Deborah Serrien

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• workRoom B72 Psychology
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 95 15285
• fax0115 95 15234
• deborah.serrien@nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

My research focuses on the study of human motor control and motor learning, including the development of the processes in children. I further study hemispheric lateralisation patterns of cognitive… read more

Recent Publications

• SERRIEN DJ, 2017. Commentary: Skilled bimanual training drives motor cortex plasticity in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 11, 297
• O'REGAN L, SPAPÉ MM and SERRIEN DJ, 2017. Motor Timing and Covariation with Time Perception: Investigating the Role of Handedness. Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience. 11, 147
• SERRIEN DJ and SOVIJÄRVI-SPAPÉ MM, 2016. Manual dexterity: Functional lateralisation patterns and motor efficiency. Brain and Cognition.
• SERRIEN DJ, 2016. Commentary: Cerebral Lateralization is Protective in the Very Prematurely Born. Front Psychol. 7, 903

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Current Research

My research focuses on the study of human motor control and motor learning, including the development of the processes in children. I further study hemispheric lateralisation patterns of cognitive functions. In my work, I use behavioural and functional imaging techniques in order to better understand the brain-behaviour relationships and mechanisms of neuroplasticity.

I would be delighted to hear from current undergraduates and recent graduates who are considering PhD study. Please look at my publications list and my research interests to gain an indication of potential areas of research.

