Stagg Group
The Stagg Group is based at the Brain Network Dynamics Unit and Oxford Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford.
Research Themes
Targeting motor learning & execution
We have two major research interests - to understand how brain dynamics change during motor skill acquisition, both in health and after brain injuries such as a stroke, and to develop new methods to modulate these dynamics to improve functional outcome.
Approaches
Experimental Medicine
We work with people living with neurological disorders, particularly stroke survivors, to understand how the brain can recover motor function after an injury, and how we can develop novel approaches to improve these physiological mechanisms to improve recovery.
Recent Papers
The Effects of Theta-Gamma Peak Stimulation on Sensorimotor Learning During Speech Production
2025. Neurobiology of Language, 6.
Baclofen, a GABAb receptor agonist, impairs motor learning in healthy people and changes inhibitory dynamics in motor areas.
2025. Imaging Neurosci (Camb), 3.
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Ultrasound system for precise neuromodulation of human deep brain circuits
Nat Commun 16, 8024 (2025)
Recent Preprints
Motor Imagery EEG neurofeedback skill acquisition in the context of declarative interference and sleep
The impact of brain lesions on tDCS-induced electric field magnitude
Concurrent spinal and brain imaging with optically pumped magnetometers
Repeated unilateral handgrip contractions alter functional connectivity and improve contralateral limb response times: A neuroimaging study
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