The University of Western Australia

W/Prof Geoff Hammond

Winthrop Professor
School of Psychology

Contact details

Address

School of Psychology
The University of Western Australia (M304)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 3236 / 6488 3636

Fax

6488 1006

Email

geoff.hammond@uwa.edu.au

Qualifications

BPsych W.Aust., PhD Roch.

Key research

My lab is using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to study cortical motor function (particularly hand function) in conscious behaving humans. Much of this work examines the function of the inhibitory and excitatory circuits within motor cortex which have been implicated in modulating its output (in shaping and refining the movement that is produced) and in its capacity for functional reorganization with experience. Studies are in progress on the motor cortical mechanisms of manual dexterity and handedness (the asymmetry of manual dexterity) and on use-dependent reorganization of motor cortex.

Publications

Some recent publications:

Hammond, G.R. & Fox, A.M. (2005). Electrophysiological evidence for lateralization of preparatory motor processes. NeuroReport, 16, 559-562.

Hammond, G.R., Seth, Y., & Ison, J.R. (2005). Concurrent measurement of the detectability of tone bursts and their effect on the excitability of the human blink reflex using a probe-signal method. Hearing Research, 202, 28-34.

Reilly, K.T. & Hammond, G.R. (2004). Human handedness: Is there a difference in the independence of the digits on the preferred and non-preferred hands? Experimental Brain Research, 156, 255-262.

Hammond, G.R., Faulkner, D., Byrnes, M.L., Mastaglia, F.L, & Thickbroom, G.W. (2004). Transcranial magnetic stimulation reveals asymmetrical efficacy of intracortical circuits in primary motor cortex. Experimental Brain Research, 155, 19-23.

Hammond, G.R. (2002). Correlates of human handedness in primary motor cortex: a review and hypothesis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 26, 285-292.

Research profile

Research profile and publications