
Overview
Background
Dr Li-Ann Leow is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for Sensorimotor Performance, at the University of Queensland, working with Associate Professor Tim Carroll, Associate Professor Stephan Riek, Aymar de Rugy and Dr Welber Marinovic. D Prior to working at UQ she completed a 2 year postdoctoral research fellowship at the Brain and Mind Institute, Western University (University of Western Ontario), working with Dr Jessica Grahn. Before that she pursued a doctoral research under the supervision of Geoff Hammond and Andrea Loftus at the University of Western Australia, examining how Parkinson's disease patients show in a selective deficit in retaining motor learning acquired from updating an internal model, despite intact ability to update an internal model during motor learning.
Availability
- Dr Li-Ann Leow is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, University of Western Australia
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Western Australia
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Western Australia
Research interests
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Motor control
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Motor learning
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Timing
Works
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2025
Other Outputs
Dopamine alters motor learning performance in the presence and absence of feedback
Leow, Li-Ann, Tan, Ashley Huey-Ryu, Carroll, Timothy J., Adam, Rob, Dux, Paul E. and Filmer, Hannah L. (2025). Dopamine alters motor learning performance in the presence and absence of feedback. doi: 10.1101/2024.11.23.625034
2024
Journal Article
Implicit audiomotor adaptation
Miller-Mills, Benjamin, McAnally, Kenneth, Leow, Li-Ann, Keane, Brendan F., Grove, Philip and Carroll, Timothy J. (2024). Implicit audiomotor adaptation. Neuroscience, 558, 81-91. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.08.026
2024
Journal Article
Assessing the influence of dopamine and mindfulness on the formation of routines in visual search
Garner, Kelly G., Leow, Li‐Ann, Uchida, Aya, Nolan, Christopher, Jensen, Ole, Garrido, Marta I. and Dux, Paul E. (2024). Assessing the influence of dopamine and mindfulness on the formation of routines in visual search. Psychophysiology, 61 (7) e14571. doi: 10.1111/psyp.14571
2024
Journal Article
Intensity-dependent effects of tDCS on motor learning are related to dopamine
Leow, Li-Ann, Jiang, Jiaqin, Bowers, Samantha, Zhang, Yuhan, Dux, Paul E. and Filmer, Hannah L. (2024). Intensity-dependent effects of tDCS on motor learning are related to dopamine. Brain Stimulation, 17 (3), 553-560. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2024.03.015
2024
Journal Article
Exploring the intra-individual reliability of tDCS: A registered report
Willmot, Nicholas, Leow, Li-Ann, Filmer, Hannah L. and Dux, Paul E. (2024). Exploring the intra-individual reliability of tDCS: A registered report. Cortex, 173, 61-79. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2023.12.015
2024
Journal Article
Dopamine increases accuracy and lengthens deliberation time in explicit motor skill learning
Leow, Li-Ann, Bernheine, Lena, Carroll, Timothy J., Dux, Paul E. and Filmer, Hannah L. (2024). Dopamine increases accuracy and lengthens deliberation time in explicit motor skill learning. eneuro, 11 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1523/eneuro.0360-23.2023
2023
Journal Article
Individual differences in decision strategy relate to neurochemical excitability and cortical thickness
Filmer, Hannah L., Loughnan, Kathleen, Seeto, Jennifer X., Ballard, Timothy, Ehrhardt, Shane E., Shaw, Thomas, Wards, Yohan, Rideaux, Reuben, Leow, Li-Ann, Sewell, David and Dux, Paul E. (2023). Individual differences in decision strategy relate to neurochemical excitability and cortical thickness. The Journal of Neuroscience, 43 (42), 7006-7015. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.1086-23.2023
2023
Journal Article
Dopamine alters the effect of brain stimulation on decision-making
Leow, Li-Ann, Marcos, Anjeli, Nielsen, Esteban, Sewell, David K, Ballard, Tim, Dux, Paul E. and Filmer, Hannah L. (2023). Dopamine alters the effect of brain stimulation on decision-making. The Journal of Neuroscience, 43 (41), 6909-6919. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.1140-23.2023
2023
Journal Article
Failure of tDCS to impact militarised threat-detection in a military cohort
Willmot, Nicholas S., Leow, Li-Ann, Filmer, Hannah L. and Dux, Paul E. (2023). Failure of tDCS to impact militarised threat-detection in a military cohort. Imaging Neuroscience, 1, 1-11. doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00004
2022
Journal Article
Using EEG to study sensorimotor adaptation
Reuter, Eva-Maria, Booms, Arthur and Leow, Li-Ann (2022). Using EEG to study sensorimotor adaptation. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 134 104520, 104520. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.104520
2021
Journal Article
