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Dr Li-Ann Leow

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 6892
Email: l.leow@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO4.220  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9655-3181

Li-Ann is a Lecturer of Psychology within the School of Arts and Humanities, with research interests and expertise in cognitive neuroscience of motor learning and motor control.

Current teaching

  • PSY2105 - Psychology of Personality and Individual Differences
  • PSY1210 - Biopsychology, Sensation and Perception

Professional associations

  • 2024 - Australian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, member
  • 2024 - Australian Brain Stimulation Society, member
  • 2024 - Society for Neuroscience, member

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2015.
  • Bachelor of Science with Second Class Honours (Division A), The University of Western Australia, 2007.
  • Bachelor of Science, The University of Western Australia, 2006.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

Journal Articles

  • Filmer, H., Loughnan, K., Seeto, J., Ballard, T., Ehrhardt, S., Shaw, T., Wards, Y., Rideaux, R., Leow, LA., Sewell, D., Dux, PE. (2023). Individual Differences in Decision Strategy Relate to Neurochemical Excitability and Cortical Thickness. Journal of Neuroscience, 43(42), 7006-7015. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1086-23.2023.
  • Leow, LA., Marcos, A., Nielsen, E., Sewell, D., Ballard, T., Dux, P., Filmer, HL. (2023). Dopamine Alters the Effect of Brain Stimulation on Decision-Making. Journal of Neuroscience, 43(41), 6909-6919. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1140-23.2023.
  • Willmot, N., Leow, LA., Filmer, H., Dux, P. (2023). Failure of tDCS to impact militarised threat-detection in a military cohort. Imaging Neuroscience, 1(2023), 11 pages. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00004.

Journal Articles

  • Leow, LA., Tresilian, J., Uchida, A., Koester, D., Spingler, T., Riek, S., Marinovic, W. (2021). Acoustic stimulation increases implicit adaptation in sensorimotor adaptation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(3), 5047-5062. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15317.
  • Mackay, C., Brauer, S., Kuys, S., Schaumberg, M., Leow, LA. (2021). The acute effects of aerobic exercise on sensorimotor adaptation in chronic stroke. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 39(5), 367-377. https://doi.org/10.3233/RNN-211175.

Journal Articles

  • Reuter, E., Leow, LA., Carroll, TJ. (2020). Task Feedback Processing Differs Between Young and Older Adults in Visuomotor Rotation Learning Despite Similar Initial Adaptation and Savings. Neuroscience, 451(Article in press), 79-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.09.038.
  • Leow, LA., Marinovic, W., De Rugy, A., Carroll, T. (2020). Task Errors Drive Memories That Improve Sensorimotor Adaptation. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(15), 3075-3088. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1506-19.2020.

Research Projects

  • Understanding how ageing impairs sensorimotor adaptation , Edith Cowan University, Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant Scheme 2025 (Stream 2), 2025 ‑ 2026, $39,780.

Research Student Supervision

No data available

Associate Supervisor

  • Implicit motor learning to perturbed visual and auditory feedback
  • The effect of aerobic exercise on brain derived neurotrophic factor, motor and cognitive function in people with stroke
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