Professor Oliver Turnbull

Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Contact info

Roles: Deputy Vice Chancellor

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) emotion memory, and its preservation even in profound amnesia.

He is the author of roughly 200 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 12 languages), and 'Mistakes in Clinical Neuropsychology' (with Christian Salas and Rudi Coetzer).

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. 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

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    The Bangor Gambling Task: Computerized replication and reappraisal of an emotion-based decision task

    Rojas-Líbano, D., Zúñiga, J., Corrales, V., Pino, P., Infante, M., Turnbull, O. H., Bowman, C. & Salas, C., 13 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Published

    The Role of Inner Speech in Emotion Dysregulation and Emotion Regulation Strategy Use

    Salas, C., Castro, O., Radovic, D., Gross, J. J. & Turnbull, O., 2018, In: Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología. 50, 2, p. 79-88

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. The Translation of the Luria Neuropsychological Investigation into Zulu: Its Relationship to the Work of A.R. Luria and L.S. Vygotsky

    Turnbull, O. & Bagus, R., 1991, In: South African Journal of Psychology. 21, 1, p. 61-63

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. 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

  9. Published

    The developing transference in amnesia: Changes in inter-personal relationships despite profound episodic memory

    Turnbull, O. H., Turnbull, O., Zois, E., Kaplan-Solms, K. & Solms, M., 1 Jan 2006, In: Neuropsychoanalysis. 8, p. 199-204

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Published

    The leftward cradling bias and audition: Cross-modal confusion?

    Turnbull, O. H., 1 Sept 2002, In: Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition. 7, 4, p. 355-357

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    The leftward cradling bias and hemispheric asymmetry for speech prosody

    Turnbull, O. H. & Bryson, H. E., 1 Jan 2001, In: Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain, and Cognition. 6, 1, p. 21-28

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    The leftward cradling bias and prosody: an investigation of cradling preferences in the deaf community.

    Turnbull, O. H., 1 Jan 2001, In: Journal of Genetic Psychology. 162, 2, p. 178-186

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. The neuropsychology of object constancy

    Turnbull, O., Carey, D. P. & McCarthy, R. A., 1997, In: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 3, p. 288-98

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    The neuropsychology that would have interested Freud most

    Turnbull, O. H., 1 Jan 2001, In: Neuropsychoanalysis. 3, p. 33-38

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    The pleasantness of false beliefs: An emotion-based account of confabulation

    Turnbull, O. H., Jenkins, S. & Rowley, M. L., 1 Jan 2004, In: Neuropsychoanalysis. 6, p. 6-16

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. The taxonomic perspective: The neuropsychological diagnosis of dementia

    Venneri, A., Turnbull, O. & DellaSala, S., 1996, In: European Review of Applied Psychology. 46, 3, p. 179-188

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    This time it’s personal: reappraisal after acquired brain injury

    Rowlands, L., Coetzer, R. & Turnbull, O., 17 Feb 2021, In: Cognition and Emotion. 35, 2, p. 305-323

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Published

    Using the Process Model to Understand Emotion Regulation Changes After Brain Injury

    Salas, C. E., Gross, J. J. & Turnbull, O. H., Dec 2019, In: Psychology & Neuroscience. 12, 4, p. 430-150

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. 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

  24. Published

    What is neuropsychoanalysis?

    Solms, M. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Jun 2011, In: Neuropsychoanalysis. 13, 2

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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

    Turnbull, O. & McCarthy, R. A., 1996, In: Brain Research Bulletin. 40, 5-6, p. 497-502

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. 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

  27. Published

    ‘Just can’t hide it’: A behavioral and lesion study on emotional response modulation after right prefrontal damage

    Salas, C. E., Castro, O., St. Yuen, K., Radovic, D., D-Avossa, G. & Turnbull, O. H., Oct 2016, In: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 11, 10, p. 1528-1540

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    “We can all relate": patient experience of an emotion-oriented group intervention

    Rowlands, L., Salas, C., Coetzer, R., Buckland, S. & Turnbull, O., 27 Jun 2024, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 15, 1384080.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Comment/debate › Research › Peer-reviewed
  30. 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

  31. Book/Film/Article review › Research › Peer-reviewed
  32. Published

    In the Mind Fields: Exploring the New Science of Neuropsychoanalysis by Casey Schwartz

    Turnbull, O., 21 Oct 2016, In: British Journal of Psychotherapy. 32, 4, p. 557-559

    Research output: Contribution to journalBook/Film/Article reviewpeer-review

  33. Meeting Abstract › Research › Peer-reviewed
  34. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalMeeting Abstractpeer-review

  35. Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  36. Published

    Bridging the gap between neuroscience and psychoanalysis

    Turnbull, O. H., Lovett, V. E., Fotopoulou, A. (Editor), Pfaff, D. (Editor) & Conway, M. A. (Editor), 17 May 2014, From the Couch to the Lab: Trends in Psychodynamic Neuroscience. 2014 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 186-206

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  37. Published

    Depth psychological consequences of brain damage.