• SERRIEN DJ, 2017. Commentary: Skilled bimanual training drives motor cortex plasticity in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 11, 297
• O'REGAN L, SPAPÉ MM and SERRIEN DJ, 2017. Motor Timing and Covariation with Time Perception: Investigating the Role of Handedness. Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience. 11, 147
• SERRIEN DJ and SOVIJÄRVI-SPAPÉ MM, 2016. Manual dexterity: Functional lateralisation patterns and motor efficiency. Brain and Cognition.
• SERRIEN DJ, 2016. Commentary: Cerebral Lateralization is Protective in the Very Prematurely Born. Front Psychol. 7, 903
• SERRIEN DJ and SOVIJÄRVI-SPAPÉ MM, 2015. Hemispheric asymmetries and the control of motor sequences. Behav Brain Res. 283, 30-6.
• SERRIEN D.J., SOVIJÄRVI-SPAPÉ M.M. and RANA G., 2014. Developmental Changes in Motor Control: Insights From Bimanual Coordination. Developmental Psychology. 50, 316-23
• REID CS and SERRIEN DJ, 2014. Primary motor cortex and ipsilateral control: a TMS study. Neuroscience. 270, 20-6.
• SERRIEN D.J. and SOVIJÄRVI-SPAPÉ M.M., 2013. Cognitive control of response inhibition and switching: hemispheric lateralization and hand preference. Brain and Cognition. 82, 283-90
• REID, C.S. and SERRIEN, D.J., 2012. Handedness and the excitability of cortical inhibitory circuits Behavioural Brain Research. 230(1), 144-148
• SERRIEN DJ, SOVIJÄRVI-SPAPÉ MM and RANA G, 2012. Subliminal priming and effects of hand dominance Acta Psychologica. 141, 73-7
• SERRIEN, D.J., SOVIJÄRVI-SPAPÉ, M.M. and FARNSWORTH, B., 2012. Bimanual control processes and the role of handedness Neuropsychology. 26(6), 802-807
• SPAPÉ, M.M. and SERRIEN, D.J., 2011. Decision-making and the integration of space and time during collision judgment Clinical Neurophysiology. 122, 891-896
• SERRIEN DJ and SPAPE MM, 2011. Motor awareness and dissociable levels of action representation. Neuroscience Letters. 494, 145-9
• SERRIEN, D.J., 2010. Decisions of voluntary action: what vs when Frontiers in Neuroscience. 4(1), 2-3
• SPAPÉ, M.M. and SERRIEN, D.J., 2010. Interregional synchrony of visuomotor tracking: perturbation effects and individual differences Behavioural Brain Research. 213(2), 313-318
• SERRIEN, D.J. and SPAPE, M.M., 2010. Coupling between perception and action timing during sensorimotor synchronization Neuroscience Letters. 486(3), 215-219
• SERRIEN, D.J., 2009. Interactions between new and pre-existing behavior in bimanual movement control Experimental Brain Research. 197(3), 269-278
• SERRIEN, D.J., 2009. Functional connectivity patterns during motor behaviour:the impact of past on present activity Human Brain Mapping. 30(2), 523-531
• SERRIEN, D.J., 2009. Timing and history-dependent processing during sensorimotor synchronization Brain Research: Cognitive Brain Research. 1266, 64-71
• SERRIEN, D.J., 2009. Verbal-manual interactions during dual task performance: an EEG study Neuropsychologia. 47(1), 139-144
• SERRIEN, D.J., 2008. Coordination constraints during bimanual versus unimanual performance conditions Neuropsychologia. 46(2), 419-425
• SERRIEN, D.J., 2008. The neural dynamics of timed motor tasks: evidence from a synchronization-continuation paradigm European Journal of Neuroscience. 27(6), 1553-1560
• SERRIEN, D.J., IVRY, R.B. and SWINNEN, S.P., 2007. The missing link between action and cognition Progress in Neurobiology. 82(2), 95-107
• SERRIEN, D.J., IVRY, R.B. and SWINNEN, S.P., 2006. Dynamics of hemispheric specialization and integration in the context of motor control. Nature Reviews. Neuroscience. 7(2), 160-167
• SERRIEN, D.J., ORTH, M., EVANS, A.H., LEES, A.J. and BROWN, P., 2005. Motor inhibition in patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: functional activation patterns as revealed by EEG coherence. Brain. 128(1), 116-125
• WIESENDANGER, M and AND SERRIEN, D.J., 2005. Bimanual coordination and its disorders. In: FREUND, H-J, JEANNEROD, M, HALLETT, M and LEIGUARDA, R.C., eds., Higher-order motor disorders Oxford Press. 193-236
• SERRIEN, D.J., STRENS, L.H.A., CASSIDY, M.J., THOMPSON, A.J. and BROWN, P., 2004. Functional significance of the ipsilateral hemisphere during movement of the affected hand after stroke Experimental Neurology. 190(2), 425-432
• SERRIEN, D. J., POGOSYAN, A. H. and BROWN, P., 2004. Cortico-cortical coupling patterns during dual task performance Experimental Brain Research. VOL 157(NUMB 1), 79-84
• WIESENDANGER, M. and SERRIEN, D. J., 2004. The quest to understand bimanual coordination Progress in Brain Research. VOL 143, 491-506
• SERRIEN, DJ., POGOSYAN, AH. and BROWN, P, 2004. Influence of working memory on patterns of motor related cortico-cortical coupling. Experimental Brain Research. 155(2), 204-10
• SERRIEN, DJ and AND BROWN, P, 2004. Changes in functional coupling patterns during bimanual task performance. NeuroReport. 15(9), 1387-90
• SERRIEN, DJ, POGOSYAN, AH, CASSIDY, MJ and BROWN,, 2004. Anticipatory cortico-cortical interactions: switching the task configuration between effectors. Experimental Brain Research. 154(3), 359-67
• SERRIEN, D.J., CASSIDY, M.J. and BROWN, P., 2003. The importance of the dominant hemisphere in the organization of bimanual movements Human Brain Mapping. 18(4), 296-305
• SERRIEN, D.J. and BROWN, P., 2003. The integration of cortical and behavioural dynamics during initial learning of a motor task European Journal of Neuroscience. 17(5), 1098-1104
• SERRIEN, DJ, FISHER, RJ and BROWN, P, 2003. Transient increases of synchronized neural activity during movement preparation: influence of cognitive constraints. Experimental Brain Research. 153(1), 27-34
• SERRIEN, D.J., NIRKKO, A.C., LOHER, T.J., LÖVBLAD, K-O., BURGUNDER, J-M. and WIESENDANGER, M., 2002. Movement control of manipulative tasks in patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Brain. 125(2), 290-300
• SERRIEN, D. J. and BROWN, P., 2002. The functional role of interhemispheric synchronization in the control of bimanual timing tasks Experimental Brain Research. VOL 147(PART 2), 268-272
• SERRIEN, D. J., BURGUNDER, J.-M. and WIESENDANGER, M., 2002. Control of manipulative forces during unimanual and bimanual tasks in patients with Huntington's disease Experimental Brain Research. VOL 143(PART 3), 328-334
• SERRIEN, D. J., STRENS, L. H., OLIVIERO, A. and BROWN, P., 2002. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the supplementary motor area (SMA) degrades bimanual movement control in humans Neuroscience Letters. VOL 328(NUMBER 2), 89-92
• SERRIEN,D.J. and WIESENDANGER,M., 2001. Bimanual control of manipulative forces: evidence from erroneous feedforward programming of precision grip: 1460-9568 European Journal of Neuroscience. 13(9), 1825-1832
• SERRIEN, D J, NIRKKO, A C and WIESENDANGER, M, 2001. Role of the corpus callosum in bimanual coordination: a comparison of patients with congenital and acquired callosal damage. European Journal of Neuroscience. 14(11), 1897-905
• WIESENDANGER,M. and SERRIEN,D.J., 2001. Toward a physiological understanding of human dexterity News in Physiological Sciences. 16(5), 228-233
• SERRIEN, D. J., BURGUNDER, J. M. and WIESENDANGER, M., 2001. Grip force scaling and sequencing of events during a manipulative task in Huntington's disease Neuropsychologia. VOL 39(NUMBER 7), 734 - 741
• WIESENDANGER, M and SERRIEN, D J, 2001. Neurological problems affecting hand dexterity. Brain Research Reviews. 36(2-3), 161-8
• SERRIEN, D. J. and WIESENDANGER, M., 2001. Dissociation of grip/load-force coupling during a bimanual manipulative assignment Experimental Brain Research. VOL 136(PART 3), 417-420
• SERRIEN, D. J. and WIESENDANGER, M., 2001. A higher-order mechanism overrules the automatic grip-load force constraint during bimanual asymmetrical movements Behavioural Brain Research. VOL 118(NUMBER 2), 153 - 160
• SERRIEN, D. J. and WIESENDANGER, M., 2001. Regulation of grasping forces during bimanual in-phase and anti-phase coordination Neuropsychologia. VOL 39(NUMBER 13), 1379 - 1384
• SERRIEN, D J, NIRKKO, A C, LöVBLAD, K O and WIESENDANGER, M, 2001. Damage to the parietal lobe impairs bimanual coordination. NeuroReport. 12(12), 2721-4
• SERRIEN, D.J., LI, Y., STEYVERS, M., DEBAERE, F. and SWINNEN, S.P., 2001. Proprioceptive regulation of interlimb behavior: interference between passive movement and active coordination dynamics Experimental Brain Research. 140(4), 411-419
• SERRIEN DJ and SPAPÉ MM, Motor awareness and dissociable levels of action representation. Neuroscience Letters. 145-149
• SERRIEN DJ, Commentary: Cerebral Lateralization is Protective in the Very Prematurely Born. Front Psychol. 7(903),
• SERRIEN DJ and REID CS, Primary motor cortex and ipsilateral control: a TMS study. Neuroscience. 270, 20-6.