Mark L. Latash, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology

Summary Statement

Mark L. Latash's field of research interest is motor control defined as an area of natural science exploring how the nervous system interacts with other body parts and the environment to produce purposeful, coordinated actions.

Department

Kinesiology - KINES
Motor Control Lab
Graduate Faculty

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Education

Ph.D., 1989, Physiology, Rush University
M.S., 1976, Physics of Living Systems, Moscow Physics Technical Institute
B.S., 1976, Physics, Moscow Physics Technical Institute

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Phone

814-863-5374

mll11@psu.edu

Office Address

268N Recreation Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802

Fax

814-865-1275

Affiliations

Center for Movement Science and Technology (C-MOST)

Specializations

Neural control of movement
Motor synergies
Movement disorders

Grants and Research Projects

Dr. Latash has been involved in the development of the equilibrium-point hypothesis and uncontrolled manifold hypothesis using experimental studies of motor coordination during standing, stepping, reaching, and multi-digit (pressing and prehensile) tasks. He has also been interested in changes in motor control and coordination with healthy aging, atypical development, practice, and a range of neurological disorders.

Publications

Penn State Research Database (Pure)

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