Sensory Motor Research Group

The SensoriMotor Research Group at Arizona State University was founded in 2005 by Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery, who holds faculty appointments in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering as well as the Psychology Department and Barrow Neurological Institute. Steve came to ASU to work on cortical neuroprosthetics with Dr. Andy Schwartz. This work is steeped both in the science of cortical control and in bioengineering. The overall aim of the research carried out in the SMoRG lab is to both understand the intricacies of neural control of real arm movement, and to address crucial bioengineering issues in the design of neuro-electronic hybrid systems.

Dr. Helms Tillery is also interested in the basal ganglia, a set of forebrain nuclei which are associated with motor disorders like Parkinson's Disease and Huntington's chorea. We are using the systems and techniques developed for neuroprosthetics to study the basic physiology and pathophysiology of these structures.

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