Karl M. Newell
Ph.D., 1973, Physical Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor of Kinesiology and Biobehavioral Health; Marie Underhill Noll
Chair and Head of Department, Kinesiology.
Contact Information
275 Recreation Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-1163
Fax: (814) 865-1275
Research Interests
Coordination, control and skill of normal and abnormal human movement across the life-span; development of coordination, acquisition of skill, information and movement dynamics, mental retardation and motor skills, drug exercise influences on movement control.
Selected Publications
Newell, K. M., Mayer-Kress, G., & Liu, Y-T. (2001). Time scales in motor learning and development. Psychological Review, 108, 57-82.
Newell, K. M., Wszola, B., Sprague, R. L., Mahorney, S. L., & Bodfish, J. W. (2001). The changing effector pattern of tardive dyskinesia during the course of neuroleptic withdrawal. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 9, 262-268.
Vaillancourt, D. E., & Newell, K. M. (2003). Aging and the time and frequency structure of force output variability. Journal of Applied Physiology. 94, 903-912.