Dr Gemma Learmonth
- Affiliate (School of Psychology & Neuroscience)
email:
Gemma.Learmonth@glasgow.ac.uk
R632 Level 6, 62 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QB
Research interests
Please visit my personal website here for more information about my research and student supervision.
Publications
2024
Hanzal, S., Learmonth, G. , Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2024) Probing sustained attention and fatigue across the lifespan. PLoS ONE, 19(7), e0292695. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292695) (PMID:39018279) (PMCID:PMC11253940)
2023
Hanzal, S., Learmonth, G. , Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2023) Neural Correlates of Inducing Fatigue with a Sustained Attention Task. Journal of Vision 23(9):4923. Meeting abstract: 23rd Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St Pete Beach, Fl., USA, 19-24 May 2023. p. 4923. (doi: 10.1167/jov.23.9.4923)
Kaula, D., Papadatou-Pastou, M. and Learmonth, G. (2023) A meta-analysis of the line bisection task in children. Laterality, 28(1), pp. 48-71. (doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2022.2147941) (PMID:36416485)
Mustile, M., Kourtis, D., Edwards, M. G., Ladouce, S., Volpe, D., Pilleri, M., Pelosin, E., Learmonth, G. , Donaldson, D. I. and Ietswaart, M. (2023) Characterizing neurocognitive impairments in Parkinson’s disease with mobile EEG when walking and stepping over obstacles. Brain Communications, 5(6), fcad326. (doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad326) (PMID:38107501) (PMCID:PMC10724048)
Turner, C. et al. (2023) Developmental changes in individual alpha frequency: recording EEG data during public engagement events. Imaging Neuroscience, 1, pp. 1-14. (doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00001) (PMID:37719836) (PMCID:PMC10503479)
2022
Learmonth, G. and Papadatou-Pastou, M. (2022) A meta-analysis of line bisection and landmark task performance in older adults. Neuropsychology Review, 32(2), pp. 438-457. (doi: 10.1007/s11065-021-09505-4) (PMID:33890188) (PMCID:PMC9090707)
Harvey, M. , Learmonth, G. , Rossit, S. and Chen, P. (2022) Editorial for special issue on neglect rehabilitation. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 32(5), pp. 629-639. (doi: 10.1080/09602011.2021.1873150) (PMID:33467990)
2021
Mustile, M., Kourtis, D., Ladouce, S., Learmonth, G. , Donaldson, D. I., Edwards, M. G. and Ietswaart, M. (2021) Mobile EEG reveals functionally dissociable dynamic processes supporting real-world ambulatory obstacle avoidance: evidence for early proactive control. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(12), pp. 8106-8119. (doi: 10.1111/ejn.15120) (PMID:33465827)
Learmonth, G. , Benwell, C. S.Y., Märker, G., Dascalu, D., Checketts, M. , Santosh, C., Barber, M., Walters, M. , Muir, K. W. and Harvey, M. (2021) Non-invasive brain stimulation in stroke patients (NIBS): a prospective randomized open blinded end-point (PROBE) feasibility trial using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in post-stroke hemispatial neglect. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 31(8), pp. 1163-1189. (doi: 10.1080/09602011.2020.1767161) (PMID:32498606)
Turner, C., Jackson, C. and Learmonth, G. (2021) Is the “end-of-study guess” a valid measure of sham blinding during transcranial direct current stimulation? European Journal of Neuroscience, 53(5), pp. 1592-1604. (doi: 10.1111/ejn.15018) (PMID:33098709) (PMCID:PMC8048983)
2019
Märker, G., Learmonth, G. , Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2019) Intra- and inter-task reliability of spatial attention measures in healthy older adults. PLoS ONE, 14(12), e0226424. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226424) (PMID:31869372) (PMCID:PMC6927623)
Greinacher, R., Buhôt, L., Möller, L. and Learmonth, G. (2019) The time course of ineffective sham blinding during low-intensity (1mA) transcranial direct current stimulation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 50(8), pp. 3380-3388. (doi: 10.1111/ejn.14497) (PMID:31228880) (PMCID:PMC6899874)
Harvey, M. , Maerker, G., Learmonth, G. and Thut, G. (2019) Biomarkers of Spatial Attention in Young and Older Adults. 42nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2019), Leuven, Belgium, 25-09 Aug 2019.
