Dr Ken Valyear

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Postal address

355 Brigantia Building
Bangor University
LL57 2AS
United Kingdom

Contact info

355 Brigantia Building
Office: 01248 382623
E-mail: k.valyear@bangor.ac.uk
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/kfvalyear/
  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. A double dissociation between sensitivity to changes in object identity and object orientation in the ventral and dorsal visual streams: A human fMRI study

    Valyear, K. F., Culham, J. C., Sharif, N., Westwood, D. & Goodale, M. A., Feb 2006, In: Neuropsychologia. 44, 2, p. 218-28 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Active haptic perception in robots: a review

    Seminara, L., Gastaldo, P., Watt, S. J., Valyear, K. F., Zuher, F. & Mastrogiovanni, F., 17 Jul 2019, In: Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 13, 53.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Changes in Primary Somatosensory Cortex Following Allogeneic Hand Transplantation or Autogenic Hand Replantation

    Philip, B. A., Valyear, K. F., Cirstea, C. M., Baune, N. A., Kaufman, C. & Frey, S. H., 6 Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in neuroimaging. 1, 919694.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Contributions of the parietal cortex to increased efficiency of planning-based action selection

    Randerath, J., Valyear, K., Philip, B. A. & Frey, S. H., Oct 2017, In: Neuropsychologia. 105, October, p. 135-143

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Decoding action intentions from preparatory brain activity in human parieto-frontal networks

    Gallivan, J. P., McLean, D. A., Valyear, K. F., Pettypiece, C. E. & Culham, J. C., 29 Jun 2011, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 31, 26, p. 9599-9610 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Decoding the neural mechanisms of human tool use

    Gallivan, J. P., McLean, D. A., Valyear, K. F. & Culham, J. C., 28 May 2013, In: Elife. 2, p. e00425

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Dissociating arbitrary stimulus-response mapping from movement planning during preparatory period: evidence from event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging

    Cavina-Pratesi, C., Valyear, K. F., Culham, J. C., Köhler, S., Obhi, S. S., Marzi, C. A. & Goodale, M. A., 1 Aug 2006, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 26, 10, p. 2704-13 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Does tool-related fMRI activity within the intraparietal sulcus reflect the plan to grasp?

    Valyear, K. F., Cavina-Pratesi, C., Stiglick, A. J. & Culham, J. C., 31 Mar 2007, In: Neuroimage. 36 , Suppl 2, p. T94-T108

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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

    Valyear, K. F., Mattos, D., Philip, B. A., Kaufman, C. & Frey, S. H., 15 Apr 2019, In: Neuroimage. 190, p. 275-288

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Hand choice is unaffected by high frequency continuous theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation to the posterior parietal cortex

    Fitzpatrick, A. M., Dundon, N. M. & Valyear, K. F., 13 Oct 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 10, e0275262.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Hand selection for object grasping is influenced by recent motor history

    Valyear, K. F. & Frey, S. H., 2015, In: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 21, p. 566-573

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Human parietal cortex in action

    Culham, J. C. & Valyear, K. F., Apr 2006, In: Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 16, 2, p. 205-212 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Human posterior parietal cortex mediates hand-specific planning

    Valyear, K. F. & Frey, S. H., 2 Apr 2015, In: Neuroimage. 114, p. 226-238

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Interhemispheric transfer of post-amputation cortical plasticity within the human somatosensory cortex

    Valyear, K. F., Philip, B. A., Cirstea, C. M., Chen, P.-W., Baune, N., Marchal, N. & Frey, S. H., 1 Feb 2020, In: Neuroimage. 206, 116291.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. No evidence for visuomotor priming in a visually guided action task

    Cant, J. S., Westwood, D. A., Valyear, K. F. & Goodale, M. A., 7 Jan 2005, In: Neuropsychologia. 43, 2, p. 216-26 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Now and then: Hand choice is influenced by recent action history

    Valyear, K. F., Fitzpatrick, A. M. & Dundon, N. M., Feb 2019, In: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 26, 1, p. 305-314 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Observing learned object-specific functional grasps preferentially activates the ventral stream

    Valyear, K. F. & Culham, J. C., May 2010, In: Journal of Cognitive Neurosience. 22, 5, p. 970-84 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Orientation sensitivity to graspable objects: an fMRI adaptation study

