Professor Oliver Turnbull

Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Contact info

Roles: Pro Vice Chancellor (Teaching & Learning)

Professor of Neuropsychology

Telephone: 01248 383670

Email: o.turnbull@bangor.ac.uk

Office: Professors Corridor, Main Arts Building

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oliver_Turnbull2

Prof Turnbull is a neuropsychologist, with an interest in emotion and its many consequences for mental life. He is also a clinician, whose work is with patients with neurological lesions, especially those who have suffered cerebro-vascular accident (stroke) and traumatic brain injury.

His scientific  interests include:

(i) emotion-based learning, including the experience that we describe as 'intuition'

(ii) the role of emotion in delusional beliefs, especially in neurological patients

(iii) the neuroscience of psychotherapy

(iv) the management and control of emotion, often called emotion regulation

(v) emotional memory, and its preservation even in profound amnesia.

He is the author of roughly 150 publications on these topics, and (together with Mark Solms) is the co-author of the popular science book 'The Brain and the Inner World' (now translated into 11 languages). For many years, he was the Editor of the interdisciplinary journal Neuropsychoanalysis, and Secretary of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society.

  1. Published

    The Bangor Gambling Task: Characterising the Performance of Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury

    Adlam, A-L. R., Adams, M., Turnbull, O., Yeates, G. & Gracey, F., Mar 2017, In: Brain Impairment. 18, 1, p. 62-73

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    To lose the frame of action: A selective deficit in avoiding unpleasant objects following a unilateral temporal lobe lesion

    Bamford, S., Turnbull, O., Coetzer, R. & Ward, R. A., 1 Aug 2009, In: Neurocase. 15, 4, p. 261-270

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Direct versus indirect emotional consequences on the Iowa Gambling Task.

    Berry, H. E., Turnbull, O. H., Berry, H. & Bowman, C. H., 1 Nov 2003, In: Brain and Cognition. 53, 2, p. 389-392

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    A positive emotional bias in confabulatory false beliefs about place.

    Berry, H. E., Roberts, C. E., Turnbull, O. H., Berry, H. & Evans, C. E., 1 Aug 2004, In: Brain and Cognition. 55, 3, p. 490-494

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Association of salivary-assessed oxytocin and cortisol levels with time of night and sleep stage

    Blagrove, M., Fouquet, N. C., Baird, A. L., Pace-Schott, E. F., Davies, A. C., Neuschaffer, J. L., Henley-Einion, J. A., Weidemann, C. T., Thome, J., McNamara, P. & Turnbull, O. H., 15 Aug 2012, In: Journal of Neural Transmission. 119, 10, p. 1223-1232

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Assessing the Dream-Lag Effect for REM and NREM Stage 2 Dreams

    Blagrove, M., Fouquet, N. C., Henley-Einion, J. A., Pace-Schott, E. F., Davies, A. C., Neuschaffer, J. L. & Turnbull, O. H., 26 Oct 2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 10, p. 1-7

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Real versus facsimile reinforcers on the Iowa Gambling Task.

    Bowman, C. H. & Turnbull, O., 1 Nov 2003, In: Brain and Cognition. 53, 2, p. 207-210

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Schizotypy and flexible learning: A prerequisite of creativity?

    Bowman, C. H. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Jan 2009, In: Philoctetes. 2, 2, p. 5-30

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Schizotypy and flexible learning: A pre-requisite of creativity

    Bowman, C. & Turnbull, O., 2009, In: Philoctetes. p. 5-30

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Emotion-based learning on a simplified card game: The Iowa & Bangor gambling tasks.

    Bowman, C. H. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Jul 2004, In: Brain and Cognition. 55, 2, p. 277-282

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Batteria testistica per lo studio della capacita‚ di riconoscere identita‚ ed orientamento di stimoli visivi: dati normativi e risultati in un campione di pazienti affetti da demenza di Alzheimer

    Caterini, F., Della Sala, S., Spinnler, H., Stangalino, C. & Turnbull, O., 1998, In: Archivio di Psicologia, Neurologia e Psichiatria. 49, p. 298-313

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Object recognition and object orientation in Alzheimer's disease

    Caterini, F., Della Sala, S., Spinnler, H., Stangalino, C. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Apr 2002, In: Neuropsychology. 16, 2, p. 146-155

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Cognitive decision modelling of emotion-based learning impairment in schizophrenia: The role of awareness

    Cella, M., Dymond, S., Cooper, A. & Turnbull, O. H., 30 Mar 2012, In: Psychiatry Research. 196, 1, p. 15-19

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Effects of decision-phase time constraints on emotion-based learning in the Iowa Gambling Task.