Harvey, M. , Muir, K. , Benwell, C., Walters, M. and Learmonth, G. (2019) Feasibility of Applying Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Induce Recovery from Neglect. 5th European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC 2019), Milan, Italy, 22-24 May 2019.
Harvey, M. , Maerker, G., Learmonth, G. and Thut, G. (2019) Neural Correlates of Spatial Bias in Healthy Cognitive Ageing. Scottish Vision Group Meeting, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 05-07 Apr 2019.
Harvey, M. , Maerker, G., Learmonth, G. and Thut, G. (2019) Spatial Attention in Healthy Cognitive Ageing. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 26th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 23-26 Mar 2019.
Rossit, S. et al. (2019) Efficacy of home-based visuomotor feedback training in stroke patients with chronic hemispatial neglect. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 29(2), pp. 251-272. (doi: 10.1080/09602011.2016.1273119) (PMID:28116988)
2018
Learmonth, G. , Muir, K.W. , Benwell, C., Walters, M. and Harvey, M. (2018) Recruitment Issues with Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in Stroke Patients. UK Stroke Forum 2018, Telford, UK, 4-6 Dec 2018. (doi: 10.1177/1747493018801108)
Learmonth, G. , Gallagher, A., Gibson, J., Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2018) Correction: Intra- and inter-task reliability of spatial attention measures in pseudoneglect. PLoS ONE, 13(10), e0205269. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205269) (PMID:30278070) (PMCID:PMC6168152)
Learmonth, G. , Märker, G., McBride, N., Pellinen, P. and Harvey, M. (2018) Right-lateralised lane keeping in young and older British drivers. PLoS ONE, 13(9), e0203549. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203549) (PMID:30188952) (PMCID:PMC6126866)
2017
Learmonth, G. , Felisatti, F., Siriwardena, N., Checketts, M. , Benwell, C. S.Y., Märker, G., Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2017) No interaction between tDCS current strength and baseline performance: a conceptual replication. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11, 664. (doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00664) (PMID:29249932) (PMCID:PMC5717015)
Maerker, G., Learmonth, G. and Harvey, M. (2017) Investigating Interactions between Healthy Spatial and Sustained Attention in Young and Older Adults. 40th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2017), Berlin, Germany, 27-31 Aug 2017.
Learmonth, G. , Benwell, C. S.Y., Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2017) Age-related reduction of hemispheric lateralization for spatial attention: an EEG study. NeuroImage, 153, pp. 139-151. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.03.050) (PMID:28343987)
Learmonth, G. , Benwell, C.S.Y., Walters, M. , Muir, K. and Harvey, M. (2017) Feasibility of Multi-Session tDCS in Rehabilitating Post-Stroke Hemispatial Neglect. 2nd International Congress on NeuroRehabilitation and Neural Repair, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 22-24 May 2017.
