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Joachim Hermsdörfer

Prof. Dr. Joachim Hermsdörfer

Regular member MCN

Responsibilities

Chair of Human Movement Science, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences

Contact

TUM Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences
Chair of Human Movement Science
Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60/ 62
D-80992 Munich

Phone: +49 (0)89 / 289-24550
Fax: +49 (0)89 / 289-24553

Website: http://www.bewegungswissenschaft.sp.tum.de/index.php?id=843&L=1

Further Information

Research focus: Human sensorimotor control and motor learning with a particular emphasis on the underlying neural mechanisms

Key words: Sensorimotor control, motor learning, elementary motor skills, object manipulation, complex tool use actions, sports, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Selected publications:

Brandauer B, Hermsdörfer J, Geißendörfer T, Schoch B, Gizewski ER and Timmann D. (2012) Impaired and preserved aspects of independent finger control in patients with cerebellar damage. J Neurophysiol 107: 1080-1093.

Hermsdörfer J, Li Y, Randerath J, Goldenberg G and Johansson L. (2012) Tool use without a tool: kinematic characteristics of pantomiming as compared to actual use and the effect of brain damage. Exp Brain Res 218 (2): 201-214.

Roby-Brami A, Hermsdörfer J, Roy A and Jacobs S. (2012) A neuropsychological perspective on the link between language and praxis in modern humans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 367: 144-160.

Brandauer B, Hermsdörfer J, Müller F and Timmann D. (2011) Ataxie. In: Nowak DA (ed) Gehirn und Hand: Klinik und Rehabilitation von Handfunktionsstörungen in der Neurologie. Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 130-138.

Hermsdörfer J, Marquardt C, Schneider A, Fürholzer W and Baur B. (2011) Significance of grip forces and kinematics during handwriting in writer's cramp. HumMovSci 30: 807-817.