Research/Teaching Expertise
Title
- Associate Professor
- Co-Director, Cognitive Motor Control Laboratory
Contact
Email: zp147@msstate.edu
Education
- Louisianan State University (Ph.D., 2014, Kinesiology)
- Capital Institute of Physical Education (M.S, 2009, Kinesiology)
- Southwest Jiaotong University (B.S., 2005, Engineering)
Areas of Research
- Motor function in older adults and Parkinson’s disease patients
- Bimanual coordination and transfer of learning
- Exercise intervention for special populations
Areas of Teaching
- Neural motor control
- Motor Learning
Selected Publications
- Hill, C, Van Gemmert, A. W. A., Hou, L., Fang, Q., and Pan, Z (2020). Asymmetry in the Aging Brain: A Narrative Review of Cortical Activation Patterns and Implications for Motor Function. Journal of Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition. 25 (4), 413-429 (Impact factor: 1.267)
- Pan, Z, Talwar, S., Plamondon, R., & Van Gemmert, A. W. A. (2019) Characteristics of Bi-Directional Unimanual and Bimanual Drawing Movements: The application of the Delta-Lognormal Models and Sigma-Lognormal Model. Pattern Recognition Letters. 121, 97-103 (Impact factor: 2.164)
- Pan, Z, & Van Gemmert, A. W. A. (2018) The Control of Amplitude and Direction in a Bimanual Coordination task. Human Movment Science, S0167-9457(17)30944-2 (Impact factor: 2.186)
- Pan, Z, Su, X., Fang, Q., Hou, LJ., Lee, Y., Chen, CC, Lamberth, J., & Kim, ML. (2018) The Effects of Tai Chi Intervention on Healthy Elderly by Means of Neuroimaging and EEG: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 18;10:110 (Impact factor: 4.504)
- Aiken, C. A, Pan, Z., & Van Gemmert, A. W. A. (2017) The Effects of A Two-Step Transfer on A Visuomotor Adaptation Task. Experimental Brain Researchi, 235(11), 3459-3467 (Impact factor: 2.183)
- Hou, L., Song, Z., Pan, Z., Cheng J., Yu Y., & Wang J. (2016) Decreased Activation of The Subcortical Brain Areas in Motor Fatigue State: An fMRI Study. Frontiers in Psychology , 7, 1154 (Impact factor: 2.321)