Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Overview
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.
Research Interests
- Motor control
- Motor learning
- Timing
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Western Australia
- Bachelor of Science with Second Class Honours, The University of Western Australia
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia
Publications
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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
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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), JN-RM. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.1140-23.2023
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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
Grants
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The role of dopamine in age-related deficits in sensorimotor adaptation
(2019–2022) Brain Foundation Research Gift
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Advances in Motor Learning and Motor Control satellite meeting 2019
(2019) Ian Potter Foundation
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How do past actions and rewards bias goal directed movement?
(2018–2022) ARC Discovery Projects
Supervision
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The effect of aerobic exercise on brain derived neurotrophic factor, motor and cognitive function in people with stroke.
Doctor Philosophy
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Implicit Motor Learning to Perturbed Visual and Auditory Feedback
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
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.
Publications
Book Chapter
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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
Journal Article
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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
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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), JN-RM. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.1140-23.2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Conference Publication
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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.
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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The role of dopamine in age-related deficits in sensorimotor adaptation
(2019–2022) Brain Foundation Research Gift
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Advances in Motor Learning and Motor Control satellite meeting 2019
(2019) Ian Potter Foundation
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How do past actions and rewards bias goal directed movement?
(2018–2022) ARC Discovery Projects
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How do we learn, by carrot or by stick?
(2017–2020) UQ Development Fellowships
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Dr Li-Ann Leow - Maternity Funding (Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund)
(2016–2017) Queensland Government Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund
PhD and MPhil Supervision
Current Supervision
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The effect of aerobic exercise on brain derived neurotrophic factor, motor and cognitive function in people with stroke.
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Completed Supervision
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Implicit Motor Learning to Perturbed Visual and Auditory Feedback
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Possible Research Projects
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
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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.
