LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lrjpalmer
Email: l.palmer@bbk.ac.uk
Supervisors
Prof Denis Mareschal (Birkbeck, University of London)
Prof. Iroise Dumontheil (University of Melbourne)
Research Interests
My research broadly explores how executive function skills influence science and maths learning. More specifically, I use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to explore the shared neural correlates of inhibitory control (one’s ability to suppress a prepotent response) and counterintuitive reasoning in maths and science. My research also investigates how this relationship changes across childhood, adolescence and into adulthood.
Teaching Positions
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Birkbeck, University of London, 2021-present
Year 1: Introduction to Matlab programming (MSc Cognition and Computation), Attention and Perception (BSc Psychology), Social Psychology (BSc Psychology), Research Methods 2 (advanced statistics; BSc Psychology)
Year 2: Introduction to Python programming (MSc Cognition and Computation), Advanced Quantitative Statistics (MSc Psychology), R for Reproducible Psychological Research (BSc Psychology) – Guest lecture in RMarkdown, Social Psychology (MSc Psychology)
Year 3: Co-ran R for Reproducible Psychological Research (BSc Psychology), Neuroimaging methods (MSc Educational Neuroscience), Perception and Attention (MSc), The Psychology of Individual Differences (MSc)
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
Publications
Palmer, L.R. J., Sumanapala, D.K., Mareschal, D., Dumontheil, I. and the UnLocke Team (under review), Neural associations between inhibitory control and counterintuitive reasoning in science and maths in primary school children, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Bowen, A.E.J., Palmer, L.R.J., Perry, R.C., Thomas, M.S.C., Tolmie, A., Borst, G. and Van Herwegen, J. (2024), Evaluating What Works in the Classroom: Best Practice and Future Opportunities. Mind, Brain, and Education. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12430
Thomas, M.S.C., Howard-Jones, P., Dudman-Jones, J., Palmer, L.R.J., Bowen, A.E.J. and Perry, R.C. (2024), Evidence, Policy, Education, and Neuroscience—The State of Play in the UK. Mind, Brain, and Education. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12423