Michael Carter

Overview

Michael Carter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University. Michael is the Director of the Action, Cognition, and Metascience lab, which is an interdisciplinary research team investigating basic scientific questions about how the human brain controls and learns skilled actions. We study decision-making for action and practice factors supporting skill acquisition and maintenance in single- and multi-agent scenarios. We also conduct metascience research to gain important insights into research practices within kinesiology and sport science. The lab’s interest in aging focuses on how skilled behaviour changes across the lifespan, in health and disease (e.g., Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s). We expect that our work into these fundamental processes will lead to more effective and efficient neurorehabilitation strategies for diseases that impair cognitive and motor function.

Affiliations

• Assistant Professor
• Faculty of Science, McMaster University
• Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, Faculty of Science

Education

• BPhEd (Kinesiology), Brock University
• MSc (Kinesiology), Brock University
• PhD (Human Kinetics), University of Ottawa
• Postdoc, Centre for Neuroscience Studies at Queen’s University