    Turnbull, O. H., Solms, M. & Panksepp, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2003, A Textbook of Biological Psychiatry. 2003 ed. John Wiley & Sons, p. 571-596

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  38. Published

    Emotion and Delusion: Seeking common ground between neuroscience and psychotherapies

    Turnbull, O. & Lovett, V., 17 May 2012, From the Couch to the Lab: Trends in Psychodynamic Neuroscience. Fotopoulou, A., Pfaff, D. & Conway, M. A. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 186-208

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  39. Published

    Emotion, false beliefs, and the neurobiology of intuition.

    Turnbull, O. H., Corrigall, J. (Editor) & Wilkinson, H. (Editor), 1 Jan 2003, Revolutionary Connections: Psychotherapy and Neuroscience. 2003 ed. Karnac Books, p. 135-162

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  40. Published

    Glossar

    Turnbull, O., 2003, Neuro-Psychoanalys: Eine Einführung mit Fallstudien. 2 ed. p. 285-296

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  41. Published

    Memory, amnesia and intuition.

    Turnbull, O. H., Solms, M. & Green, V. (Editor), 1 Jan 2003, Emotional Development in Psychoanalysis: Attachment Theory and Neuroscience. 2003 ed. Taylor & Francis, p. 55-85

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  42. Published

    Neuropsychology

    Turnbull, O. H., 1 Jan 2001, An Encyclopaedia of Psychology. 2001 ed. Grolier Educational, p. 94-99

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  43. Published

    Notes on neuroscientific terminology.

    Turnbull, O. H., Kaplan-Solms, K. (Editor) & Solms, M. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Clinical Studies in Neuro-Psychoanalysis: Introduction to a Depth Neuropsychology. 2001 ed. Karnac Books, p. 293-301

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  44. Published

    Tell me, where is [this] fancy bred? The cardiac and cerebral accounts of the lateral cradling bias.

    Turnbull, O. H., Lucas, M. D., Mandal, M. K. (Editor), Bulman-Fleming, M. B. (Editor) & Tiwari, G. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, Side Bias: A neuropsychological perspective. 2000 ed. Springer, p. 267-287

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  45. Published

    The biological basis of perception, and disorders of vision.

    Turnbull, O. H., Swartz, L. (Editor), De La Rey, C. (Editor) & Duncan, N. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Psychology: An Introduction. 2005 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 107-108

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  46. Published

    The processing of visuo-spatial information: Neuropsychological and neuroimaging investigations

    Turnbull, O. H., Denis, M., Mellet, E., Ghaem, O. C., Logie, R. (Editor), Cornoldo, C. (Editor), de Vega, M. (Editor) & EngelKamp, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Imagery: Language and Visuo-spatial Thinking. 2001 ed. Psychology Press, p. 81-108

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  47. Published

    To sleep, perchance to REM? The rediscovered role of emotion and meaning in dreams.

    Solms, M., Turnbull, O. H. & Della Sala, S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2007, Tall Tales About the Mind and Brain. 2007 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 478-500

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  48. Published

    What Is Neuropsychoanalysis?

    Solms, M. & Turnbull, O. H., 2016, A Neuro-Psychoanalytical Dialogue for Bridging Freud and the Neurosciences. Weigel, S. & Scharbert, G. (eds.). Springer International Publishing, p. 13-32

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  49. Book › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  50. An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Rehabilitation of the Neurological Patient: A Cognitive Perspective

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

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  51. Published

    The Brain and The Inner World: An Introduction to the Neuroscience of Subjective Experience

    Turnbull, O. H. & Solms, M., 1 Jan 2002, Other Press.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  52. Review article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  53. Published

    Shades of Rage: Applying the Process Model of Emotion Regulation to Managing Anger After Brain Injury

    Witten, J. A., Coetzer, R. & Turnbull, O., 18 Mar 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 834314.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

  54. Published

    The neuropsychology of emotion, and emotion regulation: The role of laterality and hierarchy

    Turnbull, O. & Salas, C. E., 17 Aug 2021, In: Brain Sciences. 11, 8, 15 p., 1075.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

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