Learmonth, G. , Benwell, C., Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2017) P178. Does current strength interact with baseline performance to influence tDCS outcome? A replication study. UNSPECIFIED e103-e104. (doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.299)
2016
Maerker, G., Learmonth, G. and Harvey, M. (2016) Spatial Attention Measures in Healthy Aging. 39th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Barcelona, Spain, 28 Aug - 1 Sept 2016. (doi: 10.1177/0301006616671273)
2015
Learmonth, G., Gallagher, A., Gibson, J., Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2015) Intra- and inter-task reliability of spatial attention measures in pseudoneglect. PLoS ONE, 10(9), e0138379. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138379) (PMID:26378925) (PMCID:PMC4574708)
Benwell, C. S.Y., Learmonth, G., Miniussi, C., Harvey, M. and Thut, G. (2015) Non-linear effects of transcranial direct current stimulation as a function of individual baseline performance: evidence from biparietal tDCS influence on lateralized attention bias. Cortex, 69, pp. 152-165. (doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.05.007) (PMID:26073146)
Learmonth, G., Thut, G. , Benwell, C. and Harvey, M. (2015) The EEG correlates of stimulus-induced spatial attention shifts in healthy aging. Perception, 44(S1), p. 290. (doi: 10.1177/0301006615598674)
Learmonth, G., Thut, G. , Benwell, C. S.Y. and Harvey, M. (2015) The implications of state-dependent tDCS effects in aging: behavioural response is determined by baseline performance. Neuropsychologia, 74, pp. 108-119. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.01.037) (PMID:25637226)
2013
Benwell, C.S.Y., Thut, G. , Learmonth, G. and Harvey, M. (2013) Spatial attention: differential shifts in pseudoneglect direction with time-on-task and initial bias support the idea of observer subtypes. Neuropsychologia, 51(13), pp. 2747-2756. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.09.030) (PMID:24076376)
Learmonth, G., Benwell, C., Harvey, M. and Thut, G. (2013) Bilateral 2ma tDCS stimulation induces only weak shifts in attentional bias. Behavioural Neurology, 27(3), p. 407. (doi: 10.3233/BEN-139900)
2011
Harvey, M. et al. (2011) Long term improvements in activities of daily living in patients with hemispatial neglect. Behavioural Neurology, 23(4), pp. 237-239. (doi: 10.3233/BEN-2010-0304)
2009
Rossit, S. et al. (2009) No neglect- specific deficits in reaching tasks. Cerebral Cortex, 19(11), pp. 2616-2624. (doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp016) (PMID:19282456)
Articles
Hanzal, S., Learmonth, G. , Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2024) Probing sustained attention and fatigue across the lifespan. PLoS ONE, 19(7), e0292695. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292695) (PMID:39018279) (PMCID:PMC11253940)
Kaula, D., Papadatou-Pastou, M. and Learmonth, G. (2023) A meta-analysis of the line bisection task in children. Laterality, 28(1), pp. 48-71. (doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2022.2147941) (PMID:36416485)
Mustile, M., Kourtis, D., Edwards, M. G., Ladouce, S., Volpe, D., Pilleri, M., Pelosin, E., Learmonth, G. , Donaldson, D. I. and Ietswaart, M. (2023) Characterizing neurocognitive impairments in Parkinson’s disease with mobile EEG when walking and stepping over obstacles. Brain Communications, 5(6), fcad326. (doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad326) (PMID:38107501) (PMCID:PMC10724048)
Turner, C. et al. (2023) Developmental changes in individual alpha frequency: recording EEG data during public engagement events. Imaging Neuroscience, 1, pp. 1-14. (doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00001) (PMID:37719836) (PMCID:PMC10503479)
Learmonth, G. and Papadatou-Pastou, M. (2022) A meta-analysis of line bisection and landmark task performance in older adults. Neuropsychology Review, 32(2), pp. 438-457. (doi: 10.1007/s11065-021-09505-4) (PMID:33890188) (PMCID:PMC9090707)
Harvey, M. , Learmonth, G. , Rossit, S. and Chen, P. (2022) Editorial for special issue on neglect rehabilitation. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 32(5), pp. 629-639. (doi: 10.1080/09602011.2021.1873150) (PMID:33467990)
