Rachael Seidler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Movement Science
Associate Professor, Psychology
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology
4745D CCRB
401 Washtenaw Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2214
Phone: (734) 615-6224
Fax: (734) 936-1925
rseidler@umich.edu
Office Hours (Spring Summer 2009):
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Laboratory:
Areas of Interest
Short Description: Motor performance, motor learning
The goals of Dr. Seidler's research are to understand how motor performance becomes more efficient and skilled as a function of practice. Investigations include work with motor-learning deficient populations such as elderly adults and Parkinson's disease patients. Functional imaging is utilized to examine the neural networks contributing to skill performance both in the early and late stages of learning.
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Educational Background
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Ph.D., Exercise Science (Motor Control), 1999
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
M.S., Exercise Science (Biomechanics), 1995
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
B.S., Exercise Science (Biology minor), 1992
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Research
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Teaching
MOVESCI 320. Motor Control
MOVESCI 424 / KINESLGY 424.* Human Movement & Aging: Changes in Sensorimotor Control
MOVESCI 426. Cognitive Neuroscience of Action
Expanded description of this class.
MOVESCI 429 / KINESLGY 429.* Lab Rotation in Motor Control
PSYCH 447.** Current Topics in Cognition and Perception
KINESLGY 512.* Experimental Courses in Motor Control
PSYCH 808.** Special Seminar: Cognitive Neuroscience of Action
* Movement Science courses are for undergraduate credit; Kinesiology courses are for graduate credit.
** PSYCH 447 and PSYCH 809 are taught within the College of LS&A.
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Honors and Awards
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NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship |
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2001
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University of Michigan Nominee, Dana Clinical Hypotheses Program in Brain Imaging Grant Competition
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1998-99
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Preparing Future Faculty Fellow, Arizona State University
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1998
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Regents' Graduate Academic Scholarship, Arizona State University
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1997
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Rousseau Award for graduate student research in gerontology, Arizona State University
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Professional Affiliations and Service
Consulting Editor
Journal of Motor Behavior (2007-2010)
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Acta Psychologica
Behavioural Brain Research
Brain Imaging & Behavior
Cerebral Cortex
Clinical Interventions in Aging
Experimental Brain Research
Journal of Applied Biomechanics
Journal of Applied Physiology
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition
Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences
Journal of Motor Behavior
Journal of Neurophysiology
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Motor Control
Neurobiology of Aging
Neuroimage
Neuropsychologia
Neuropsychology
Neuroscience Letters
Psychological Science
Psychology and Aging
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Affiliations
Cognitive Neuroscience Society member (2005-present)
International Graphonomics Society member (2003-present)
Neural Control of Movement Society member (1998-present)
New York Academy of Sciences member (1998-1999)
Society for Biomechanics student member (1998- 1999)
Society for Neuroscience student member (1997- 1999)
Society for Neuroscience full member (2000- present)
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Selected Publications
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
Seidler, R. D. & Noll, D. C. (in press). Neuroanatomical correlates of motor acquisition and motor transfer. Journal of Neurophysiology.
Anguera, J.A., Russell, C.A., Noll, D.C., & Seidler, R.D. (2007). Neural correlates associated with intermanual transfer of sensorimotor adaptation. Brain Research, 1185: 136-151.
Seidler, R. D. (2007). Older adults can learn to learn new motor skills. Behavioural Brain Research 183: 118-122.
Seidler, R. D. (2007). Aging affects motor learning but not savings at transfer of learning. Learning & Memory 14: 17-21.
Seidler, R. D., Tuite, P., & Ashe, J. (2007). Selective impairments in implicit learning in Parkinson’s Disease. Brain Research 1137: 104-110.
Seidler, R. D. (2006). Differential effects of age on sequence learning and sensorimotor adaptation. Brain Research Bulletin 70: 337-346.
Seidler, R. D., Noll, D. C., & Chintalapati, P. (2006). Bilateral basal ganglia activation associated with sensorimotor adaptation. Experimental Brain Research 175: 544-555.
Seidler, R. D., Purushotham, A., Kim, S., Willingham, D., Ugurbil, K. & Ashe, J. (2005). Neural correlates of encoding and expression in implicit sequence learning. Experimental Brain Research 165: 114-124.
Seidler, R. D. (2005). Differential transfer processes in incremental visuomotor adaptation. Motor Control 9: 40-58. (High res version 10MB)
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Selected Projects/Grants
Funded Grant Applications
Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation (R. Seidler, PI, M. Muller Co-I, N. Bohnen Consultant), Parkinson’s Disease: Interactions Between Stage of Disease, Treatment, and Motor and Cognitive Performance. Jan-Dec 2008, $75,000.
1 R01 NS 052514-01A1 (R. C. Welsh PI, R. Seidler & K. Gruis Co-I’s), Cortex Changes in Real / Imagined Movements in ALS. 09/30/2007- 08/30/2011, $1,421,479 total costs.
Advisory board member for DOED-NIDRR grant, Adapted Assessment of Speed of Information Processing in Children with Cerebral Palsy, S. Warschausky and J. Kaufman, investigators, 2007-09.
1 R01 AG 24106-01A1 (PI on the grant). Skill acquisition in older adults. 09/01/2005- 08/31/2009, $1,194,100 total costs.
Minority predoctoral supplement to 1 R01 AG24106 (faculty advisor for Joaquin Anguera). 2/15/2006- 12/31/2008. $182,229 total costs.
NIH T32 AG000114-21 Biomedical Research Training in the Biology of Aging, Richard Miller PI. Provides support for pre- and postdoctoral trainees, funded through April 2010.
U-M Claude Pepper Older Americans Independence Center Pilot Grant, 7/1/2003 — 6/30/2004. (PI on the grant). Age-Related Declines in Bimanual Coordination: Neural Mechanisms and Potential for Compensation. One year application, $35,000 direct costs, $53,550 total costs.
NASA NBEI Award, U-M Biomedical Engineering Department, 2003-2006. (R. D. Seidler, Co-Investigator). Five year application, $6,400,000 total costs (over 40 U-M faculty), funding discontinued in September 2006 due to reassignment of NASA priorities. R. D. Seidler Transport Project 1 leader, Neural and Neurovascular Changes in Simulated Microgravity, (other project members: D. Noll, S. Takayama).
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