Introduction

Introduction

Pei-Fang Tang
Pei-Fang Tang
Affiliation: 

Professor, School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, NTU

Research expertise: 

Neurologic physical therapy, neuroimaging, aging, motor control, and motor learning

Professor Tang earned her BS degree in physical therapy from National Taiwan University, MS degree in physical therapy from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and PhD degree in Exercise and Movement Science from University of Oregon. Her research interests focus on the influences of aging processes and neurologic disorders, especially stroke and degenerative ones, on the cognitive control, neuromuscular control, and brain mechanisms of motor control and motor learning. She also is interested in studying the efficacy and neural mechanisms of different forms of exercise interventions in the promotion of cognitive and motor functions, as well as neuroplasticity, and in the prevention of dementia and disability in middle-aged and older adults and in people with neurologic disorders. The primary research tools her lab uses are movement analysis, biomechanics, and neuroimaging techniques.