Ken Valyear

Dr. Ken Valyear is a Lecturer at the School of Psychology and Sports Science, Bangor University, specializing in the neuroscience of human hand function and rehabilitation. His work bridges clinical applications with fundamental neuroimaging, focusing on peripheral nerve injury and stroke recovery.

Research Interests:

• Understanding neural mechanisms of hand function and action planning
• Investigating brain plasticity following nerve injuries or stroke
• Developing rehabilitation strategies using fMRI and TMS
• Improving pediatric prostheses through movement science

Methodology: Employs functional MRI, transcranial magnetic stimulation, motion capture, and clinical assessments to study sensorimotor integration and cortical reorganization.

Article Trends: Recent publications emphasize cortical plasticity after limb reattachment, affordance judgment training, and neural substrates of hand choice. Disciplinary keywords span Neuroimaging, Neural Plasticity, and Motion Capture, with sub-fields like Parietal Cortex and Rehabilitation Neuroscience.