Randy Flanagan

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Randy Flanagan
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Born
John Randall Flanagan

(1960-01-08) 8 January 1960 (age 63)
Citizenship Canada
Alma mater
SpouseFrançoise Mathieu
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Thesis Measurement and Modelling of Human Target-Directed Reaching Movements  (1992)
Doctoral advisor David Ostry
Website www.flanaganlab.com

John Randall "Randy" Flanagan (born 8 January 1960) is a Canadian neuroscientist, who has made important contributions to the neuroscience of sensorimotor control. [1] From 2006 he has been a Professor of Psychology at Queen's University. [2]

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Education

Flanagan completed a B.P.E. in Physical Education at the University of Alberta in 1983 and an MA in Physical Education at McGill University, where he also completed a PhD in Psychology in 1992 with David Ostry.

Career

Flanagan pursued psychology as a postdoctoral researcher (1992–1994) at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit in Cambridge with Alan Wing. He then joined the faculty of Teachers College, Columbia University in 1994 before moving to the Department of Psychology at Queen's University in 1995.

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References

  1. Randy Flanagan publications indexed by Google Scholar
  2. "Department of Psychology, Queen's University".