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Associate Professor | Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health

Michael Barnett-Cowan is an Associate Professor in Kinesiology and Health Studies.  Michael is also the Director of the Multisensory Brain and Cognition Lab at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, which seeks to determine how the brain integrates multisensory information. The lab has a specific interest in the vestibular (balance) system and determining how information about head movement and orientation is combined with the other senses to enable optimal object recognition, decision-making, and coordinated movement in the normal, injured, diseased, and aging brain. 

Michael supervises students completing the following;  

• Research volunteer  
• Undergraduate thesis 
• MSc thesis 
• Coursework interns 
• PhD thesis 
• Postdoctoral Fellowship 
• Research assistant/coordinator 

Selected Publications:

• Bansal, A., Weech, S., & Barnett-Cowan, M. (2019). . Scientific reports, 9(1), 4378. 
• Weech, S., Kenny, S., & Barnett-Cowan, M. (2019). . Frontiers in psychology, 10, 158. 
• Sachgau, C., Chung, W., & Barnett-Cowan, M. (2018). . Neuroscience letters, 687, 253-258.