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David Westwood
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Latest papers
The role of stereopsis in microsurgical performance on the EYESi ophthalmic surgical simulator.
Strabismus · 2025 · senior author
Manipulability and living/non-living category effects on object identification.
Brain and cognition · 2005 · senior author
Latest funding
- $105,000
The Impact of Sex on Vascular Endothelial-Dependent Vasodilatory Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training in Older Adults
CIHR · 2019 · Supervisor
- $150,000
Effects of prior and future movements on current actions
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
- $212,735
Novel technologies for cognitive repair
NSERC · 2011 · Co-investigator
2 publications.
The role of stereopsis in microsurgical performance on the EYESi ophthalmic surgical simulator.
Alkharashi H, LaRoche R, Walsh L, Westwood D
Manipulability and living/non-living category effects on object identification.
Filliter JH, McMullen PA, Westwood D
The Impact of Sex on Vascular Endothelial-Dependent Vasodilatory Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training in Older Adults
Principal investigators: O'Brien, Myles
Keywords: Active Aging; Endothelial Function; High-Intensity Exercise; Sex Differences; Vascular Aging
Effects of prior and future movements on current actions
Principal investigators: Westwood, David
Novel technologies for cognitive repair
Principal investigators: Klein, Raymond
Rehabilitation of Executive Deficits in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease
Principal investigators: Butcher, Nancy J
Keywords: Attention; Cognitive Rehabilitation; Daily Functioning; Deep Brain Stimulation; Executive Functioning; Frontal-Subcortical Networks; L-Dopa; Neuropsychology; Parkinson'S Disease
Novel technologies for cognitive repair
Principal investigators: Klein, Raymond M
Keywords: Cognitive Rehabilitation
Properties of Multisensory Peri-Personal Spatial Extension After Tool Use: An Exploration Using Prism Adaptation
Principal investigators: Trerice, Andrew C
Keywords: Action; Attention; Neuroplasticity; Neuropsychology; Prism Adaptation; Rehabilitation; Space; Tool Use
Cortical plasticity and control of movement direction in motor cortex following stroke
Principal investigators: Cowper-Smith, Chris
Keywords: Fmri; Motor Control; Rehabilitation; Stroke
A motion capture system for fine hand movements in MRI research
Principal investigators: Newman, Aaron
Perception and action in human visual behaviour
Principal investigators: Westwood, David
A robot arm for research in human sensorimotor control
Principal investigators: Westwood, David
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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