Dr. Geoff Hammond

Biography

Geoff Hammond is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Western Australia, having dedicated his career to the study of cortical motor function, with a focus on inhibitory and excitatory circuits in the motor cortex. He earned his BPsych (Honors) from the University of Western Australia in 1967, followed by a PhD from the University of Rochester in 1973. His research utilizes transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to explore how the motor cortex regulates behavior, particularly in the context of hand function and manual dexterity. Throughout his career, Hammond has received significant funding for various projects investigating areas such as the human blink reflex, auditory stimulus processing, and experience-dependent plasticity in the motor cortices. He has held multiple academic positions, including Assistant Lecturer at the University of Rochester and several roles at the University of Western Australia ranging from Lecturer to Winthrop Professor. In addition, he has served as a Visiting Professor at Johns Hopkins University and St Joseph's University. His contributions to the fields of behavioral neuroscience and cognitive psychology have established him as a prominent figure in understanding motor control and neuroplasticity, resulting in an h-index of 184 and numerous citations for his influential work.

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