Jarrod Blinch, Ph.D.

Education

• 2016 – Post Doctoral Fellow, Brain in Action Lab, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
• 2015 – Ph.D., Perceptual-Motor Dynamics lab, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• 2010 – M.Sc., Perceptual-Motor Dynamics lab, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• 2006 – Honours B.Sc. Kinesiology Co-op and Mathematics Minor, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Current Courses Taught

• Undergraduate
  • KIN 3303 Motor Learning
  • KIN 4000 Independent Study
• Graduate
  • KIN 5302 Motor Control
  • KIN 5316 Research Methods II (Statistics)
  • KIN 7316 Applied Statistics in Kinesiology

Research Interests

• Human motor behaviour from a cognitive psychology perspective
  • Speed-accuracy trade-offs
  • Bimanual coordination
  • Spatial abilities
  • Methodology of reaction time and trajectory analysis

Awards and Honors

• 2015 – Franklin Henry Young Scientist Award from the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS)
• 2012 – Postgraduate Scholarship – Doctoral from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
• 2009 – Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters from NSERC
• 2005 – Academic All-Canadian from Canadian Interuniversity Sport