Dr Li-Ann Leow
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Li-Ann Leow

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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

  • Motor control

  • Motor learning

  • Timing

Search Professor Li-Ann Leow’s works on UQ eSpace

28 works between 2012 and 2025
All (28) Journal Article (25) Book Chapter (1) Conference Publication (1) Other Outputs (1)

21 - 28 of 28 works

2017

Journal Article

Estimating the implicit component of visuomotor rotation learning by constraining movement preparation time

Leow, Li-Ann, Gunn, Reece, Marinovic, Welber and Carroll, Timothy J. (2017). Estimating the implicit component of visuomotor rotation learning by constraining movement preparation time. Journal of Neurophysiology, 118 (2), 666-676. doi: 10.1152/jn.00834.2016

Estimating the implicit component of visuomotor rotation learning by constraining movement preparation time

2016

Journal Article

Savings for visuomotor adaptation requires prior history of error, not prior repetition of successful actions

Leow, Li-Ann, de Rugy, Aymar, Marinovic, Welber, Riek, Stephan and Carroll, Timothy John (2016). Savings for visuomotor adaptation requires prior history of error, not prior repetition of successful actions. Journal of Neurophysiology, 116 (4), 1603-1614. doi: 10.1152/jn.01055.2015

Savings for visuomotor adaptation requires prior history of error, not prior repetition of successful actions

2015

Journal Article

Familiarity with music increases walking speed in rhythmic auditory cueing

Leow, Li-Ann, Rinchon, Cricia and Grahn, Jessica (2015). Familiarity with music increases walking speed in rhythmic auditory cueing. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1337 (The Neurosciences and Music V), 53-61. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12658

Familiarity with music increases walking speed in rhythmic auditory cueing

2014

Journal Article

Individual differences in beat perception affect gait responses to low- and high-groove music

Leow, Li-Ann, Parrott, Taylor and Grahn, Jessica A. (2014). Individual differences in beat perception affect gait responses to low- and high-groove music. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8 (OCT) 811. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00811

Individual differences in beat perception affect gait responses to low- and high-groove music

2014

Journal Article

Anodal motor cortex stimulation paired with movement repetition increases anterograde interference but not savings

Leow, Li-Ann, Hammond, Geoff and de Rugy, Aymar (2014). Anodal motor cortex stimulation paired with movement repetition increases anterograde interference but not savings. European Journal of Neuroscience, 40 (8), 3243-3252. doi: 10.1111/ejn.12699

Anodal motor cortex stimulation paired with movement repetition increases anterograde interference but not savings

2014

Book Chapter

Neural mechanisms of rhythm perception: present findings and future directions

Li-Ann Leow and Grahn, Jessica A. (2014). Neural mechanisms of rhythm perception: present findings and future directions. Neurobiology of interval timing. (pp. 325-338) edited by Hugo Merchant and Victor de Lafuente. New York, NY United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1782-2_17

Neural mechanisms of rhythm perception: present findings and future directions

2013

Journal Article

Different mechanisms contributing to savings and anterograde interference are impaired in Parkinson's disease

Leow, Li-Ann, de Rugy, Aymar, Loftus, Andrea M. and Hammond, Geoff (2013). Different mechanisms contributing to savings and anterograde interference are impaired in Parkinson's disease. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7 (Art No.: 55). doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00055

Different mechanisms contributing to savings and anterograde interference are impaired in Parkinson's disease

2012

Journal Article

Impaired savings despite intact initial learning of motor adaptation in Parkinson's disease

Leow, Li-Ann, Loftus, Andrea M. and Hammond, Geoffrey R. (2012). Impaired savings despite intact initial learning of motor adaptation in Parkinson's disease. Experimental Brain Research, 218 (2), 295-304. doi: 10.1007/s00221-012-3060-5

Impaired savings despite intact initial learning of motor adaptation in Parkinson's disease

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2022
    The role of dopamine in age-related deficits in sensorimotor adaptation
    Brain Foundation Research Gift
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Advances in Motor Learning and Motor Control satellite meeting 2019
    Ian Potter Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2022
    How do past actions and rewards bias goal directed movement?
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    How do we learn, by carrot or by stick?
    UQ Development Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Dr Li-Ann Leow - Maternity Funding (Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund)
    Queensland Government Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Li-Ann Leow is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • 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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