The acute effects of aerobic exercise on sensorimotor adaptation in chronic stroke
Mackay, Christopher P., Brauer, Sandra G., Kuys, Suzanne S., Schaumberg, Mia A. and Leow, Li-Ann (2021). The acute effects of aerobic exercise on sensorimotor adaptation in chronic stroke. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 39 (5), 367-377. doi: 10.3233/RNN-211175
2021
Journal Article
Acoustic stimulation increases implicit adaptation in sensorimotor adaptation
Leow, Li‐Ann, Tresilian, James R., Uchida, Aya, Koester, Dirk, Spingler, Tamara, Riek, Stephan and Marinovic, Welber (2021). Acoustic stimulation increases implicit adaptation in sensorimotor adaptation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54 (3) ejn.15317, 5047-5062. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15317
2021
Journal Article
How groove in music affects gait
Leow, Li-Ann, Watson, Sarah, Prete, David, Waclawik, Kristina and Grahn, Jessica A. (2021). How groove in music affects gait. Experimental Brain Research, 239 (8), 2419-2433. doi: 10.1007/s00221-021-06083-y
2020
Journal Article
Task Feedback Processing Differs Between Young and Older Adults in Visuomotor Rotation Learning Despite Similar Initial Adaptation and Savings
Reuter, Eva-Maria, Leow, Li-Ann and Carroll, Timothy J. (2020). Task Feedback Processing Differs Between Young and Older Adults in Visuomotor Rotation Learning Despite Similar Initial Adaptation and Savings. Neuroscience, 451, 79-98. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.09.038
2020
Journal Article
Task errors drive memories that improve sensorimotor adaptation
Leow, Li-Ann, Marinovic, Welber, de Rugy, Aymar and Carroll, Timothy J. (2020). Task errors drive memories that improve sensorimotor adaptation. Journal of Neuroscience, 40 (15), 3075-3088. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.1506-19.2020
2019
Conference Publication
The effect of a single bout of aerobic exercise on sensori-motor function in a chronic stroke population
Mackay, Christopher, Kuys, Suzanne, Schaumberg, Mia, Leow, Li-Ann and Brauer, Sandy (2019). The effect of a single bout of aerobic exercise on sensori-motor function in a chronic stroke population. SSA Conference, Canberra, Australia, 10 – 13 September 2019. London, United Kingdom: Sage.
2018
Journal Article
Task errors contribute to implicit aftereffects in sensorimotor adaptation
Leow, Li-Ann, Marinovic, Welber, de Rugy, Aymar and Carroll, Timothy J. (2018). Task errors contribute to implicit aftereffects in sensorimotor adaptation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 48 (11), 3397-3409. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14213
2018
Journal Article
Triggering mechanisms for motor actions: the effects of expectation on reaction times to intense acoustic stimuli
Leow, Li-Ann, Uchida, Aya, Egberts, Jamie-Lee, Riek, Stephan, Lipp, Ottmar V., Tresilian, James and Marinovic, Welber (2018). Triggering mechanisms for motor actions: the effects of expectation on reaction times to intense acoustic stimuli. Neuroscience, 393, 226-235. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.10.008
2017
Journal Article
The role of attention and intention in synchronization to music: effects on gait
Leow, Li-Ann, Waclawik, Kristina and Grahn, Jessica A (2017). The role of attention and intention in synchronization to music: effects on gait. Experimental Brain Research, 236 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s00221-017-5110-5
2017
Journal Article
Cerebellar anodal tDCS increases implicit learning when strategic re-aiming is suppressed in sensorimotor adaptation
Leow, Li-Ann, Marinovic, Welber, Riek, Stephan and Carroll, Timothy J. (2017). Cerebellar anodal tDCS increases implicit learning when strategic re-aiming is suppressed in sensorimotor adaptation. PLoS One, 12 (7) e0179977, e0179977. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179977
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Li-Ann Leow is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Rewards in motor learning
We move to attain a more rewarding state (e.g., reaching for a cup of coffee). Our efficient patterns of movements are acquired through a lifetime of motor learning, however, we still do not fully understand the complexities of how motor learning occurs, and how the brain areas involved interact during motor learning, and how motor control is affected by rewards. Little is known about how we are able to acquire multiple motor skills at once, and exactly what mechanisms determine the longer-term consolidation and persistence of this learning.
Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
The effect of aerobic exercise on brain derived neurotrophic factor, motor and cognitive function in people post stroke.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sandy Brauer
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Implicit Motor Learning to Perturbed Visual and Auditory Feedback
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Philip Grove, Professor Timothy Carroll
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