Professor John Bradshaw

Research Interests

Experimental Neuropsychology with special reference to the frontostriatal system, and the mechanisms and disorders of attention and movement

The neurodegenerative disorders Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

The neurodevelopmental disorders Tourette’s syndrome, obsessive compulsive, Asperger’s  and attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorders, schizophrenia, autism and depression

Synaesthesia

Phantom limb phenomena

The evolution and mediation of language, praxis and tool-use

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Representative Publications

1. Bradshaw, J.L. and Rogers, L.  The Evolution of Lateral Asymmetries, Language, Tool Use and Intellect.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1993
2. Bradshaw, J.L. and Mattingley, J.B.  Clinical Neuropsychology: Behavioral and Brain Sciences.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1995.
3. Bradshaw, J.L. Human Evolution: A Neuropsychological Perspective. Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis, Hove, 1997.
4. Bradshaw, J.L. Developmental Disorders of the Frontostriatal System: Neuropsychological, Neuropsychiatric and Evolutionary Perspectives. Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis, Hove, 2001.
5. Mattingley, J.B., Rich, A.N., Yelland, G. and Bradshaw, J.L. Unconscious priming eliminates anomalous binding of colour and form in synaesthesia. Nature, 2001, 410 (March 29), 580-582.
6. Nicholls, M.E.R., Searle, D. and Bradshaw, J.L. Read my lips: Asymmetries in the visual expression and perception of speech revealed through the McGurk effect. Psychological Science, 2004, 15(2), 138-141.