Lab Members

picture of Liana Brown

Liana Brown, PhD (Penn State; she/her)

I have always been interested in vision and movement. I studied kinesiology as an undergrad and grad student at Waterloo. I was captured by neuroscience while working on my honours thesis and master’s degree with Dr. Eric Roy. I was fortunate to work as a psychometrist at Toronto Western Hospital conducting neuropsychological assessments for the neurology and neurosurgery services there. I earned a PhD in cognitive psychology at Penn State, learning about vision and attention with Dr. Cathleen Moore (MS supervisor), movement planning and control with Dr. David Rosenbaum (PhD co-supervisor), and movement neuroscience with Dr. Robert Sainburg (PhD co-supervisor). I completed a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Paul Gribble and Dr. Mel Goodale in cognitive neuroscience at Western. I have been a professor in the psychology department at Trent University since 2007 and now I split my time between the psychology and kinesiology departments.

I have special interests in the contributions of vision and proprioception to motor learning and performance. You can click here to learn about our recent and current research projects.

I teach these courses regularly: Brain & Body in Action (PSYC 2210), Cognitive Psychology (PSYC 2400), Sensation and Perception (PSYC 3460), Neuropsychology (PSYC 3220), and Movement Disorders (KINE 4002).

I supervise undergraduate research opportunities by offering spots in our Research Practicum and Reading courses (PSYC or KINE 3801, 4801) and in the Psych and Kin Honours Thesis programs. I also supervise graduate students in the Psychology MSc program. Please feel welcome to contact me if our research interests you!

I am the director of the On The Move! Exercise program for people with Parkinson’s Disease.

MSc Psychology

  • Emma Pownall

    BSc (Honours Kinesiology, Trent), MSc Candidate

    I am a recent graduate of the kinesiology program at Trent University. My undergrad thesis investigated the long term effects of concussions on eye movement performance and executive functioning. I am continuing this research as a master's in the psychology department and hope to change the concussion landscape of Peterborough, while making a positive impact in the research community.

  • Jennifer Stevenson

    BSc (Honours Psychology, Trent), MSc Candidate

    I am a proud graduate of Trent's Honours BSc Psychology program! I have been involved in various research projects, including exploring the personality factors that mediate different atypical perceptual phenomena for my honours thesis, investigating the effects of a community-based exercise program on the symptoms of depression in Parkinson's Disease and studying how participant non-naïveté affects the reliability of results. I am currently looking at the visual pathways involved in Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease. When I am not conducting research, I can be found on the tennis courts or hanging out with my dog Pip.

  • Leah Steinke

    Leah Steinke

    BSc (Honours Psychology, Trent), MSc Candidate

    I am a graduate of Trent University’s BSc (Honours) Psychology program. My undergraduate thesis explored the impact of concussions on executive function by evaluating eye movements. Currently, I am completing my MSc in Psychology, researching the relationship between freezing and executive function in people living with Parkinson’s disease. I hope to contribute to the growing body of Parkinson’s research and strive to make a positive impact on the Parkinson’s community.

Honours Thesis

  • Ejike Okafor

  • Reilly McLaren

Former Lab Members

MSc Psychology (advanced degree or current position, if known)

Dr. Karolina Beben (Post-doctoral Fellow, UToronto)

Chris Bedore (RN; co-supervised with Hugo Lehmann)

Sean Carlin (Clinical Trials Manager, Montreal Neurological Institute)

Dr. Susan Coltman (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Penn State)

Grishma Dahal

Dr. Dayton Kelly (MD; co-supervised with Sarah West)

Jasmine Livermore (co-supervised with Hugo Lehmann)

Leisha Lustic

Anastasia Nepotiuk (Speech-Language Pathologist, Vancouver)

Adriana Paoletti

Samantha Sorzano (Research Associate, Fanshawe College)

Greg Tracey (Teaching Lab Coordinator, Mount Allison University)

Honours Thesis

Dr. Robert Aidelbaum (Clinical Psychologist)

Chloe Cayen

Madison Dagenais

Brad Daniels (MSc, Trent)

Robert Doole (MSc Cognitive Science, NCTU, Taiwan)

Linda El-Ayday

Kudzai Nyakusendwa (Clinical Psychologist, Zimbabwe)

Carina La Mantia

Dr. Farooq Kamal (NRC)

Dr. Robin Langerak (Design Researcher, IBM)

Jasmine Livermore (MSc, Trent)

Brett-Anne Logan (Manager, Impact Insurance)

Leisha Lustic (MSc, Trent)

Andrew Mahon (OCT)

Lauren MacLeod

Margarita Maltseva (MSc, Western)

Sage McColl

Mitchell Phillips

Emma Pownall

Shannah Quinlan

Andrew Reynolds (CMHA Case Manager)

Mikeela Skellelie (MSc, UBirmingham)

Leah Steinke

Lauren White (MHScOT, Queen’s)

Maimunah Zikirullahi