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Asst Prof Alicia Marie Goodwill
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Physical Education & Sports Science
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Alicia is currently an Assistant Professor at Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS) Academic Group at National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Alicia studied exercise and sports science and majored in psychology at Deakin University, Australia. She went on to obtain her PhD in exercise neurophysiology from Deakin University in 2016. Following her PhD, she worked as a senior research officer at Australian Catholic University and honorary research fellow at the Centre for Medical Research (Royal Melbourne Hospital), University of Melbourne. Alicia moved to Singapore joining the Centre for Research and Development in Learning (CRADLE) and Clinical Brain Laboratory at NTU in 2018. As an Assistant Professor PESS, her current research focuses on the role of exercise to optimise brain health.
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Assistant Professor
Alicia studied exercise and sports science and majored in psychology at Deakin University, Australia. She went on to obtain her PhD in exercise neurophysiology from Deakin University in 2016. Following her PhD, she worked as a senior research officer at Australian Catholic University and honorary research fellow at the Centre for Medical Research (Royal Melbourne Hospital), University of Melbourne. Alicia moved to Singapore joining the Centre for Research and Development in Learning (CRADLE) and Clinical Brain Laboratory at NTU in 2018. As an Assistant Professor PESS, her current research focuses on the role of exercise to optimise brain health.
Designation
Assistant Professor
Alicia's research employs neurophysiological techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to study the functional brain adaptations (neuroplasticity) that underpin motor and cognitive performance following a variety of interventions. She is interested in the application of these techniques to examine how modifiable health-related lifestyle characteristics impact neuroplasticity and associated behavioural outcomes.
Alicia is also interested in the application of neuroscience research to learning and education. Her current work in this area is looking at methods to develop brain literacy among educators.
* Brain Literacy in Education,
* Modifiable Lifestyle Factors for Brain Health,
* Motor Control,
* Neurophysiology of Exercise,
* Neuroplasticity
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I am currently looking for enthusiastic PhD student(s) to join our team at NIE, NTU in Singapore working in the following areas:
- Physical health and nutrition on cognitive and brain development.
- Exercise neuroscience/neurophysiology.
- Vascular health, cognition, and learning in midlife adults.
Scholarship opportunities are available for these projects. Applications for next intake close Jan 2023.
Alicia is also interested in the application of neuroscience research to learning and education. Her current work in this area is looking at methods to develop brain literacy among educators.
* Brain Literacy in Education,
* Modifiable Lifestyle Factors for Brain Health,
* Motor Control,
* Neurophysiology of Exercise,
* Neuroplasticity
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I am currently looking for enthusiastic PhD student(s) to join our team at NIE, NTU in Singapore working in the following areas:
- Physical health and nutrition on cognitive and brain development.
- Exercise neuroscience/neurophysiology.
- Vascular health, cognition, and learning in midlife adults.
Scholarship opportunities are available for these projects. Applications for next intake close Jan 2023.
- Assessing causality of the association between exercise and neurocognitive gains
- Developing Educators' Brain Literacy: BrainMap for Teacher Professional Development
- LOVING (Learning about Our behavior is Valuable for Increasing Nurturing relationships and healthy Growth)
- Neurocognitive and lifestyle predictors of successful exercise-induced improvements in executive functioning
- Cerebrovascular Health, Adult Learning, Resilience and Mechanisms: CHARM Study
- Cerebrovascular Health, Adult Learning, Resilience and Mechanisms: CHARM Study
- RaDiX: Building flexibility and creativity to support lifelong learning through Physical Education