LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lrjpalmer
Email: Lpalme08@student.bbk.ac.uk
Supervisors
Prof. Iroise Dumontheil (Birkbeck, University of London)
Prof Denis Mareschal (Birkbeck, University of London)
Research Interests
My research interests lie broadly in Educational Neuroscience and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) methods. More specifically, I am interested in executive functions, including inhibitory control, and how these processes relate to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) learning.
Studying scientific and mathematical concepts can be challenging for students of all ages. The reason for which may be due to the prevalence of counterintuitive concepts in STEM subjects. Building on previous work from the UnLocke programme, my PhD project will explore the neural mechanisms of inhibitory control in counterintuitive reasoning in maths and science, using functional MRI data in primary school children. The second aim of the project will be to investigate the neural mechanisms of inhibitory control and counterintuitive reasoning across development in adolescents and adults.
Teaching Positions
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Birkbeck, University of London
2021-present
Introduction to MATLAB programming (Postgraduate), Perception and Attention (BSc Psychology), Social Psychology (BSc Psychology).
Education
PhD Psychology
Birkbeck, University of London | Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development
2021-present
MSc Brain Imaging and Cognitive Neuroscience - Distinction
University of Birmingham | Centre for Human Brain Health, School of Psychology
2020-2021
MSc Research project: ‘Associations between Intrinsic Connectivity Networks and Trait Impulsivity in a healthy Japanese community sample’
Supervisors: Dr. Stephane De Brito and Dr. Stephen Mayhew (CHBH, University of Birmingham)
BSc Neuroscience - First Class
University of Bristol | School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
2014-2017
Conference Posters
Palmer, L., Sumanapala, D. K., Wilkinson, H. R., Smid, C. R., Farran, E. K., Thomas, M. S. C., Dumontheil, I., Mareschal. D. and the Unlocke Team. Inhibitory control and the neural correlates of science and maths counterintuitive reasoning in primary school children. Presented as a poster at the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience conference in Birmingham, May 2022.
Palmer, L., Dumontheil, I., Wilkinson, H. R., Sumanapala, D., Farran, E. K., Thomas, M. S. C., Mareschal. D. and the Unlocke Team. Inhibitory control and the neural correlates of science and maths counterintuitive reasoning in primary school children. Presented as a poster at the International Mind, Brain and Education Society Conference in Montreal, July 2022.