Mustile, M., Kourtis, D., Ladouce, S., Learmonth, G. , Donaldson, D. I., Edwards, M. G. and Ietswaart, M. (2021) Mobile EEG reveals functionally dissociable dynamic processes supporting real-world ambulatory obstacle avoidance: evidence for early proactive control. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(12), pp. 8106-8119. (doi: 10.1111/ejn.15120) (PMID:33465827)
Learmonth, G. , Benwell, C. S.Y., Märker, G., Dascalu, D., Checketts, M. , Santosh, C., Barber, M., Walters, M. , Muir, K. W. and Harvey, M. (2021) Non-invasive brain stimulation in stroke patients (NIBS): a prospective randomized open blinded end-point (PROBE) feasibility trial using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in post-stroke hemispatial neglect. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 31(8), pp. 1163-1189. (doi: 10.1080/09602011.2020.1767161) (PMID:32498606)
Turner, C., Jackson, C. and Learmonth, G. (2021) Is the “end-of-study guess” a valid measure of sham blinding during transcranial direct current stimulation? European Journal of Neuroscience, 53(5), pp. 1592-1604. (doi: 10.1111/ejn.15018) (PMID:33098709) (PMCID:PMC8048983)
Märker, G., Learmonth, G. , Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2019) Intra- and inter-task reliability of spatial attention measures in healthy older adults. PLoS ONE, 14(12), e0226424. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226424) (PMID:31869372) (PMCID:PMC6927623)
Greinacher, R., Buhôt, L., Möller, L. and Learmonth, G. (2019) The time course of ineffective sham blinding during low-intensity (1mA) transcranial direct current stimulation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 50(8), pp. 3380-3388. (doi: 10.1111/ejn.14497) (PMID:31228880) (PMCID:PMC6899874)
Rossit, S. et al. (2019) Efficacy of home-based visuomotor feedback training in stroke patients with chronic hemispatial neglect. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 29(2), pp. 251-272. (doi: 10.1080/09602011.2016.1273119) (PMID:28116988)
Learmonth, G. , Gallagher, A., Gibson, J., Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2018) Correction: Intra- and inter-task reliability of spatial attention measures in pseudoneglect. PLoS ONE, 13(10), e0205269. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205269) (PMID:30278070) (PMCID:PMC6168152)
Learmonth, G. , Märker, G., McBride, N., Pellinen, P. and Harvey, M. (2018) Right-lateralised lane keeping in young and older British drivers. PLoS ONE, 13(9), e0203549. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203549) (PMID:30188952) (PMCID:PMC6126866)
Learmonth, G. , Felisatti, F., Siriwardena, N., Checketts, M. , Benwell, C. S.Y., Märker, G., Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2017) No interaction between tDCS current strength and baseline performance: a conceptual replication. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11, 664. (doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00664) (PMID:29249932) (PMCID:PMC5717015)
Learmonth, G. , Benwell, C. S.Y., Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2017) Age-related reduction of hemispheric lateralization for spatial attention: an EEG study. NeuroImage, 153, pp. 139-151. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.03.050) (PMID:28343987)
Learmonth, G., Gallagher, A., Gibson, J., Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2015) Intra- and inter-task reliability of spatial attention measures in pseudoneglect. PLoS ONE, 10(9), e0138379. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138379) (PMID:26378925) (PMCID:PMC4574708)
Benwell, C. S.Y., Learmonth, G., Miniussi, C., Harvey, M. and Thut, G. (2015) Non-linear effects of transcranial direct current stimulation as a function of individual baseline performance: evidence from biparietal tDCS influence on lateralized attention bias. Cortex, 69, pp. 152-165. (doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.05.007) (PMID:26073146)
Learmonth, G., Thut, G. , Benwell, C. and Harvey, M. (2015) The EEG correlates of stimulus-induced spatial attention shifts in healthy aging. Perception, 44(S1), p. 290. (doi: 10.1177/0301006615598674)
