Dr. Alice Witney

• Karok,S., Fletcher, D., Witney, A.G., Task-specificity of unilateral anodal and dual-M1 tDCS effects on motor learning, Neuropsychologia, 94, 2017, p84 - 95Journal Article, 2017, URL
• Karok, S., Witney, A.G., Topical issues of transcranial direct current stimulation usage revealed through a cross-sectional university-wide survey, Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics, 4, (3), 2017, p1 - 32Journal Article, 2017, TARA - Full Text
• Eye-Hand Coordination: Dextrous Object Manipulation in New Gravity in, editor(s)Andrew Wilson, coordination: Benny Elmann-Larsen. , Topical Teams in Life & Physical Sciences: Towards new research applications, ESA SP-1281,ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, ESA Publications Division, 2005, pp148 - 163, [Thonnard, J. L.; Smith, A.; Wing, A.; McIntyre, J.; Lefèvre, P.; White, O.; Augurelle, A. S.; Langlais, J. S.; Witney, A.; Blohm, G.; Penta, M.; Elmann-Larsen, B.; Bracewell, R. M.; Stramigioli, S. ]Book Chapter, 2005, TARA - Full Text
• Neurostimulation techniques for the modulation of pain in, editor(s)Ustohal Libor , Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Neuropsychiatry, London, UK, intech, 2018, pphttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/851 , [Alice G. Witney]Book Chapter, 2018, TARA - Full Text
• From Mechanisms to Analgesia: Towards the Use of Non-Invasive Neuromodulation for Pain Relief in the Clinic in, editor(s)Denis Larrivee and Seyed Mansoor Rayegani , Neurostimulation and Neuromodulation in Contemporary Therapeutic Practice, London, Intech Open, 2020, pp191 - 208, [Alice G Witney]Book Chapter, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Syed Salman Shahid, Christian M. Kerskens, Malcolm Burrows, Alice G.Witney, Elucidating the complex organization of neural micro-domains in the locust Schistocerca gregaria using dMRI, Scientific Reports, 11, (3418), 2021, p1 - 12Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Syed Salman Shahid, Christian M. Kerskens, Malcolm Burrows, Alice G.Witney, Elucidating the complex organization of neural micro-domains in the locust Schistocerca gregaria using dMRI, Scientific Reports, 11, (3418), 2021, p1 - 12Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Treharne, G., Batt, B., Hale, ED., Witney, A., Gordhan, C., Situnayake, R., Rankin, E., Kitas, G., & Bacon, P., Demographic and medical characteristics of visitors to a community based arthritis education resource centre over 1 year, Rheumatology, BSR, 2004, 2004Meeting Abstract, 2004
• Treharne, G., Batt, B., Hale, ED., Witney, A., Gordhan, C., Situnayake, R., Rankin, E., Kitas, G., & Bacon, P. , Assessing patient, carer and healthcare professional education provided by the Birmingham Arthritis Resource Centre (BARC)., Rheumatology, 43, (12), 2004, p1594 - 1595Journal Article, 2004
• Witney, A.G., Sensory motor integration for path navigation and postural stability, EWOMS, Amsterdam, 2007, 2007Oral Presentation, 2007
• Witney, A.G., Predictive motor learning of object manipulation, EWOMS, Munster, Germany, 2003, 2003Oral Presentation, 2003
• Witney, A.G. Hedwig, B, From simple to complex auditory behaviour: the kinematics of phonotactic steering in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus (de Geer), Salk Ipsen Symposium on Biological Complexity: Sensory Systems , La Jolla, US, 2010, 2010Oral Presentation, 2010
• Witney AG, Wolpert DM., The effect of externally generated loading on predictive grip force modulation., Neuroscience Letters , 414, (1), 2007, p10 - 15Journal Article, 2007, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Witney AG, Treharne GJ, Tavakoli M, Lyons AC, Vincent K, Scott DL, Kitas GD., The relationship of medical, demographic and psychosocial factors to direct and indirect health utility instruments in rheumatoid arthritis., Rheumatology (Oxford), 45, (8), 2006, p975 - 981Journal Article, 2006, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Witney AG, Internal models for bi-manual tasks, Human Movement Science, 23, (5), 2004, p747 - 770Journal Article, 2004, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Witney AG, Wing A, Thonnard JL, Smith AM., The cutaneous contribution to adaptive precision grip., Trends in Neurosciences, 27, (10), 2004, p637 - 643Journal Article, 2004, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Witney AG, Wolpert DM., Spatial representation of predictive motor learning, Journal of Neurophysiology, 89, (4), 2003, p1837 - 1843Journal Article, 2003, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Witney AG, Vetter P, Wolpert DM., The influence of previous experience on predictive motor control., NeuroReport, 12, (4), 2001, p649 - 653Journal Article, 2001
• Witney AG, Goodbody SJ, Wolpert DM., Learning and decay of prediction in object manipulation., Journal of Neurophysiology, 84, (1), 2000, p334 - 343Journal Article, 2000, TARA - Full Text
• Witney AG, Goodbody SJ, Wolpert DM., Predictive motor learning of temporal delays., Journal of Neurophysiology, 82, (5), 1999, p2039 - 2048Journal Article, 1999, TARA - Full Text
• Roach, N, Witney, AG, Wing, AM, System for performance measures of predictive grip in a dynamic haptic environment, Proceedings of EuroHaptics, EuroHaptics, Munich, Germany, June 5- 7 2004, 2004, pp308 - 315Conference Paper, 2004, TARA - Full Text
• Feedforward and feedback contributions in precision grip. in, editor(s)Ganchev, N. , Motor Control II: From simple systems to coordinated action., Sofia,Bulgaria, Academic Publishing House, 2001, pp179 - 186, [Witney, A.G., Wing, A.M., Thonnard, J-L. & Smith, A.M. ]Book Chapter, 2001
• Witney, A.G.,Wing, A.M.,Kitas, G.D. , The dynamics of pain: a new measurement method for spatiotemporal scaling of joint pain., Annals of Rheumatic Diseases , EULAR, Rome, June, 2010, 69, (S3), 2010, pp742-Meeting Abstract, 2010
• Witney, A.G., Treharne, G., Vincent, K., Tavakoli, M., Scott, D.L., Kitas, G.D, Do psychosocial and demographic factors explain the low correlation of functional disability with SG and TTO in RA patients?, Annals of Rheumatic Diseases , EULAR, Berlin, May, 2004, 63, (S1), 2004, pp77-Meeting Abstract, 2004
• Witney, A.G., Vincent, K., Tavakoli, M., Treharne, G., Scott, D.L., Kitas, G.D. , Comparative analysis of the SG, TTO and EQ-5D in RA patients , Annals of Rheumatic Diseases , EULAR, Berlin, May, 2004, 63, (S1), 2004, pp526-Meeting Abstract, 2004
• Lee, M.G., Witney, A.G., Treharne, G. Kitas, G.D. , An analysis of uptake and usage of medical terminology by Rheumatology patients., Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, EULAR, Berlin, May, 2004, 63, (S1), 2004, pp55-Meeting Abstract, 2004
• Witney, A.G., Hedwig,B., The kinematics of phonotactic steering in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 2011, p69 - 79Journal Article, 2011, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Witney, A.G., Hedwig, B., Kinematics of phonotactic walking in the cricket, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, US, 449, 2006, pp2-Meeting Abstract, 2006
• Lee, M.G., Witney, A.G., Kitas, G.D., Do Rheumatologists and patients have the same understanding of what is discussed in a consultation?, Rheumatology, Edinburgh, 2004, 43, (2), 2004, pp93-Meeting Abstract, 2004
• Witney, A.G., Tavakoli, M., Vincent, K., Treharne, G., Scott, D.L., Kitas,G.D., Degree of functional disability determines the usefulness of specific health utility measures in R.A., Rheumatology, Edinburgh, 43, (2), 2004, pp85-Meeting Abstract, 2004
• Witney, A.G.,Kitas,G.D., Rankin, E., Adab, P., Sitanyake, D., Bacon, P.A, Initial assessment of a community based arthritis resource centre, Rheumatology, Manchester, 2003, 42, (1), 2003, pp69-Meeting Abstract, 2003
• Moloney, T and Witney A.G., Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) priming of 1Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) modulates experimental pain thresholds., Neuroscience Letters, 534, 2013, p89 - 94Journal Article, 2013, TARA - Full Text
• Karok S, Witney AG, Enhanced motor learning following task-concurrent dual transcranial direct current stimulation., PloS one, 8, (12), 2013, pe85693Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Moloney, T.M and Witney, A.G., Pressure pain thresholds increase after preconditioning 1Hz repetitive magnetic stimulation with transcranial direct current stimulation, PLoS One, (9), 2014, pe92540Journal Article, 2014, TARA - Full Text

