{"683173":{"#nid":"683173","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Layla Abdullatif","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDoctor of Philosophy in Applied Physiology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELayla Abdullatif\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWill defend her dissertation\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Influence of Action Observation on Sensorimotor Integration During Motor Performance\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E31ST, JULY, 2025\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E11:30AM\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92509007056\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92509007056\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis Advisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELewis Wheaton, Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Young-Hui Chang, Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Mindy Millard-Stafford, Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Boris Prilutsky, Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Veronica Rowe Ph.D OTR\/L\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDepartment of Occupational Therapy\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia State University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EABSTRACT:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESkill acquisition is a fundamental part of life for nearly every population, from babies learning to walk to persons in motor rehabilitation. It either entails the development of a new skill or the refinement of an existing one that was previously acquired.\u0026nbsp; One way a skill can be learned is by watching or observing another individual perform the task. Action observation for motor learning involves viewing a motor task to replicate the action. There is evidence that action observation training, when combined with physical practice, is more effective than physical practice alone and presents unique opportunities to facilitate skill acquisition. Research on action observation has shown that action observation training benefits not only performance production variables, such as movement coordination patterns related to movement speed and interlimb relative coordination, but also performance outcome variables related to motor learning, including improved task performance. Action observation has been shown to improve the execution of movements due to the shared neural networks for observation and execution. While neural representations from action observation have been studied, the role of task difficulty on physiological outcomes, such as gaze behavior, kinematics, and perceived workload, remains unclear.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe goal of the following studies is to understand the role of an action observation intervention on motor and visual systems under different levels of task difficulty.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Influence of Action Observation on Sensorimotor Integration During Motor Performance\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Influence of Action Observation on Sensorimotor Integration During Motor Performance"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2025-07-17 18:46:27","changed_gmt":"2025-07-17 19:07:45","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-07-31T11:30:44-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-07-31T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-07-31T13:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-07-31 15:30:44","gmt_time_end":"2025-07-31 17:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-07-31 17:30:00","rrule":"RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=3","timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"ZOOM","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}