Ronald W. Skelton |
Ph.D.
1982 (British Columbia) joined Department in 1984 |
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Neuroscience; Spatial Navigation; Recovery of Function
after Brain Damage
Ross, S.P., Skelton, R.W. and Mueller, S. (2006) Gender differences in learning in virtual space: Implications when using virtual environments in instruction and assessment, Virtual Reality. Volume 10 (3-4), 175-184 Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/s10055-006-0041-7 Livingstone, S.A. & Skelton, R.W. (2007) Virtual environment navigation tasks and the assessment of cognitive deficits in individuals with brain injury. Behavioural Brain Research, 185, 21–31. Mueller, S.C., Jackson, C.P.T., Skelton, R.W. (in press) Gender differences in a virtual water maze: an eye tracking and pupillometry study. Accepted Behavioural Brain Research 26 May 2008.
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Building
on my background in the neural basis of learning and memory, I am
presently studying recovery of cognitive function after traumatic
brain injury. I continue to be interested in hippocampal mechanisms
of memory and spatial cognition, but now study human cognitive processes,
seeking new ways to assess recovery from cognitive losses after
brain injury. My current research uses a simulation of the Morris
water maze in virtual space to study place learning after traumatic
brain injury. My lab is currently applying new techniques for tracking
eye movements and analyzing EEG. I am also developing an interview-based
profile for reporting and tracking outcome after brain injury that
spans all the areas of a person’s life impacted by brain injury,
including the impact on their family. I prefer to supervise students
in the Experimental Neuropsychology program. I am not a clinical
neuropsychologist and generally cannot accept applicants into the
Clinical Program. 
