Dr Joseph Galea PhD School of PsychologyReader Contact details Telephone+44 (0) 121 414 3601Emailj.galea@bham.ac.uk View my research portal AddressSchool of PsychologyUniversity of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK Dr Galea is broadly interested in motor control. This ranges from the neural correlates of motor learning to stroke rehabilitation. At present, he is particularly interested in how reward/punishment influences our actions and can be used to alter the speed at which our motor system learns or retains new movements. Personal website: www.josephgalea.weebly.com Qualifications BSc, University of Birmingham PhD, University of Birmingham Biography Dr Galea completed his PhD on bimanual coordination in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham with Professor Chris Miall. He subsequently worked at Johns Hopkins University as a research fellow where he investigated the neural correlates of motor learning with Dr Pablo Celnik. Following this, he moved to University College London as a senior research fellow with Professor John Rothwell and became interested in the motor deficits of Parkinson’s disease patients. Dr Galea took up an independent research fellow post at the University of Birmingham, funded by the ‘Birmingham Fellows’ scheme, before becoming a Senior Lecturer in 2016 and a Reader in 2020. Postgraduate supervision Potential postgraduate students should email me to discuss funding opportunities. Research Research interests Motor learning, Motor control, Brain stimulation, Brain imaging, Stroke rehabilitation, Genetics. Other activities Early-career award from the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2018 Elected member of the Young Academy of Europe, 2016 Klein-Vogelbach prize for the research of human movement, 2012 Publications Google Scholar Citation PageView all publications in research portal