• Beck, E, Narayanan, S., McDermott,R., Witney, A., Can transcranial direct current stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex enhance proprioception?, bioRXiv, 2019Journal Article, DOI
• Witney, AG., Lee, M.G., Kitas, G.D., Correlating patient satisfaction with linguistic measures, http://hdl.handle.net/100068/395039, Cognitive Science Research Papers, University of Birmingham, January, 2003Report
• Niamh O'Connor, Hannah Ashe, Max Wragan, Ruairí O'Flaherty, Eoin Deevy-Gray, Alice G. Witney, Differential effects of conventional transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) of the cerebellum on offset analgesia. bioRXiV, 2024Working Paper, URL

• Title

  The influence of neurostimulation on movement lateralization during object manipulation
  Summary

  The project aims to develop non-invasive neuromodulation protocols to enhance motor learning, particularly in bimanual tasks.
  Funding Agency

  Irish Research Council
  Date From

  21:10:12
  Date To

  20:10:15
• Title

  The development of non-invasive neuromodulation techniques for pain modulation
  Summary

  The project aims to develop robust and novel neuromodulation protocols using transcranial direct current stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation to modulate experimental pain thresholds in a healthy adult population.
  Funding Agency

  Trinity College Dublin
  Date From

  01:09:12
  Date To

  31:08:15

Neurosciences,

• Oxford University Graduate Summer School Scholarship 1998
• Robert T Jones Jnr Scholarship (University of St Andrews/Western) 1995-1996
• Marjorie Stetton Scholarship 2002
• MRC PhD Studentship, Institute of Neurology, London 1997-2000
• Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching 2017
• Wellcome Advanced Training Fellowship, Cambridge University 2004-2008
• Howard Hughes Medical Association Scholarship 2002
• Journal of Experimental Biology Travel Fellow, Marine Biological Laboratory 2002
• Physiological Society Teaching Travel Award 2016

• Physiological Society current
• International Association for the Study of Pain current
• British Neuroscience Association current