# Robert Horn ![Photo of Robert Horn](%20%20/sites/default/files/styles/1120x1120/public/profile-photos/robpassport2025.jpg?h=309e12e8&itok=gKHeVpNY) - [Download Photo](%20%20/sites/default/files/profile-photos/robpassport2025.jpg) - Professor Kinesiology College for Community Health Email Phone [(973) 655-5253](tel:+1-973-655-5253) Location Montclair > University Hall ## Biography I am a Professor of Motor Behavior. My research focuses on attention and cognition in complex motor tasks. My current research agenda is examining factors (e.g., experience, attention, working memory, reinforcement sensitivity, heart rate variability) that affect performance and errors in dynamic policing tasks, such as shoot/don't shoot decision making. My undergraduate teaching responsibilities include: PEMJ 324 - Basic Motor Learning EXSC 255 - Research Methods and Data Interpretation PEMJ 236 - Coaching Principles/Problems My graduate teaching responsibilities include: SPAD 557 - Motor Behavior in Youth EXSC 556 - Neuromotor Basis of Movement SPAD 557 - Advanced Coaching Techniques ## Education - BS, University of Liverpool (England) - MS, University of West Chester - PhD, John Moores University (England) ## Resume/CV [Download CV](%20%20/sites/default/files/profile-cvs/roberthorncv12125_0.pdf) ## Research My doctoral training, ongoing research, and primary teaching responsibilities are all in the discipline of motor behavior. This is the science of how we develop, learn, and control motor skills. Motor behavior exists at the intersection of kinesiology, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience, and expertise in this field is often uniquely placed to examine complex behaviors involving both movement responses and cognition, such as those in sports as well as occupational environments such as military and police settings.