robind@uthscsa.edu
(210) 567-8058 (Phone)
(210) 567-8152 (Fax)

Education

1984	Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH	Ph.D. (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
1981	University of Redlands, Redlands, CA	M.S. (Speech-Language Pathology)
1976	Boston University, Boston, MA	B.A. (English Language and Literature)

 

Research Interests
Dr. Robin’s research focuses on human performance. While the bulk of his work has been in speech motor control and its disorders, recently he has extended his interests into general principles of skill learning across various systems (e.g. speech, limbs). His current interests involve the study of the neural substrates of speech and limb motor control and learning in unimpaired and brain injured persons using functional imaging (fMRI, PET), structural imaging (MRI), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Dr. Robin has a particular interest in the study of motor speech disorders especially in regard to motor programming breakdowns. Dr. Robin has a keen interest in motor system responses to mechanical and perceptual perturbations. Finally, an emphasis of the research in his lab is the development and testing of treatments for motor disorders and exploration of the mechanisms of action of successful treatments with imaging methodology.

 

Recent Publications

1. Kochunov, P., Robin, D.A., Royall, D.R., Coyle, T., Lancaster, J., Kochunov, V., Schlosser, A.E., & Fox, P.T. (in press). Can structural MRI indices of cerebral integrity track cognitive trends in executive control function during normal maturation and adulthood? Human Brain Mapping.


2. Magnuson, K., Wright, D.L., & Robin, D.A. (in press). Sequencing multiple elements of the same duration: Detailing the INT process in Klapp?s two-process account of motor programming. Journal of Motor Behavior.


3. Wright, D.L., Robin, D.A., Rhee, J-H., Vaculin, A., Jacks, A., Guenther, F.H., & Fox, P.T. (in press). Using the self-select paradigm to delineate the nature of speech motor programming. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.


4. Maas, E., Robin, D.A., Austermann Hula, S.N., Freedman, S., Wulf, G., Ballard, K.J., & Schmidt, R.A. (2008). Principles of motor learning in the treatment of motor speech disorders. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17, 277-298.


5. Maas, E., Robin, D.A., Wright, D.L., & Ballard, K.J. (2008). Motor programming in apraxia of speech. Brain and Language, 106, 107-118.


6. Robin, D. A., Jacks, A. Hageman, C., Clark, H.M., & Woodworth, G. (2008). Visuomotor tracking abilities of apraxic and aphasic speakers. Brain and Language, 106, 98-106.


7. Austermann-Hula, S.A., Robin, D.A., Maas, E., Ballard, K.J., & Schmidt, R.A. (2008). Principles of motor learning applied to the treatment of acquired apraxia of speech: Effects of feedback frequency and timing. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (epub ahead of print, PMID 18728115).


8. Ballard, K.J. & Robin, D.A. (2007). Influence of continual feedback on jaw pursuit-tracking in healthy adults and adults with apraxia plus aphasia. Journal of Motor Behavior, 39, 19-28.


9. Ballard KJ, Maas, E., Robin, D.A. (2007). Treating the control of voicing in apraxia of speech with variable practice. Aphasiology, 21, 1195-1217.


10. Ballard, K,J., & Robin, D.A. (2007). Influence of continual biofeedback on jaw pursuit tracking in healthy adults and adults with apraxia plus aphasia. Journal of Motor Behavior.


11. Freedman, S., Maas, E., Caliguiri, M., Wulf. G., Robin D.A. (2007). Internal vs. external: Oral motor control and focus of attention. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50, 131-136.


12. Solomon, N.P., & Robin, D.A. (2005). Perceptions of effort during handgrip and tongue elevation in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. 11(6):353-61.


13. Max, J. E., Robin, D. A., Taylor, H.G., Yeates, K. O., Fox, P. T., Lancaster, J. L., Manes, F.F., Mathews, K., Austermann, S. (2004). Attention function after childhood stroke. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 976-986.


14. Max, J.E., Fox, P.T., Lancaster, J.L., Kochunov, P., Mathews, K., Manes, F.P., Robertson, B., Arndt, S., Robin, D.A., & Lansing, A.E. (2002). Putamen lesions and the development of attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptomatology. Journal of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41, 563-571.

Teaching
Honors Seminar (UTSA): Voodoo Science

Honors Class (UTSA): Human Neuroscience

Doctoral Seminar (UTHSCSA): Motor Control and Learning in Limb and Speech System from Behavioral and Imaging Perspectives

 

Recent Honors and Awards

2003	Most Influential Professor, College of Health and Human Services, San Diego State University
1998	Fellow, American Speech-Language Hearing Association
1997	Minority Student Mentor Award, University of Iowa
1985	Distinguished Alumnus, Department of Communication Disorders, University of Redlands
1982-84	Graduate Alumni Fund Research Award, Case Western Reserve University, 3 awards
1981-82	Hayes Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University
1980	Graduate Clinical Assistant, University of Redlands

 

Funding

NIH/R01 DC001150 PI: Lorraine Ramig
“Efficacy of Voice Treatment for Parkinson‘s Disease”

DOD, PI: Peter Fox, “STRONGSTAR Neuroimaging Core”

NIH/R21DC009467 PI: Shalini Narayana
“Expanding a Neural Model of Speech Using Virtual Lesions and Connectivity Studies”