Dr Gemma Learmonth

Lecturer in Psychology

Psychology Stirling

Dr Gemma Learmonth

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About me

Please see my personal website here: https://gemmalearmonth.com/

I joined the University of Stirling as a Lecturer in Psychology in 2023, and lead a research lab in the field of cognitive neuroscience and mobile cognition. Before this, I held a Sir Henry Wellcome Research Fellowship in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Glasgow (2018-2023) studying oscillatory changes in patients with hemispatial neglect after stroke. I also completed my PhD in Psychology at the University of Glasgow (2012-2017).

My research interests are quite varied, but tend to centre around visuospatial attention. At present my research focuses on how being outside in nature and interacting with the environment supports and changes our attentional processes; using mobile EEG, mobile eye tracking, and qualitative interviews.

I lead the Stirling Open Research & Scholarship Network (SORS) and act as the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) Local Network Lead at the University of Stirling, where I support initiatives promoting reproducible analysis, open code, pre-registrations, and registered reports. Alongside this, I serve as a Recommender (Action Editor) for Peer Community in Registered Reports (PCI-RR) and PCI Psychology, a Consulting Editor for Cortex, and an Action Editor for the Neuropsychology section of Cogent Psychology.

I am always happy to discuss collaborations and potential dissertation projects or PhD proposals.

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Medical student perceptions and career intentions toward neurosurgery: results from an international multicentre study

Ashraf M, Ismahel H, Learmonth G, Bashir ABBA, Kennedy CK, Gillespie CS, Hudak K, Alabdulrahman M, Chaudhary A, Gardee A, Shah DM, Osman AR, Abdel-Fattah AM, Behan B & McCormick B (2025) Medical student perceptions and career intentions toward neurosurgery: results from an international multicentre study. Neurosurgical Review, 48, Art. No.: 661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-025-03771-z

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A meta-analysis of the line bisection task in children

Kaul D, Papadatou-Pastou M & Learmonth G (2023) A meta-analysis of the line bisection task in children. Laterality, 28 (1), pp. 48-71. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85142613871&doi=10.1080%2f1357650X.2022.2147941&partnerID=40&md5=3ccd53e3d7569599b8da82d794e4a73a; https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2022.2147941

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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

Learmonth G, Benwell C, Märker G, Dascalu D, Checketts M, Santosh C, Barber M, Walters M, Muir K & 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, pp. 1163-1189. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85086854524&doi=10.1080%2f09602011.2020.1767161&partnerID=40&md5=0ceb5bfb9ae0c887e661a2ada5e04881; https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2020.1767161

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Is the “end-of-study guess” a valid measure of sham blinding during transcranial direct current stimulation?

Turner C, Jackson C & 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, pp. 1592-1604. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097024875&doi=10.1111%2fejn.15018&partnerID=40&md5=581683525f9f82900e41f1b36c6ba223; https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15018

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Efficacy of home-based visuomotor feedback training in stroke patients with chronic hemispatial neglect

Rossit S, Benwell CSY, Szymanek L, Learmonth G, McKernan-Ward L, Corrigan E, Muir K, Reeves I, Duncan G, Birschel P, Roberts M, Livingstone K, Jackson H, Castle P & Harvey M (2019) Efficacy of home-based visuomotor feedback training in stroke patients with chronic hemispatial neglect. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 29 (2), pp. 251-272. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85010670141&doi=10.1080%2f09602011.2016.1273119&partnerID=40&md5=7c814db33af6d6c961c821da647bb6ac; https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2016.1273119

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Correction: Intra- and inter-task reliability of spatial attention measures in pseudoneglect (PLoS ONE (2018) 13:10 (e0205269) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138379)

Learmonth G, Gallagher A, Gibson J, Thut G & Harvey M (2018) Correction: Intra- and inter-task reliability of spatial attention measures in pseudoneglect (PLoS ONE (2018) 13:10 (e0205269) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138379). PLoS ONE, 13. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85054366461&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0205269&partnerID=40&md5=b84384912381f8422a46655a4992c994; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205269

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Right-lateralised lane keeping in young and older British drivers

Learmonth G, Märker G, McBride N, Pellinen P & Harvey M (2018) Right-lateralised lane keeping in young and older British drivers. PLoS ONE, 13. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053137234&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0203549&partnerID=40&md5=421cc7d8a826be6fb59291c8aa898fb6; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203549

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No interaction between tDCS current strength and baseline performance: A conceptual replication

Learmonth G, Felisatti F, Siriwardena N, Checketts M, Benwell C, Märker G, Thut G & Harvey M (2017) No interaction between tDCS current strength and baseline performance: A conceptual replication. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85036471503&doi=10.3389%2ffnins.2017.00664&partnerID=40&md5=f8c772ae2baec1f35c7456fa6e1439dd; https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2017.00664

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Non-linear effects of transcranial direct current stimulation as a function of individual baseline performance: Evidence from biparietal tDCS influence on lateralized attention bias

Benwell CSY, Learmonth G, Miniussi C, Harvey M & 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2015.05.007

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No neglect-specific deficits in reaching tasks

Rossit S, Malhotra P, Muir K, Reeves I, Duncan G, Livingstone K, Jackson H, Hogg C, Castle P, Learmonth G & Harvey M (2009) No neglect-specific deficits in reaching tasks. Cerebral Cortex, 19 (11), pp. 2616-2624. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhp016

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