Lecturer in Cognitive and Biological PsychologyÌý
After completing a degree in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Nottingham, Leah went to Bangor University and obtained an MSc in Clinical Neuropsychology in 2012 and a PhD in NeuropsychologyÌýin 2015.
Since then Leah has worked in research and teaching roles at Bangor University and the University of East Anglia, before joining 91¸£Àû in 2017.ÌýShe has worked on a range of research projects, which has allowed her to develop a broad skillset involving a variety of quantitative neuropsychological research methods (EEG, fMRI,ÌýtDCS, visual half-field tests, dichotic listening tests).
- Biopsychology;
- Limb preference;
- Motor control.
Leah's research interests involve brain and body asymmetries, such as hand/foot preferences, and their relationship to the location of functions such as language and face perception in the brain. Her teaching is mostly focused on biological/cognitive psychologyÌýand how it affects sportspeople, as well asÌýquantitative research methods. At 91¸£Àû Leah leads on biological psychology modules, as well as conducting seminars and guest lectures on research methods modules.
- ÌýBritish Psychological Society Chartered Membership.
- ÌýMember of the Experimental Psychology Society.
- BSc Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience;
- MSc Foundations of Clinical Neuropsychology;
- PhD Psychology;
- PGCertÌýHigher Education (pending).
- Johnstone, L. T., Karlsson, E. M., & Carey, D. P. (2021). Left handers are less lateralised than right handers for both left and right hemispheric functions. Cerebral Cortex, in press.
- Johnstone, L. T., Karlsson, E. M., & Carey, D. P. (2020). The validity and reliability of quantifying hemispheric specialisation using fMRI: Evidence from left and right handers on three different cerebral asymmetries. Neuropsychologia, 107331.
- Karlsson, E. M., Johnstone, L. T., & Carey, D. P. (2019). The depth and breadth of multiple perceptual asymmetries in right handers and non-right handers. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 24(6), 707-739.
- Johnstone, L. T., & Downing, P. E. (2017). Dissecting the visual perception of body shape with the Garner selective attention paradigm. Visual Cognition, 25(4-6), 507-523;
- Johnstone, L. T., & Carey, D. P. (2016). Do left hand reaction time advantages depend on localising unpredictableÌýtargets?. Experimental brain research, 234(12), 3625-3632;
- Carey, D. P., & Johnstone, L. T. (2014). Quantifying cerebral asymmetries for language inÌýdextralsÌýandÌýadextralsÌýwith random-effectsÌýmeta analysis. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 1128;
- Research on the relationship between foot preference or hand preference for skilled tasks and brain functions;
- Expertise in critical analysis of statistical evidence.
