Dr Ken Valyear

• Neuroscience PhD (Western University, Ontario)
• Physiology and Psychology BSc (Western University, Ontario)

Teaching

Module Organizer: Psychology PRP-4002: Research Dissertation, Bangor University (2016 –).

Module Organizer: Psychology PRP-4018: Dissertation MSci, Bangor University (2016 –).

Lecturer: Psychology PPP-4005: Methods in Cognitive & Brain Research, “What is convergent evidence, and why is this essential for cognitive neuroscience?”, Bangor University (November 17, 2017).

Lecturer: Psychology PPP-4003: Clinical Neuropsychology II, “Rehabilitation Neuroscience Part 2”, Bangor University(March 23, 2017).

Lecturer: Psychology PPP-4003: Clinical Neuropsychology II, “Rehabilitation Neuroscience Part 1”, Bangor University (March 16, 2017).

Lecturer: Psychology PPP-4005: Methods in Cognitive & Brain Research, “Functional brain imaging and stimulation methods applied to the study of real hand actions”, Bangor University (February 24, 2017).

Lecturer: Psychology PPP-4001:Introduction to Neuroimaging, “Interpreting fMRI signals”, Bangor University (October 12, 2015).

Training and supervision

 June 2017 –                

Co-Supervisor (with Dr. Simon Watt), PhD candidate

Knowledge Exchange Skills Scholarships (KESS) II funded

School of Psychology, Bangor University

Student: Michela Paroli

October 2016 –                       

Supervisor, PhD candidate                                              

School of Psychology, Bangor University

Student: Aoife Fitzpatrick

2019

• Active haptic perception in robots: a review
  
  Seminara, L, Gastaldo, P, Watt, SJ, Valyear, KF, Zuher, F & Mastrogiovanni, F 2019, 'Active haptic perception in robots: a review', Frontiers in Neurorobotics, vol. 13, 53. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2019.00053
• Psychophysical and neuroimaging responses to moving stimuli in a patient with the Riddoch phenomenon due to bilateral visual cortex lesions
  
  Arcaro, MJ, Thaler, L, Quinlan, DJ, Monaco, S, Khan, S, Valyear, KF, Goebel, R, Dutton, GN, Goodale, MA, Kastner, S & Culham, JC 2019, 'Psychophysical and neuroimaging responses to moving stimuli in a patient with the Riddoch phenomenon due to bilateral visual cortex lesions', Neuropsychologia, vol. 128, no. May, pp. 150-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.05.008
• Grasping with a new hand
  
  Valyear, KF, Mattos, D, Philip, BA, Kaufman, C & Frey, SH 2019, 'Grasping with a new hand: Improved performance and normalized grasp-selective brain responses despite persistent functional changes in primary motor cortex and low-level sensory and motor impairments', Neuroimage, vol. 190, pp. 275-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.052
• Now and then
  
  Valyear, KF, Fitzpatrick, AM & Dundon, NM 2019, 'Now and then: Hand choice is influenced by recent action history', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 305-314. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-018-1510-1
• The neural basis of hand choice
  
  Fitzpatrick, AM, Dundon, NM & Valyear, KF 2019, 'The neural basis of hand choice: An fMRI investigation of the Posterior Parietal Interhemispheric Competition model', Neuroimage, vol. 185, pp. 208-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.039

2018

• Representing Visual Information in Motor Terms for Grasp Control
  
  Valyear, K 2018, Representing Visual Information in Motor Terms for Grasp Control. in D Corbetta & M Santello (eds), Reach-to-grasp behavior: Brain, Behavior and Modelling Across the Life Span. Routledge Taylor & Francis.

2017

• Contributions of the parietal cortex to increased efficiency of planning-based action selection
  
  Randerath, J, Valyear, K, Philip, BA & Frey, SH 2017, 'Contributions of the parietal cortex to increased efficiency of planning-based action selection', Neuropsychologia, vol. 105, no. October, pp. 135-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.04.024

2016

• The Neuroscience of Human Tool Use
  
  Valyear, K 2016, The Neuroscience of Human Tool Use. in J Kaas (ed.), Evolution of Nervous Systems: Second Edition. 2 edn, Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 341-353.
• Sensorimotor transformation
  
  Valyear, KF 2016, 'Sensorimotor transformation: The hand that 'sees' to grasp', Elife, vol. 5, e18887. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18887

2015

• Human posterior parietal cortex mediates hand-specific planning
  
  Valyear, KF & Frey, SH 2015, 'Human posterior parietal cortex mediates hand-specific planning', Neuroimage, vol. 114, pp. 226-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.03.058
• Hand selection for object grasping is influenced by recent motor history
  
  Valyear, KF & Frey, SH 2015, 'Hand selection for object grasping is influenced by recent motor history', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, vol. 21, pp. 566-573. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-013-0504-2
• Two Routes to the Same Action
  
  Randerath, J, Valyear, KF, Hood, A & Frey, SH 2015, 'Two Routes to the Same Action: An Action Repetition Priming Study', Journal of Motor Behavior, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 142-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2014.961891

2013

• Decoding the neural mechanisms of human tool use
  
  Gallivan, JP, McLean, DA, Valyear, KF & Culham, JC 2013, 'Decoding the neural mechanisms of human tool use', Elife, vol. 2, pp. e00425. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00425