    Rice, N. J., Valyear, K. F., Goodale, M. A., Milner, A. D. & Culham, J. C., 31 Mar 2007, In: Neuroimage. 36 , Suppl 2, p. T87-93

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Photostimulation induces rapid growth of song-control brain regions in male and female chickadees (Poecile atricapilla)

    MacDougall-Shackleton, S. A., Hernandez, A. M., Valyear, K. F. & Clark, A. P., 17 Apr 2003, In: Neuroscience Letters. 340, 3, p. 165-8 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Psychophysical and neuroimaging responses to moving stimuli in a patient with the Riddoch phenomenon due to bilateral visual cortex lesions

    Arcaro, M. J., Thaler, L., Quinlan, D. J., Monaco, S., Khan, S., Valyear, K. F., Goebel, R., Dutton, G. N., Goodale, M. A., Kastner, S. & Culham, J. C., May 2019, In: Neuropsychologia. 128, May, p. 150-165 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Sensorimotor transformation: The hand that 'sees' to grasp

    Valyear, K. F., 29 Jul 2016, In: Elife. 5, e18887.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. The fusiform face area is not sufficient for face recognition: evidence from a patient with dense prosopagnosia and no occipital face area

    Steeves, J. K. E., Culham, J. C., Duchaine, B. C., Pratesi, C. C., Valyear, K. F., Schindler, I., Humphrey, G. K., Milner, A. D. & Goodale, M. A., 1 Apr 2006, In: Neuropsychologia. 44, 4, p. 594-609 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. The involvement of the "fusiform face area" in processing facial expression

    Ganel, T., Valyear, K. F., Goshen-Gottstein, Y. & Goodale, M. A., 25 Feb 2005, In: Neuropsychologia. 43, 11, p. 1645-54 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    The neural basis of hand choice: An fMRI investigation of the Posterior Parietal Interhemispheric Competition model

    Fitzpatrick, A. M., Dundon, N. M. & Valyear, K. F., 15 Jan 2019, In: Neuroimage. 185, p. 208-221 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. The relationship between fMRI adaptation and repetition priming

    Ganel, T., Gonzalez, C. L. R., Valyear, K. F., Culham, J. C., Goodale, M. A. & Köhler, S., Sept 2006, In: Neuroimage. 32, 3, p. 1432-1440 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    To use or to move: goal-set modulates priming when grasping real tools

    Valyear, K. F., Chapman, C. S., Gallivan, J. P., Mark, R. S. & Culham, J. C., Jul 2011, In: Experimental Brain Research. 212, 1, p. 125-42 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Touch localization after nerve repair in the hand: Insights from a new measurement tool

    Weber, M., Marshall, A., Timircan, R., McGlone, F., Watt, S., Onyekwelu, O., Booth, L., Jesudason, E., Lees, V. & Valyear, K. F., 1 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 130, 5, p. 1126-1141 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Two Routes to the Same Action: An Action Repetition Priming Study

    Randerath, J., Valyear, K. F., Hood, A. & Frey, S. H., 2015, In: Journal of Motor Behavior. 47, 2, p. 142-152

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  30. fMRI activation during observation of others' reach errors

    Malfait, N., Valyear, K. F., Culham, J. C., Anton, J.-L., Brown, L. E. & Gribble, P. L., Jul 2010, In: Journal of Cognitive Neurosience. 22, 7, p. 1493-1503 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. fMRI repetition suppression for familiar but not arbitrary actions with tools

    Valyear, K. F., Gallivan, J. P., McLean, D. A. & Culham, J. C., 21 Mar 2012, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 32, 12, p. 4247-59 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  32. Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  33. Published

    Representing Visual Information in Motor Terms for Grasp Control

    Valyear, K., Sept 2018, Reach-to-grasp behavior: Brain, Behavior and Modelling Across the Life Span. Corbetta, D. & Santello, M. (eds.). Routledge Taylor & Francis

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  34. Published

    The Neuroscience of Human Tool Use

    Valyear, K., 16 Dec 2016, Evolution of Nervous Systems: Second Edition. Kaas, J. (ed.). 2 ed. Oxford: Academic Press, p. 341-353 12 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review