In the CAN Lab we use computational tools to support the study of the nervous system. What we learn fuels the development of new robot technologies, neurorehabilitation techniques & prosthetic systems. 

Latest news...

8/2024 - Jenna's summer research in the lab is featured in this promo video!


8/2024 - Dan presented Lincoln's Honours work on augmented reality prosthetic feedback at MEC24.


6/2024 - Farewell to Aidan, our lab's programming extraordinaire, off to a new adventure in Sweden.


5/2024  - The summer students have arrived. Welcome Saif and congrats to Jenna on her NSERC USRA!


4/2024  - We received an NSERC Discovery Grant to conduct exciting undergraduate driven research! 


12/2023 - Congratulations to MSc graduate, Oscar, for the publication of his latest paper on using EEG to measure motor drive! [preprint]


8/2023 - The lab's new paper on motor learning in the wild is out!  [preprint here]

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5/2023 - The summer students have arrived. Welcome to Amanda, Musa, and welcome back Jenna! 


5/2023 - Congratulations to Lincoln on completing his Honours thesis and presenting at Science Atlantic


4/2023 - Congratulations to Jenna for her Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences Discovery Fund Award!


4/2023 - Dan presented work on using EEG to measure motor drive at the Neural Control of Movement conference! 


3/2023 - Our preprint on motor learning in the wild is out!


12/2022 - Oscar's preprint on using EEG to measure motor drive is out!


9/2022 - Welcome to Summer, a new Master's student! And welcome to Rhiannon, a new research assistant!


8/2022 - Rachelle presented work on measuring the sense of agency at MEC2022


7/2022 - Dan presented work on motor learning outside the lab at the Neural Control of Movement conference! 


5/2022 - The summer students have arrived. Welcome to Jenna, Joy, Lincoln, and Logan! 


4/2022 - Welcome to Aidan, the lab's new Unity VR programmer!


4/2022 - Congratulations to Lincoln on his Scotia Scholars Undergraduate Award and Webster Undergraduate Research Award!


4/2022 - Congratulations to Logan on his NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award


12/2021 - Dan was awarded a New Health Investigator Grant from ResearchNS. We'll be developing low-cost VR neurorehab treatments.


11/2021 - Dan was awarded a Harrison-McCain Emerging Scholar Award to work on cognitive load assessment during prosthesis use.


7/2021 - The CAN LAB moves north of the border! Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada is our new home.


4/2021 -  Our latest paper on the computational analysis of motor adaptation is out in Scientific Reports.