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Research
Latest papers
From signal to construct evidence: multimodal consumer-wearable sensing in real general-aviation flight.
Frontiers in neuroergonomics · 2026
Consumer-Grade Wearable Sensors for Classifying Pilot Workload and Stress During Real Flight Training: A Leave-One-Subject-Out Validation Study.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
Vestibulomotor coupling and gain associated with cybersickness in virtual reality.
Journal of neurophysiology · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $105,586
Electroencephalography (EEG) System
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $250,000
Incorporating Social Justice into Haptic VR Storytelling
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $200,000
The neural basis of multisensory processing during self motion in real and virtual environments
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
41 publications.
From signal to construct evidence: multimodal consumer-wearable sensing in real general-aviation flight.
Xu R, Cao S, Barnett-Cowan M, Bulbul G, Kearns S, Niechwiej-Szwedo E
Consumer-Grade Wearable Sensors for Classifying Pilot Workload and Stress During Real Flight Training: A Leave-One-Subject-Out Validation Study.
Xu R, Cao S, Barnett-Cowan M, Irving E, Niechwiej-Szwedo E, Kearns S
Vestibulomotor coupling and gain associated with cybersickness in virtual reality.
Goar MH, Barnett-Cowan M
Shifting Fall Perception: How Virtual Reality Alters the Precision of Estimating Postural Instability Onset.
McIlroy RE, Barnett-Cowan M
Bridging game metrics and user perception in remote virtual reality exergames: Lessons from a COVID-19 home-based study.
Muñoz JE, Bicknell EA, Mehrabi S, Basharat A, Middleton L, Cao S, Barnett-Cowan M, Boger J
An in-flight multimodal data collection method for assessing pilot cognitive states and performance in general aviation.
Xu R, Cao S, Barnett-Cowan M, Bulbul G, Irving E, Niechwiej-Szwedo E, Kearns S
Light touch alters vestibular-evoked balance responses: insights into dynamics of sensorimotor reweighting.
Goar MH, Barnett-Cowan M, Horslen BC
Off-Vertical Body Orientation Delays the Perceived Onset of Visual Motion.
Chung W, Barnett-Cowan M
Virtual reality as a tool to explore multisensory processing before and after engagement in physical activity.
Basharat A, Mehrabi S, Muñoz JE, Middleton LE, Cao S, Boger J, Barnett-Cowan M
Perceived timing of postural instability onset.
McIlroy RE, Barnett-Cowan M
Electroencephalography (EEG) System
Principal investigators: Staines, William
Incorporating Social Justice into Haptic VR Storytelling
Principal investigators: Schneider, Oliver
Keywords: Human-Computer Interaction Digital Media History Education Restorative Justice Haptics Oral Histories Public History Virtual Reality Museum Studies Community-based Research
The neural basis of multisensory processing during self motion in real and virtual environments
Principal investigators: Barnett-Cowan, Michael
Keywords: multisensory; self-motion; psychophysics; virtual reality; motion sickness; vision; vestibular; time perception; auditory; motion simulation
Lower-limb wearable exoskeleton system to advance assisted mobility research
Principal investigators: Tung, James
Bimanual Assistive Robotic Platform for Neuroscience Research, Synthesized Skill Learning and Robotic Rehabilitation
Principal investigators: Jeon, Soo
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation System
Principal investigators: Staines, William
Multisensory processing during self-motion
Principal investigators: BarnettCowan, Michael
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo and Shi Cao: 8 shared papers
- Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo and Elizabeth Irving: 8 shared papers
- Shi Cao and Michael Barnett-Cowan: 8 shared papers
- W Richard Staines and Meaghan Adams: 7 shared papers
- Shi Cao and Elizabeth Irving: 7 shared papers
- Jennifer Boger and Shi Cao: 6 shared papers
- Jennifer Boger and Michael Barnett-Cowan: 5 shared papers
- Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo and Michael Barnett-Cowan: 4 shared papers
- W Richard Staines and Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo: 3 shared papers
- W Richard Staines and Michael Barnett-Cowan: 2 shared papers
- Jennifer Boger and Laura Middleton: 2 shared papers
- Michael Barnett-Cowan and Elizabeth Irving: 2 shared papers
- W Richard Staines and Robert Chen: 1 shared paper
- Meaghan Adams and Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo: 1 shared paper
- Meaghan Adams and Michael Barnett-Cowan: 1 shared paper
- Robert Chen and Michael Barnett-Cowan: 1 shared paper
- Laura Middleton and Shi Cao: 1 shared paper
- Laura Middleton and Michael Barnett-Cowan: 1 shared paper
- Michael Barnett-Cowan and John Turri: 1 shared paper
- Kinesiology
- Systems Design Engineering
- Optometry, School of
- Philosophy (except philosophy of specific fields)
- Kinesiology and Health Sciences
- Rehabilitation Science
- Medicine/Neurology
Co-authors at University of Waterloo, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Shi Cao
Systems Design Engineering
8 shared papers, latest 2026
Jennifer Boger
Systems Design Engineering
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo
Kinesiology
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Elizabeth Irving
Optometry, School of
2 shared papers, latest 2026
W Richard Staines
Kinesiology
2 shared papers, latest 2018
John Turri
Philosophy (except philosophy of specific fields)
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Robert Chen
Medicine/Neurology
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Laura Middleton
Kinesiology and Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Meaghan Adams
Rehabilitation Science
1 shared papers, latest 2018
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