Christie Rose-Gottron

Boston Children's Hospital, University of California, Irvine

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Total Citations

121

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About

Christie Rose-Gottron’s research lies at the intersection of motor control, development, and computational neuroscience, with a focus on how children learn and adapt movement. Her most influential work, “Neuromotor Noise Limits Motor Performance, But Not Motor Adaptation, in Children” (71 citations), demonstrates that while children’s movements are inherently more variable due to elevated neuromotor noise, their ability to adapt to new dynamic environments remains intact—a key insight for understanding developmental motor learning. In her 2005 study (47 citations), she explored how muscle fatigue impacts the formation and retention of internal models during reaching, revealing that fatigue disrupts adaptation but not the ability to recall previously learned motor patterns. Her earlier work (2002) examined computational motor adaptation in children aged 6–17, showing that even young children can adapt to unpredictable force fields, suggesting that the neural mechanisms for motor learning are operational early in life. Rose-Gottron’s contributions bridge developmental psychology and computational motor control, offering foundational knowledge for designing rehabilitation and training programs for children with motor impairments.