space-time patterns in sports contests
SSHRC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$58,000

All 2 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Exploring Game Performance in the National Basketball Association Using Player Tracking Data.

Sampaio J, McGarry T, Calleja-González J, Jiménez Sáiz S, Schelling I Del Alcázar X, Balciunas M

PloS one2015

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132894 PMID: 26171606

Inhibitory control of voluntary actions in humans

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McGarry, Timothy

$20,000

Searching for space-time patterns in sports contests

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: McGarry, Tim

Keywords: sports contests; behaviour; patterns; space; time; perception; point-light displays; dynamical systems; complex systems

$58,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: motor control: brain Dear Professor McGarry, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Exploring Game Performance in the National Basketball Association Using Player Tracking Data." (2015), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]