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Kevin Engel Ph.D. 2001, M.D. 2003 Thesis Title: Oculomotor and Manual Tracking of Visual Targets Advisor: John Soechting

Honors:

2001, Bacaner Research Award in Basic Medical Science,
Alpha Omega Alpha, Best Dissertation in Biological and Medical Sciences – University of Minnesota, 2002

Thesis Publications:

Engel KC, Anderson JH, Soechting JF. (2000) Similarity in the response of smooth pursuit and manual tracking to a change in the direction of target motion. J Neurophysiol. 84:1149-1156.

Engel KC, Soechting JF. (2000) Manual tracking in two dimensions. J Neurophysiol. 83:3483-3496.

Engel KC, Anderson JH, Soechting JF. (1999) Oculomotor tracking in two dimensions. J Neurophysiol. 81:1597-1602.

Recent Publications:

Deficits in Ocular and Manual Tracking Due to Episodic Ataxia Type 2 Kevin C. Engel, John H. Anderson, Christopher M. Gomez, John F. Soechting. Movement Disorders (In Press)

Interactions between Ocular Motor and Manual Responses during Two-Dimensional Tracking Kevin C. Engel, John F. Soechting Progress in Brain Research, 142: 141-154, 2003

Engel KC , Soechting JF. Interactions between ocular motor and manual responses during two-dimensional tracking. Prog Brain Res. 2003;142:141-53.

Engel KC , Flanders M, Soechting JF. Oculocentric frames of reference for limb movement. Arch Ital Biol. 2002 Jul;140(3):211-9.

Oculocentric Frames of Reference for Limb Movement Kevin C. Engel, Martha Flanders, John F. Soechting Archives Italiennes de Biologie, 140(3): 211-219

Soechting JF, Engel KC , Flanders M. The Duncker illusion and eye-hand coordination. J Neurophysiol. 2001 Feb;85(2):843-54.

Engel KC , Flanders M, Soechting JF. Anticipatory and sequential motor control in piano playing. Exp Brain Res. 1997 Feb;113(2):189-99.