Learmonth, G., Thut, G. , Benwell, C. S.Y. and Harvey, M. (2015) The implications of state-dependent tDCS effects in aging: behavioural response is determined by baseline performance. Neuropsychologia, 74, pp. 108-119. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.01.037) (PMID:25637226)
Benwell, C.S.Y., Thut, G. , Learmonth, G. and Harvey, M. (2013) Spatial attention: differential shifts in pseudoneglect direction with time-on-task and initial bias support the idea of observer subtypes. Neuropsychologia, 51(13), pp. 2747-2756. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.09.030) (PMID:24076376)
Learmonth, G., Benwell, C., Harvey, M. and Thut, G. (2013) Bilateral 2ma tDCS stimulation induces only weak shifts in attentional bias. Behavioural Neurology, 27(3), p. 407. (doi: 10.3233/BEN-139900)
Harvey, M. et al. (2011) Long term improvements in activities of daily living in patients with hemispatial neglect. Behavioural Neurology, 23(4), pp. 237-239. (doi: 10.3233/BEN-2010-0304)
Rossit, S. et al. (2009) No neglect- specific deficits in reaching tasks. Cerebral Cortex, 19(11), pp. 2616-2624. (doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp016) (PMID:19282456)
Conference or Workshop Item
Hanzal, S., Learmonth, G. , Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2023) Neural Correlates of Inducing Fatigue with a Sustained Attention Task. Journal of Vision 23(9):4923. Meeting abstract: 23rd Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St Pete Beach, Fl., USA, 19-24 May 2023. p. 4923. (doi: 10.1167/jov.23.9.4923)
Harvey, M. , Maerker, G., Learmonth, G. and Thut, G. (2019) Biomarkers of Spatial Attention in Young and Older Adults. 42nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2019), Leuven, Belgium, 25-09 Aug 2019.
Harvey, M. , Muir, K. , Benwell, C., Walters, M. and Learmonth, G. (2019) Feasibility of Applying Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Induce Recovery from Neglect. 5th European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC 2019), Milan, Italy, 22-24 May 2019.
Harvey, M. , Maerker, G., Learmonth, G. and Thut, G. (2019) Neural Correlates of Spatial Bias in Healthy Cognitive Ageing. Scottish Vision Group Meeting, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 05-07 Apr 2019.
Harvey, M. , Maerker, G., Learmonth, G. and Thut, G. (2019) Spatial Attention in Healthy Cognitive Ageing. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 26th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 23-26 Mar 2019.
Learmonth, G. , Muir, K.W. , Benwell, C., Walters, M. and Harvey, M. (2018) Recruitment Issues with Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in Stroke Patients. UK Stroke Forum 2018, Telford, UK, 4-6 Dec 2018. (doi: 10.1177/1747493018801108)
Maerker, G., Learmonth, G. and Harvey, M. (2017) Investigating Interactions between Healthy Spatial and Sustained Attention in Young and Older Adults. 40th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2017), Berlin, Germany, 27-31 Aug 2017.
Learmonth, G. , Benwell, C.S.Y., Walters, M. , Muir, K. and Harvey, M. (2017) Feasibility of Multi-Session tDCS in Rehabilitating Post-Stroke Hemispatial Neglect. 2nd International Congress on NeuroRehabilitation and Neural Repair, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 22-24 May 2017.
Learmonth, G. , Benwell, C., Thut, G. and Harvey, M. (2017) P178. Does current strength interact with baseline performance to influence tDCS outcome? A replication study. UNSPECIFIED e103-e104. (doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.299)
Maerker, G., Learmonth, G. and Harvey, M. (2016) Spatial Attention Measures in Healthy Aging. 39th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Barcelona, Spain, 28 Aug - 1 Sept 2016. (doi: 10.1177/0301006616671273)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Brain Rhythms in Altered Vision after Stroke (BRAVAS)
Wellcome Trust
2018 - 2023
Supervision
Research datasets
2018
Learmonth, G., Maerker, G., McBride, N., Pellinen, S. P. L. and Harvey, M. (2018) Right-Lateralised Lane Keeping in Young and Older British Drivers. [Data Collection]