Dr. Claudia Gonzalez is a Professor and Board of Governors Research Chair in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Lethbridge.She obtained a bachelor’s in psychology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico(UNAM), a MSc and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Lethbridge, and she was a postdoctoral fellow at Western University.

Dr. Gonzalez investigates how the human brain processes and integrates sensory and motor information. In particular how vision and haptics guide arm and hand movementsfor reaching and grasping. She is interested in understanding the interactions of the sensorimotor system with cognitive processes such as language, executivefunction, and spatial abilities. Her approach is developmental spanning from infants to seniors and her research includes healthy and neurological populations.

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