CRIR-JRH Scientific Conference – Novembre 4, 2025 | Anke Van Roy, PhD: From motion to memory: The hidden power of wakeful motor memory consolidation in children

When: 4 November 2025 12:00 to 4 November 2025 13:00

Where: Hybrid conference :

◼️ In person: Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Room B 0025 - Research Department main area
Please confirm your presence: Mireia.Carrillo.cissslav@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
or
◼️ Virtual: On Zoom. Please register:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JLlXk1UORii4Ub8uLGhGow

Scientific conference presented by the CRIR-Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital (JRH), CISSS de Laval as part of the HJR’S “Talking Research” Series.

Presentations by researchers or postdoctoral fellows or clinicians on the findings of their research projects.

  

SPEAKER

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Anke Van Roy, PhD

Post-doc, School of Physical & Occupational Therapy
McGill University

Anke is originally from Belgium, where she completed her bachelor’s and master’s degree in the field of sports and movement science at KU Leuven.

In 2021, she moved to the United States to pursue her PhD in the Lifespan Motor Neuroscience Lab under the supervision of Dr. Brad King.

Her doctoral research examined how children learn and retain new motor skills, and how the developing brain supports this process. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Memory and Motor Rehabilitation Laboratory of Professor Marc Roig, where her work focuses on improving sleep in people with Parkinson’s disease through exercise.

Today, however, she will be presenting findings from her PhD research on motor learning in children.

 

 

 

Conference : « From motion to memory: The hidden power of wakeful motor memory consolidation in children » 

“Practice makes perfect” is an age-old idiom that often is associated with the learning of new motor skills. Despite a scientific truth behind this idiom, it fails to tell the whole story. Extensive research in healthy young adults shows that what happens after practice — during periods of quiet rest — plays a critical role in transforming newly learned skills into more stable, long-term memories. Interestingly, recent work has shown that children exhibit enhanced consolidation of motor memories as compared to young adults, suggesting that the developing brain engages unique mechanisms to support learning. During her presentation, Anke will explore how the brain strengthens newly learned motor skills and how the developing brain achieves superior offline processing in children, offering insights that may guide future approaches to boost learning and memory in children with learning difficulties“.

 

 

Question and registration to attend: Mireia.Carrillo.cissslav@ssss.gouv.qc.ca