Dr Katja Kornysheva
Lecturer in Psychology
Lecturer / Assistant Professor
Co-Director of the Bangor Imaging Centre
School of Psychology
Adeilad Brigantia
Penrallt Road
Bangor, Wales
LL57 2AS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1248 38 8214
Fax: +44 (0) 1248 38 2599
Qualifications
- MA
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, - PhD
Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne,
Teaching and Supervision
I specialize primarily on postgraduate teaching in:
- Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience
- Neuroimaging
- Applied Neuroscience
- Motor learning and Control
- Memory
I am organizer of the MSc module "Clinical and Applied Neuroscience - Theory" https://www.bangor.ac.uk/psychology/postgraduate-modules/PPP-4026
Currently, I supervise dissertation projects at both the Bachelor's, Master's and PhD level.
Research Interests
Motor skill learning and memory; sequencing and timing; cortical and subcortical motor control; fMRI; TMS; EEG/MEG; electrophysiology; multivariate pattern analysis
For more details, please visit http://sites.google.com/site/kkornysheva/
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Self-funded and agency-funded projects: Dr. Katja Kornysheva welcomes informal enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in projects related to motor learning and control, action preparation, timing and sequencing. Please submit a draft research proposal (1-2 pages) to the above email address.
Publications
2020
- PublishedCompetitive state of actions during planning predicts sequence execution accuracy
Mantziara, M., Ivanov, T., Houghton, G. & Kornysheva, K., 10 May 2020, In : bioRxiv.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2019
- PublishedNeural competitive queuing of ordinal structure underlies skilled sequential action
Kornysheva, K., Bush, D., Meyer, S., Sadnicka, A., Barnes, G. & Burgess, N., 20 Mar 2019, In : Neuron. 101, 6, p. 1166-1180.e3 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2018
- PublishedA unifying motor control framework for task-specific dystonia
Sadnicka, A., Kornysheva, K., Rothwell, J. C. & Edwards, M. J., 2018, In : Nature Reviews Neurology. 14, p. 116-124
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article - PublishedWhat's in a name? Conundrums common to the task-specific disorders
Sadnicka, A. & Kornysheva, K., Nov 2018, In : Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 5, 6, p. 573-574 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2016
- PublishedEncoding Temporal Features of Skilled Movements-What, Whether and How? Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Kornysheva, K., 2016, Progress in Motor Control. Laczko, J. & Latash, M. L. (eds.). Vol. 957. p. 35-54 20 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedUnsupervised vector-based classification of single-molecule charge transport data
Lemmer, M., Inkpen, M. S., Kornysheva, K., Long, N. J. & Albrecht, T., 3 Oct 2016, In : Nature Communications. 7, 12922.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2015
- PublishedEvolving Models of Pavlovian Conditioning: Cerebellar Cortical Dynamics in Awake Behaving Mice
ten Brinke, M. M., Boele, H-J., Spanke, J. K., Potters, J-W., Kornysheva, K., Wulff, P., IJpelaar, A. C. H. G., Koekkoek, S. K. E. & De Zeeuw, C. I., 1 Dec 2015, In : Cell Reports. 13, 9, p. 1977-88 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedMotor skill learning between selection and execution
Diedrichsen, J. & Kornysheva, K., Apr 2015, In : Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 19, 4, p. 227-33 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
2014
- PublishedHuman premotor areas parse sequences into their spatial and temporal features
Kornysheva, K. & Diedrichsen, J., 12 Aug 2014, In : Elife. 3, p. e03043
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedSensory-guided motor tasks benefit from mental training based on serial prediction
Binder, E., Hagelweide, K., Wang, L. E., Kornysheva, K., Grefkes, C., Fink, G. R. & Schubotz, R. I., Feb 2014, In : Neuropsychologia. 54, p. 18-27 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2013
- PublishedInteraction of temporal and ordinal representations in movement sequences
Kornysheva, K., Sierk, A. & Diedrichsen, J., 1 Mar 2013, In : Journal of Neurophysiology. 109, 5, p. 1416-24 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2011
- PublishedImpairment of auditory-motor timing and compensatory reorganization after ventral premotor cortex stimulation
Kornysheva, K. & Schubotz, R. I., 29 Jun 2011, In : PLoS ONE. 6, 6, p. e21421
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedInhibitory stimulation of the ventral premotor cortex temporarily interferes with musical beat rate preference
Kornysheva, K., von Anshelm-Schiffer, A-M. & Schubotz, R. I., Aug 2011, In : Human Brain Mapping. 32, 8, p. 1300-10 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2010
- PublishedTuning-in to the beat: Aesthetic appreciation of musical rhythms correlates with a premotor activity boost
Kornysheva, K., von Cramon, D. Y., Jacobsen, T. & Schubotz, R. I., Jan 2010, In : Human Brain Mapping. 31, 1, p. 48-64 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities
2020
- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (Journal)
Consulting Editor
2020 →
Activity: Editorial activity (Editorial board member)
2012
- Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (Journal)
Review Editor
2012 →
Activity: Editorial activity (Editorial board member)
Projects
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Neural representation of naturalistic action sequences.
01/08/2017 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)
Other Grants and Projects
2017 Royal Society Research Grant, £15,000
2012 Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship, £250,000
2007 Postgraduate scholarship of the Max Planck Society and the Young Academy at the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 12,000 Euro
Other Information
Peer review activity:
Journals: Nature Neuroscience, Nature Human Behaviour, Neuron, eLife, Journal of Neuroscience, PLOS Computational Biology, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Experimental Brain Research, European Journal of Neuroscience, Current Opinion in Behavioural Sciences, Neuropsychologia, Nature Scientific Reports, Acta Psychologica, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Annals of Neurology, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Psychomusicology, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, PLOS One.
Funding agencies: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), German Research Foundation (DFG), Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP)