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Dr Jonathan Marotta Dr Jonathan Marotta, PhD - Lab Director
Dr. Marotta is originally from Southern Ontario and received a BScH in Psychology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He then went on to earn his MSc and PhD degrees in Neuroscience working with Dr. M.A. Goodale at the University of Western Ontario, in London.

Dr. Marotta was awarded funding by the McDonnell-Pew Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and NSERC to continue his training as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Dr. M. Behrmann's laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Marotta returned to Canada to take up a CIHR INMHA Senior Research Fellowship position in Dr. J.D. Crawford's laboratory at the Centre for Vision Research (CVR) at York University, Toronto, Ontario.

Dr. Marotta is pleased to be a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of Manitoba and Lab Director of the Neuropsychology of Vision Perception and Action Lab. He and his family are enjoying all of the cultural and social activities that Winnipeg has to offer and (after living in Toronto) are thrilled to now have a backyard with grass.

    Dr Jonathan Marotta - Curriculum Vitae


Jane Lawrence Jane Lawrence, PhD
Jane joined the lab after a postdoc at Stanford University. Her expertise in fMRI and DTI strengthen the Perception and Action Lab’s investigations of the neural mechanisms underlying visual perception and the visual control of action.

Lee Baugh Lee Baugh, MA PhD Student
Lee will be investigating the effects of perceptual and spatial distortions (via a viewing window) on visual perception and visuomotor control in hemispatial neglect and optic ataxia.

Loni Desanghere Loni Desanghere, BA (Honours) MA (Candidate)
Loni will be conducting research on the two streams interact by investigating eye-hand coordination.

Keri Locheed Keri Locheed, MA Student
Keri will be investigating progressive cortical atrophy and its affects on our perceptual system.

Ben Meek Ben Meek, Research Assistant

Kamyar Abhari Kamyar Abhari, MSc Lab Programmer

Brian Hauri Brian Hauri, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Loretta Ephraim Loretta Ephraim, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Alumni

          Cassandra Adduri, BSc (Honours) MA Candidate

          Heath Matheson, NSERC USRA (2005)

          Leslie Thorne, MA, Research Assistant

          Michelle Tabigue, Volunteer Research Assistant

          Neil Bailey, Research Assistant

          Shaw Krauchi, BA Honours Student

          Ryan Wilson, BA Honours Student (2005-06)

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