Catherine Agathos

Senior Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. Human Movement Science - Paris-Saclay University
MEng Biomedical Engineering - Imperial College London

Contact Information:

Email: cagathos@ski.org

Office Phone: (415) 345-2062


2318 Fillmore Street

San Francisco, CA 94115

Links:

ResearchGate

Mentorship Period:
January 2021 - August 2024

I am interested in how humans interact with their environment and have been studying how visual perception and postural control for balance and mobility are linked. In my previous work I examined the effects of differential sensory reweighting and visual sampling on locomotion and spatial cognition across the adult lifespan.

My work at Smith-Kettlewell focuses on how central visual field loss due to Age-related Macular Degeneration affects older adults’ spatial orientation perception and postural control. More specifically, I examine visual-vestibular interactions for perception and locomotor tasks under the mentorship of Dr. Natela Shanidze, with an outlook to fall risk prevention and management.

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Agathos, C. P., Velisar, A. ., & Shanidze, N. . (2023). A Comparison of Walking Behavior during the Instrumented TUG and Habitual Gait. Sensors, 23(16). 10.3390/s23167261 (Original work published 2023)

Agathos, C. P., & Shanidze, N. . (2024). Visual Field Dependence Persists in Age-Related Central Visual Field Loss. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 65(2). doi.org/10.1167/iovs.65.2.22 (Original work published 2024)

Agathos, C. P., Ramanoël, S. ., Bécu, M. ., Bernardin, D. ., Habas, C. ., & Arleo, A. . (2020). Postural Control While Walking Interferes With Spatial Learning in Older Adults Navigating in a Real Environment. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 10.3389/fnagi.2020.588653 (Original work published 2020)

Bécu, M. ., Sheynikhovich, D. ., Tatur, G. ., Agathos, C. P., Bologna, L. L., Sahel, J.-A. ., & Arleo, A. . (2020). Age-related preference for geometric spatial cues during real-world navigation. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 88–99. 10.1038/s41562-019-0718-z (Original work published 2020)

Bécu, M. ., Sheynikhovich, D. ., Tatur, G. ., Agathos, C. P., Bologna, L. L., Sahel, J.-A. ., & Arleo, A. . (2020). Age-related preference for geometric spatial cues during real-world navigation. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 88–99. 10.1038/s41562-019-0718-z (Original work published 2020)

Agathos, C. P., Ramanoël, S. ., Bécu, M. ., Baranton, K. ., Bernardin, D. ., & Arleo, A. . (2019). An alternative view of dual-tasking in older adults: Cognitive-motor interference while navigating in an ecological environment. Neurophysiologie Clinique, 49, 414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2019.10.161 (Original work published 2019)

Agathos, C. P., Bernardin, D. ., Baranton, K. ., Assaiante, C. ., & Isableu, B. . (2017). Drifting while stepping in place in old adults: Association of self-motion perception with reference frame reliance and ground optic flow sensitivity. Neuroscience, 347, 134–147. 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.01.044 (Original work published 2017)

Agathos, C. P., Bernardin, D. ., Huchet, D. ., Scherlen, A. C., Assaiante, C. ., & Isableu, B. . (2015). Sensorimotor and cognitive factors associated with the age-related increase of visual field dependence: a cross-sectional study. Age, 37, 67. 10.1007/s11357-015-9805-x (Original work published 2015)

Agathos, C. P., Bernardin, D. ., Baranton, K. ., & Assaiante, C. . (2016). Centre of pressure drift when stepping in place increases with age, sensitivity to optic flow and perceptual reference frame reliance. International Workshop on Aging in the Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal System. Presented at the International Workshop on Aging in the Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal System. Marseille. (Original work published 2016)

Agathos, C. P., Ramanoël, S. ., Bécu, M. ., Baranton, K. ., Bernardin, D. ., & Arleo, A. . (2019). Cognitive-motor interference in older adults while navigating in an ecological environment. Internationa Society for Posture and Gait Research (ISPGR). Presented at the Internationa Society for Posture and Gait Research (ISPGR). Edinburgh, UK. (Original work published 2019)

Bécu, M. ., Tatur, G. ., Sheynikhovich, D. ., Ramanoël, S. ., Agathos, C. P., Ozier-Lafontaine, A. ., & Arleo, A. . (2018). Age-related preference for geometric cues: when aging does not impair allocentric strategies. ISCAN. Presented at the iSCAN. Magdeburg, Germany. (Original work published 2018)

Bécu, M. ., Tatur, G. ., Sheynikhovich, D. ., Ramanoël, S. ., Agathos, C. P., & Arleo, A. . (2018). Age-related preference for geometric cues during real-world navigation: behavioral and neuroimaging correlates. Spatial Cognition. Presented at the Spatial Cognition. Tübingen, Germany. (Original work published 2018)

Bécu, M. ., Tatur, G. ., Sheynikhovich, D. ., Agathos, C. P., Bologna, L. L., & Arleo, A. . (2018). {Age-related preference for geometric cues during real-world navigation}. Forum of Neuroscience (FENS). Presented at the Forum of Neuroscience (FENS). Berlin, Germany. (Original work published 2018)

Bécu, M. ., Tatur, G. ., Sheynikhovich, D. ., Ramanoël, S. ., Agathos, C. P., & Arleo, A. . (2018). Age-related preference for geometric cues during real-world navigation: behavioral and neuroimaging correlates. Interdisciplinary Navigation Symposium (iNav). Presented at the Interdisciplinary Navigation Symposium (iNav). Mont-Tremblant, Canada. (Original work published 2018)

Agathos, C. P., Isableu, B. ., Baranton, K. ., Assaiante, C. ., & Bernardin, D. . (2017). Head orientation and stabilisation strategies across age, tasks and optic flow conditions: dynamic stimuli improve head stabilisation even in old age. International Society for Posture and Gait Research World Congress (ISPGR). Presented at the International Society for Posture and Gait Research World Congress (ISPGR). Fort Lauderdale, FL. (Original work published 2017)

Agathos, C. P., Bernardin, D. ., Baranton, K. ., Assaiante, C. ., & Isableu, B. . (2017). Old adults drift while stepping in place: influence of ground optic flow and perceptual reference frame reliance on self-motion perception. International Society for Posture and Gait Research World Congress (ISPGR). Presented at the International Society for Posture and Gait Research World Congress (ISPGR). Fort Lauderdale, FL. (Original work published 2017)

Agathos, C. P., Bernardin, D. ., Huchet, D. ., Scherlen, A.-C. ., Assaiante, C. ., & Isableu, B. . (2015). {Cognitive and sensorimotor factors associated with visual field dependence in the context of aging}. Actes Du 16e Congrès International De l’Association Des Chercheurs En Activités Physiques Et Sportives, 336–337. (Original work published 2015)

Agathos, C. P., Bernardin, D. ., Huchet, D. ., Scherlen, A.-C. ., Assaiante, C. ., & Isableu, B. . (2015). Factors associated with the increased perceptual reliance on the visual reference frame with age. International Society for Posture and Gait Research World Congress (ISPGR). Presented at the International Society for Posture and Gait Research World Congress (ISPGR). Seville. (Original work published 2015)

Woods, V. M., Triantis, I. F., Agathos, C. P., & Toumazou, C. . (2011). “Capacitive” Pulse Shapes for Platinum Cuff Electrodes. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, 5408–5411. 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091337 (Original work published 2011)