Dr Gemma Learmonth

Lecturer in Psychology

Psychology Stirling

Dr Gemma Learmonth

Contact details

About me

I joined the Psychology team at the University of Stirling in 2023. Before this, I was a Sir Henry Wellcome Research Fellow at The University of Glasgow, where I also completed my PhD in 2016.

My research interests are varied and include visuospatial attention, pseudoneglect, cognitive aging, laterality, non-invasive brain stimulation, (mobile)EEG and neurofeedback.

I am the Local Network Lead for the UK Reproducibility Network, and an Open Science Champion for the Division of Psychology. Please get in touch if you would like any assistance with improving your open practices, e.g. sharing data, reproducible code, pre-registration, Registered Reports etc.

Please also get in touch if you would like to discuss a collaboration, or potential PhD/MSc/BSc project.

Outputs (22)

Article

A meta-analysis of the line bisection task in children

Kaul D, Papadatou-Pastou M & Learmonth G (2023) A meta-analysis of the line bisection task in children. Laterality, 28 (1), pp. 48-71. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85142613871&doi=10.1080%2f1357650X.2022.2147941&partnerID=40&md5=3ccd53e3d7569599b8da82d794e4a73a; https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2022.2147941

Article

Non invasive brain stimulation in Stroke patients (NIBS) A prospective randomized open blinded end-point (PROBE) feasibility trial using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in post stroke hemispatial neglect

Learmonth G, Benwell C, Märker G, Dascalu D, Checketts M, Santosh C, Barber M, Walters M, Muir K & Harvey M (2021) Non invasive brain stimulation in Stroke patients (NIBS) A prospective randomized open blinded end-point (PROBE) feasibility trial using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in post stroke hemispatial neglect. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 31, pp. 1163-1189. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85086854524&doi=10.1080%2f09602011.2020.1767161&partnerID=40&md5=0ceb5bfb9ae0c887e661a2ada5e04881; https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2020.1767161

Article

Is the “end-of-study guess” a valid measure of sham blinding during transcranial direct current stimulation?

Turner C, Jackson C & Learmonth G (2021) Is the “end-of-study guess” a valid measure of sham blinding during transcranial direct current stimulation?. European Journal of Neuroscience, 53, pp. 1592-1604. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097024875&doi=10.1111%2fejn.15018&partnerID=40&md5=581683525f9f82900e41f1b36c6ba223; https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15018

Article

Efficacy of home-based visuomotor feedback training in stroke patients with chronic hemispatial neglect

Rossit S, Benwell CSY, Szymanek L, Learmonth G, McKernan-Ward L, Corrigan E, Muir K, Reeves I, Duncan G, Birschel P, Roberts M, Livingstone K, Jackson H, Castle P & Harvey M (2019) Efficacy of home-based visuomotor feedback training in stroke patients with chronic hemispatial neglect. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 29 (2), pp. 251-272. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85010670141&doi=10.1080%2f09602011.2016.1273119&partnerID=40&md5=7c814db33af6d6c961c821da647bb6ac; https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2016.1273119

Article

Correction: Intra- and inter-task reliability of spatial attention measures in pseudoneglect (PLoS ONE (2018) 13:10 (e0205269) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138379)

Learmonth G, Gallagher A, Gibson J, Thut G & Harvey M (2018) Correction: Intra- and inter-task reliability of spatial attention measures in pseudoneglect (PLoS ONE (2018) 13:10 (e0205269) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138379). PLoS ONE, 13. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85054366461&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0205269&partnerID=40&md5=b84384912381f8422a46655a4992c994; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205269

Article

Right-lateralised lane keeping in young and older British drivers

Learmonth G, Märker G, McBride N, Pellinen P & Harvey M (2018) Right-lateralised lane keeping in young and older British drivers. PLoS ONE, 13. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053137234&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0203549&partnerID=40&md5=421cc7d8a826be6fb59291c8aa898fb6; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203549

Article

No interaction between tDCS current strength and baseline performance: A conceptual replication

Learmonth G, Felisatti F, Siriwardena N, Checketts M, Benwell C, Märker G, Thut G & Harvey M (2017) No interaction between tDCS current strength and baseline performance: A conceptual replication. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85036471503&doi=10.3389%2ffnins.2017.00664&partnerID=40&md5=f8c772ae2baec1f35c7456fa6e1439dd; https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2017.00664

Article

Non-linear effects of transcranial direct current stimulation as a function of individual baseline performance: Evidence from biparietal tDCS influence on lateralized attention bias

Benwell CSY, Learmonth G, Miniussi C, Harvey M & Thut G (2015) Non-linear effects of transcranial direct current stimulation as a function of individual baseline performance: Evidence from biparietal tDCS influence on lateralized attention bias. Cortex, 69, pp. 152-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2015.05.007

Article

No neglect-specific deficits in reaching tasks

Rossit S, Malhotra P, Muir K, Reeves I, Duncan G, Livingstone K, Jackson H, Hogg C, Castle P, Learmonth G & Harvey M (2009) No neglect-specific deficits in reaching tasks. Cerebral Cortex, 19 (11), pp. 2616-2624. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhp016

Teaching

  • PSYU901 - Introductory Psychology I

  • PSYU9A4 - Brain & Behaviour

  • PSYU9E7 - Advanced Topics in Psychology (elective: Navigating Novel Neurotechnologies)

  • PSYU917 - Psychology 4th year Research Projects (project supervisor)

  • PSYU918 - Psychology joint honours Research Projects (project supervisor)

  • PRMP145 - Psychology MSc Dissertations (project supervisor)

  • EL92SK - Research Assistant Projects (project supervisor)