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Dr Alex Swainson

Dr Alex Swainson

BSc

Current positions

  • Teaching Associate

    School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

Contact

  • alex.swainson@bristol.ac.uk
  • School of Physiology and Pharmacology
    Medical Sciences Building
    University Walk
    Bristol, BS8 1TD
  • +44 117 456 0410

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Research interests

Investigating the effect of age on motor learning and developing a rodent model of motor adaptation.

Publications

Recent publications

07/01/2025
  • Facing the fear

    • Elena Paci, 
    • et al.

    Frontiers in Education

    • Comment/debate
    • Published
  • 10/10/2023
  • Slower rates of prism adaptation but intact aftereffects in patients with early to mid-stage Parkinson's disease

    • Alex Swainson, 
    • et al.

    Neuropsychologia

    • Article
    • Published
  • Thesis

    • Motor learning in health, ageing and disease

      • Alex Swainson

      Supervisors

      • Iain Gilchrist, 
      • Richard Apps

      Award date

      21/06/2022

    Related people

    • Professor Richard Apps

      Professor Richard Apps

      Professor of Neuroscience

      School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

    • Dr Nadia Cerminara

      Dr Nadia Cerminara

      Senior Lecturer

      School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

    • Professor Iain Gilchrist

      Professor Iain Gilchrist

      Professor of Neuropsychology

      School of Psychological Science

    • Dr Philip Collard

      Dr Philip Collard

      Senior Lecturer

      School of Psychological Science

    • Dr Elena Paci

      Dr Elena Paci

      Honorary Lecturer

      School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

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