2012

• fMRI repetition suppression for familiar but not arbitrary actions with tools
  
  Valyear, KF, Gallivan, JP, McLean, DA & Culham, JC 2012, 'fMRI repetition suppression for familiar but not arbitrary actions with tools', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 4247-59. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5270-11.2012

2011

• To use or to move
  
  Valyear, KF, Chapman, CS, Gallivan, JP, Mark, RS & Culham, JC 2011, 'To use or to move: goal-set modulates priming when grasping real tools', Experimental Brain Research, vol. 212, no. 1, pp. 125-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2705-0
• Decoding action intentions from preparatory brain activity in human parieto-frontal networks
  
  Gallivan, JP, McLean, DA, Valyear, KF, Pettypiece, CE & Culham, JC 2011, 'Decoding action intentions from preparatory brain activity in human parieto-frontal networks', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 31, no. 26, pp. 9599-9610. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0080-11.2011

2010

• fMRI activation during observation of others' reach errors
  
  Malfait, N, Valyear, KF, Culham, JC, Anton, J-L, Brown, LE & Gribble, PL 2010, 'fMRI activation during observation of others' reach errors', Journal of Cognitive Neurosience, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 1493-1503. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2009.21281
• Observing learned object-specific functional grasps preferentially activates the ventral stream
  
  Valyear, KF & Culham, JC 2010, 'Observing learned object-specific functional grasps preferentially activates the ventral stream', Journal of Cognitive Neurosience, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 970-84. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2009.21256

2007

• Does tool-related fMRI activity within the intraparietal sulcus reflect the plan to grasp?
  
  Valyear, KF, Cavina-Pratesi, C, Stiglick, AJ & Culham, JC 2007, 'Does tool-related fMRI activity within the intraparietal sulcus reflect the plan to grasp?', Neuroimage, vol. 36 , no. Suppl 2, pp. T94-T108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.03.031
• Orientation sensitivity to graspable objects
  
  Rice, NJ, Valyear, KF, Goodale, MA, Milner, AD & Culham, JC 2007, 'Orientation sensitivity to graspable objects: an fMRI adaptation study', Neuroimage, vol. 36 , no. Suppl 2, pp. T87-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.03.032

2006

• The relationship between fMRI adaptation and repetition priming
  
  Ganel, T, Gonzalez, CLR, Valyear, KF, Culham, JC, Goodale, MA & Köhler, S 2006, 'The relationship between fMRI adaptation and repetition priming', Neuroimage, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 1432-1440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.05.039
• Dissociating arbitrary stimulus-response mapping from movement planning during preparatory period
  
  Cavina-Pratesi, C, Valyear, KF, Culham, JC, Köhler, S, Obhi, SS, Marzi, CA & Goodale, MA 2006, 'Dissociating arbitrary stimulus-response mapping from movement planning during preparatory period: evidence from event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 2704-13. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3176-05.2006
• The fusiform face area is not sufficient for face recognition
  
  Steeves, JKE, Culham, JC, Duchaine, BC, Pratesi, CC, Valyear, KF, Schindler, I, Humphrey, GK, Milner, AD & Goodale, MA 2006, 'The fusiform face area is not sufficient for face recognition: evidence from a patient with dense prosopagnosia and no occipital face area', Neuropsychologia, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 594-609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.06.013
• Human parietal cortex in action
  
  Culham, JC & Valyear, KF 2006, 'Human parietal cortex in action', Current Opinion in Neurobiology, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 205-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2006.03.005
• A double dissociation between sensitivity to changes in object identity and object orientation in the ventral and dorsal visual streams
  
  Valyear, KF, Culham, JC, Sharif, N, Westwood, D & Goodale, MA 2006, 'A double dissociation between sensitivity to changes in object identity and object orientation in the ventral and dorsal visual streams: A human fMRI study', Neuropsychologia, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 218-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.05.004

2005

• The involvement of the "fusiform face area" in processing facial expression
  
  Ganel, T, Valyear, KF, Goshen-Gottstein, Y & Goodale, MA 2005, 'The involvement of the "fusiform face area" in processing facial expression', Neuropsychologia, vol. 43, no. 11, pp. 1645-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.01.012
• No evidence for visuomotor priming in a visually guided action task
  
  Cant, JS, Westwood, DA, Valyear, KF & Goodale, MA 2005, 'No evidence for visuomotor priming in a visually guided action task', Neuropsychologia, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 216-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.11.008

2003

• Photostimulation induces rapid growth of song-control brain regions in male and female chickadees (Poecile atricapilla)
  
  MacDougall-Shackleton, SA, Hernandez, AM, Valyear, KF & Clark, AP 2003, 'Photostimulation induces rapid growth of song-control brain regions in male and female chickadees (Poecile atricapilla)', Neuroscience Letters, vol. 340, no. 3, pp. 165-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00109-5

• Using paried-pulse TMS to investigate cortical mechanisms…

Research Grants

Knowledge Exchange Skills Scholarships (KESS) II: PhD Studentship

The sensory and motor consequences of using an injured hand

Principal Investigators: Ken Valyear; Simon Watt; Edwin Jesudason

PhD candidate: Michela Paroli

June 2017 – 2020

£69300

Royal Society Research Grant (RG150098)

Specifying possible actions with objects: Paired-pulse TMS investigations of the underlying neural mechanisms

Principal Investigator: Ken Valyear

Co-investigator: Cosimo Urgesi

December 2015 – 2016

£15000