The School of Kinesiology’s Human Sensorimotor Control Lab (HSCL) is heading to the Minnesota State Fair this year! Teaming up with the Driven to Discover project group, HSCL members will show how the ability to sense the position of one’s body and limbs develops during childhood. Specifically, researchers will measure forearm position sense using a device in which the child will try to match the specific arm position of one arm with the other arm.

HSCL has developed a test that will tell the participants in less than 10 minutes how accurately they “know” their arms in space. The children will get to experience being involved in a research project and earn a brain-shaped eraser on a pencil as a reward.

HSCL will be at the State Fair August 27 and 29 and September 2, 4, and 7 in the U of M’s Driven to Discover building at 1367 Cosgrove Avenue. The site will host various research activities each day during the Fair. Check out the research projects at  https://guidebook.com/guide/41977/ or download the U Minnesota app from the App Store on your smart phone or tablet and search for the guidebook, UMN@TheFair.