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Dr Mihalis Doumas

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Lecturer

Email: m.doumas@qub.ac.uk

Address

Room 02.518, David Keir Building
School of Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland, UK

Telephone

+44 (0)28 9097 4605

Profile

Biography

I was born in Kastoria, a small town in northern Greece where I finished school and then moved to Thessaloniki to study Sport and Exercise Science in Aristotle University. After completing my undergraduate (1999) and masters degrees (2001) I moved to the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham where I did my PhD (2001-2005). I subsequently moved to Belgium to work as a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven, initially funded by a university project (2006-2008) and then by a research fellowship from the research foundation of Flanders (2008-2011). Since August 2011 I am a Lecturer in Psychology at Queen’s.

School of Psychology Administrative Roles

Teaching

PSY2058 Perception and Cognition

Research

Member of Perception Action Communication Research Cluster

I am interested in the way sensory information and cognitive resources are utilised for optimal motor behaviour. My work focuses on (1) Life-span development of sensorimotor and cognitive processes (2) multisensory integration in postural control and (3) timing of rhythmic movements, using Neurophysiological (TMS, TDCS), cognitive (working memory, executive control) and Developmental (Life span) approaches.

Publications

Van Impe A., Coxon J.P., Goble D.J., Doumas M., & Swinnen, S.P. (2011). White matter fractional anisotropy predicts balance performance in older adults. Neurobiology of Aging. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.06.013 2011 White matter fractional anisotropy...  

Doumas M., & Krampe R.T. (2010). Adaptation and sensory reintegration in young and older adults’ posture control. Journal of Neurophysiology, 104, 1969-1977. 2010 Adaptation and Reintegration of Proprioceptive Information...  

Krampe R.T., Doumas M., Lavrysen A., & Rapp M.A. (2010). The Costs of Taking it Slowly: Fast and Slow Movement Timing in Older Age. Psychology and Aging, 25, 980-990. 2010 The Costs of Taking It Slowly  

Wing A.M., Doumas M., & Welchman A.E. (2010). Combining multisensory temporal information for movement synchronisation. Experimental Brain Research, 200, 277-282. 2009 Combining multisensory temporal information...  

Smolders C., Doumas M., & Krampe R.T. (2010). Posture and cognition interfere in later adulthood even without concurrent response production. Human Movement Science, 29, 809-819. 2009 Posture and cognition interfere...  

Doumas, M., Rapp, M.A., & Krampe, R.T. (2009). Working Memory and Postural Control: Adult Age Differences in Potential for Improvement, Task Priority, and Dual Tasking. Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 64, 193-201. 2009 Working Memory and Postural Control...  

Terry, P., Doumas, M., Desai, R.I., & Wing, A.M. (2009). Dissociations between motor timing, motor coordination, and time perception after the administration of alcohol or caffeine. Psychopharmacology, 202, 719-729. 2008 Dissociations between motor timing...  

Doumas, M., Wing, A.M., & Wood, K. (2008). Interval timing and trajectory in unequal amplitude movements. Experimental Brain Research, 189, 49-60. 2007 Interval timing and trajectory...  

Doumas, M., Smolders, C., & Krampe, R.T. (2008). Task prioritization in aging: effects of sensory information on concurrent posture and memory performance. Experimental Brain Research, 187, 275-281. 2008 Task prioritization in aging...  

Doumas, M., & Wing, A.M. (2007). Timing and trajectory in rhythm production. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33, 442-455. 2007 Timing and Trajectory in Rhythm Production  

Doumas, M., Praamstra, P., & Wing, A.M. (2005). Low frequency rTMS effects on sensorimotor synchronization. Experimental Brain Research, 167, 238-245. 2005 Low frequency rTMS effects...