    Cella, M., Dymond, S., Cooper, A. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Jul 2007, In: Brain and Cognition. 64, 2, p. 164-169

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Neuropsychoanalytically informed psychotherapy approaches to rehabilitation: The North Wales Brain Injury Service – Bangor University experience 1998 - 2018

    Coetzer, B., Roberts, C., Turnbull, O. H. & Vaughan, F., Jun 2018, In: Neuropsychoanalysis. 20, 1, p. 3-13

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Affective bias in complex decision making: Modulating sensitivity to aversive feedback

    Davies, J. L., Davies, J. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Jun 2011, In: Motivation and Emotion. 35, 2, p. 235-248

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Alcohol exposure during pregnancy altered childhood developmental trajectories in a rural South African community

    Davies, L-A., Cockcroft, K., Olinger, L., Chersich, M., Urban, M., Makkan, C. M. C., Turnbull, O. H., Olivier, L. & Viljoen, D., Nov 2017, In: Acta Paediatrica. 106, 11, p. 1802-1810

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Orientation agnosia in pentagon copying

    Della Sala, S., Turnbull, O. H., Beschin, N. & Perini, M., 1 Jan 2002, In: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. 72, 1, p. 129-130

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Rehabilitation of the Neurological Patient: A Cognitive Perspective

    Della Sala, S. (ed.), Marchetti, C. (ed.) & Turnbull, O., 1996, PI-ME Press.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  20. Published

    The contingency-shifting variant Iowa Gambling Task: An investigation with young adults.

    Dymond, S., Cella, M., Cooper, A. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Mar 2010, In: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 32, 3, p. 239-248

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Language and Culture modulate online Semantic Processing

    Ellis, C. A., Kuipers, J. R., Thierry, G., Lovett, V., Turnbull, O. H. & Jones, M. W., Oct 2015, In: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 10, 10, p. 1392-1396

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Remembering relationships: preserved emotion-based learning in Alzheimer's disease.

    Evans-Roberts, C. E. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Jan 2011, In: Experimental Aging Research. 37, 1, p. 1-16

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Assessment of Emotional Experience and Emotional Recognition in Complicated Grief

    Fernandez-Alcantara, M., Cruz-Quintana, F., Perez-Marfil, M. N., Catena-Martinez, A., Perez-Garcia, M. & Turnbull, O. H., 12 Feb 2016, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 7

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Wishful reality distortions in confabulation.

    Fotopoulou, A., Solms, M. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Mar 2004, In: Neuropsychologia. 42, 6, p. 727-744

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    The effect of education and gender on emotion-based decision-making.

    Fry, J., Greenop, K., Turnbull, O. H. & Bowman, C. H., 1 Mar 2009, In: South African Journal of Psychology. 39, 1, p. 122-132

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Defense styles from the perspective of affective neuroscience

    Hoşgören-Alıcı, Y., Hasanlı, J., Özkarar Gradwohl, G., Turnbull, O. H. & Çakmak, E., Dec 2023, In: Neuropsychoanalysis. 25, 2, p. 181-189 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. When is a view unusual? A single case study of orientation-dependent visual agnosia – Discussion

    Humphreys, G. W. & Turnbull, O., 1996, In: Brain Research Bulletin. 40, p. 502-503

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

  28. Published

    Post-Traumatic Growth in Professionals Caring for People with Intellectual Disabilities during COVID-19: A Psychological Intervention

    Inmaculada Fernández-Ávalos, M., Nieves Pérez-Marfil, M., Cruz-Quintana, F. & Turnbull, O. H., 28 Dec 2021, In: Healthcare. 10, 1, 48.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Coping with Death and Bereavement: A Proactive Intervention Program for Adults with Intellectual Disability

    Inmaculada Fernández-Ávalos, M., Fernández Alcántara, M., Cruz-Quintana, F., Turnbull, O., Rosario Ferrer-Cascalesa, R. & Nieves Pérez-Marfil, M., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 16, 4, p. 339-362

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Quick as a BLINK: An ultrarapid analogue of Iowa Gambling Task decision making

    Intriligator, J. M., Parkinson, J. A., Peatfield, N., Turnbull, O. H., Parkinson, J. & Intriligator, J., 1 Mar 2012, In: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 34, 3, p. 243-255

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. Published

    The quantitative analyses of copy drawing and drawing from memory in brain-damaged patients

    Leek, C., Turnbull, O. & Tainturier, MJ., 1999, In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. p. 37-37

    Research output: Contribution to journalMeeting Abstractpeer-review

  32. Published

    Predictive testing for Huntingtons' Disease: How does it impact on cognitive performance?

    Lucas, M. D., Turnbull, O. H., Berk, M. & Fritz, V. U., 1 Jan 2002, In: South African Journal of Psychology. 32, 3, p. 39-47

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  33. Laterality of Cradling in Relation to Perception and Expression of Facial Affect

    Lucas, M. D., Turnbull, O. & Kaplan-Solms, K., 1993, In: The Journal of Genetic Psychology. 154, 3, p. 347-352

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Predictive testing for Huntington's Disease: how does it impact on cognitive performance?

    Lucas, M. D., Turnbull, O., Berk, M. & Fritz, V. U., 1 Dec 2002, In: South African Journal of Psychology. 32, 3, p. 39-47

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Motor and perceptual factors in pseudoneglect

    MacLeod, M. S. & Turnbull, O., 1 Jun 1999, In: Neuropsychologia. 37, 6, p. 707-713

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  36. Published

    The Erogenous Mirror: Intersubjective and Multisensory Maps of Sexual Arousal in Men and Women

    Maister, L., Fotopoulou, A., Turnbull, O. & Tsakiris, M., Nov 2020, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior. 49, 8, p. 2919-2933 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Threat in dreams: An adaption?

    Malcolm-Smith, S., Solms, M., Turnbull, O. H. & Tredoux, C., 1 Dec 2008, In: Consciousness and Cognition. 17, 4, p. 1281-1291

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Shooting the messenger won't change the news.

    Malcolm-Smith, S., Solms, M., Turnbull, O. H. & Tredoux, C., 1 Dec 2008, In: Consciousness and Cognition. 17, 4, p. 1297-1301

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Visual determinants of the leftward cradling bias: a preliminary report

    Matheson, E. A. & Turnbull, O., 1998, In: Laterality. 3, 3, p. 283-8

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. Hemispheric asymmetry in an artificial grammar task

    McGeorge, P., Massie, A. & Turnbull, O., Nov 1996, In: Brain and Cognition. 32, 2, p. 124-125

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Observations on Working Psychoanalytically with a Profoundly Amnesic Patient

    Moore, P. A., Salas, C. E., Dockree, S. & Turnbull, O. H., 25 Aug 2017, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 8, 1418.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Like a rolling stone: Psychotherapy without (episodic) memory

    Moore, P. A. & Turnbull, O. H., 2 Nov 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13, 17 p., 958194.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  43. Hatred of the hemiparetic limbs (misoplegia) in a 10 year old child

    Mose, AD. & Turnbull, OH., Aug 1996, In: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. 61, 2, p. 210-211

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Cognitive vulnerability to bipolar disorder in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder

    Pavlickova, H., Turnbull, O. H. & Bentall, R. P., 21 Apr 2014, In: British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 53, 4, p. 386-401

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  45. Published

    The Dynamics of Mood and Coping in Bipolar Disorder: Longitudinal Investigations of the Inter-Relationship between Affect, Self-Esteem and Response Styles

    Pavlickova, H., Varese, F., Smith, A., Myin-Germeys, I., Turnbull, O. H. & Bentall, R. P., 26 Apr 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 4

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Symptom-specific self-referential cognitive processes in bipolar disorder: a longitudinal analysis

    Pavlickova, H., Varese, F., Turnbull, O. H., Scott, J., Morriss, R., Kinderman, P., Paykel, E. & Bentall, R. P., 30 Nov 2012, In: Psychological Medicine. 43, 9

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Discrepancies between explicit and implicit self-esteem and their relationship to symptoms of depression and mania

    Pavlickova, H., Turnbull, O. H. & Bentall, R. P., Sept 2014, In: Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. 87, 3, p. 311-323

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  48. Published

    The inter-relationship between mood, self-esteem and response style in adolescent offspring of bipolar patients: An experience sampling study

    Pavlickova, H., Turnbull, O. H., Myin-Germeys, I. & Bentall, R. P., 4 Dec 2015, In: Psychiatry Research. 225, 3, p. 563-570

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Cognitive Performance After Facial Botulinum Toxin Treatment in a Cohort of Neurologic Patients: An Exploratory Study

    Platho-Elwischger, K., Schmoeger, M., Willinger, U., Abdel-Aziz, C., Algner, J., Pretscherer, S., Auff, E., Kranz, G., Turnbull, O. H. & Sycha, T., 1 Mar 2022, In: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 103, 3, p. 402-408

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Paradoxical effects of education on the Iowa Gambling Task.

    Roberts, C. E., Evans, C. E., Kemish, K. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Apr 2004, In: Brain and Cognition. 54, 3, p. 240-244

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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