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• Physiology of Altitude: Nepal May 10-June 4, 2011
• Outdoor Leadership in Peru   March 4-13, 2011
• Critical and Reflective Practices in KNH: Australia   July 6-27, 2011
• International Perspectives in Sport Psychology (to be held in 2013)

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Dr. William P. Berg Position: Associate Professor Degree: PhD - University of Minnesota, 1991              M.Ed. - University of Mississippi, 1987              B.S. - University of Minnesota, 1985 Area: Exercise Science Office: 202G Phillips Hall Phone:(513) 529-2716 Fax: (513) 529-5006 Email: bergwp@muohio.edu Vita: Current

Scholarly Interests :

My research focuses on answering important basic and applied questions in the domains of a) postural and locomotor control, and b) attention and human performance.

 

Courses Taught:

KNH 184  Motor Skill Learning and Performance

KNH 402  Critical Reflection on Practices in Health and Physical Culture

KNH 453/553  Special Topics: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Motor Skill Acquisition

KNH 681  Human Motor Control and Learning

KNH 682  Laboratory Techniques in Exercise Science

KNH 684  Advanced Seminar in Exercise Science

 

Recent scholarly publications:

Berg, W.P. & Strang, A.J. (2011). The role of electromyography (EMG) in the study of anticipatory postural adjustments. In C. Steele (Ed.), Applications of EMG in Clinical and Sports Medicine. Rijeka, Croatia, Intech Publishers.

 

Berg, W.P., & Murdock, L.A. (2011). Age-related differences in locomotor targeting performance under structural interference. Age and Ageing, 40, 324-329.

 

Ohlinger, C.M., Horn, T.S., & Berg, W.P., & Cox, R.H. (2011). The effect of active workstation use on measures of cognition, attention and motor skill. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 8, 119-125.

 

Bellinger, D.B., Budde, B.M., Machida, M., Richardson G.B., & Berg, W.P. (2009). Effect of cellular telephone conversation and music volume on braking response time. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior, 6, 441-451.

 

Strang, A.J., Berg, W.P., & Hieronymus, M. (2009). Fatigue-induced early onset of anticipatory postural adjustments in non-fatigued muscles: support for a centrally mediated adaptation. Experimental Brain Research, 197, 245-254.

 

Strang, A.J., & Choi, H-J., & Berg, W.P. (2008). The effect of exhausting aerobic exercise on the timing of anticipatory postural adjustments. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 48, 9-16.

 

Berg, W.P., Berglund, E.D., Strang, A.J., & Baum, M.J. (2007). Attention-capturing properties of high frequency luminance flicker: implications for brake light conspicuity. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior, 10, 22-32.

 

Strang, A.J., & Berg, W.P. (2007). Fatigue-induced adaptive changes of anticipatory postural adjustments. Experimental Brain Research, 178, 49-61.