Arnaud SAIMPONT
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After obtaining his doctorate in 2009 at the University of Burgundy, Arnaud Saimpont was a post-doctoral fellow from 2010 to 2013 at Laval University (Canada). He then obtained a post of lecturer at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 in 2013. He is notably in charge of the course Neurosciences of Motor Control in License STAPS, co-director of the Professional License in Health Aging and Adapted Physical Activities and, since the start of the 2020 academic year, member of the Ethics and Research Committee of the Lyon University. His main research interests are the study of motor imagery (MI) - the act of mentally simulating movements without performing them - and its use in motor learning / relearning. He more particularly studies the evolution of MI abilities with advancing age or following an amputation, the best conditions of use of MI, the impact of the practice of MI to learn / relearn sequences of movements (of an effector or the whole body) in healthy young and older adults, or with movement disorders. Arnaud Saimpont is also particularly interested in the impact of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in order to maximize the effects of the practice of MI. Neuropsychological tests, behavioral measurements, EEG, and tDCS are used in his studies. In addition to his collaborations within LIBM members, Arnaud Saimpont works with Prof. Philip Jackson (Laval University, Canada), Prof. Krolak-Salmon, neurologist-geriatrician at HCL (STIM and VIASTIM projects, funded to the tune of € 30,000 by the HCL), and this year submits an ANR project with Pr. Kerstin Hoedlmoser (University of Salzburg, Austria). |
Arnaud Saimpont (arnaud.saimpont @ univ-lyon1.fr) Phone: +33 (0)6 52 22 46 45
Institution Université Claude Bernard (Lyon 1) Team: [MP3] Position Associate Professor
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1. Motor imaging (MI) capacities present important inter-individual differences in healthy young and elderly people. 2. Imagining movements while adopting a posture in line with these movements facilitates MI in healthy young and elderly people, as well as in lower-limb amputees. 3. Application of a transcranial stimulation with continuous current on the primary motor cortex favours learning through MI of movement sequences – of the fingers or the whole body – in young, healthy subjects. 4. Volontary postural control can be improved by practising MI alone as well as through physical practice alone or a combination of MI and physical practice in young, healthy subjects. | |
