Michael J. Colwell, DPhil

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Academic Papers

Colwell, M. J., Tagomori, H., Cheng, H., Shang, F., Wigg, C.E., Browning, M. J., Cowen, P.J., Murphy, S.E., & Harmer, C. J. (2024). Direct serotonin release in humans shapes aversive learning and inhibition. Nature Comm, 15, 6617. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50394-x

Colwell, M. J., Tagomori, H., Chapman, S., Gillespie, A. L., Cowen, P. J., Harmer, C. J., & Murphy, S. E. (2022). Pharmacological targeting of cognitive impairment in depression: recent developments and challenges in human clinical research. Translational Psychiatry, 12(1), 1-16. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-022-02249-6

Colwell, M. J., Demeyere, N., & Vancleef, K. (2022). Visual perceptual deficit screening in stroke survivors: evaluation of current practice in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1970246

• Moore, M. J., Driscoll, R., Colwell, M.J., Hewitt, O., & Demeyere, N. (2021). Aligning formal and functional assessments of Visuospatial Neglect: A mixed-methods study. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2021.1967172

• Vancleef, K., Colwell, M. J., Hewitt, O., & Demeyere, N. (2020). Current practice and challenges in screening for visual perception deficits after stroke: a qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.1824245


In progress / Review

Colwell, M. J., van Uum, F.J.E., Martens, M., Cowen, P.J., Harmer, C.J., & Murphy, S.E. (Full authors TBC). Histamine autoreceptors shape the neural dynamics of multimodal memory in humans. Manuscript In Progress.

• van Uum, F.J.E., Colwell, M. J., & Murphy, S.E. The Development and Psychometric Validation of the State-Subjective Cognition Scale (SSCS). In Review.

Conference Presentations

Colwell, M. J., Tagomori, H., Cheng, H., Shang, F., Wigg, C.E., Browning, M. J., Cowen, P.J., Murphy, S.E., & Harmer, C. J. (2025). Direct serotonin release in humans shapes aversive learning and inhibition. Invited talk for the 14th Oxford Neuroscience Symposium. Oxford, 2025.

Colwell, M.J., Tagomori, H., Cheng, H., Cowen, P.J., Murphy, S.E., & Harmer, C.J. (2023). Direct serotonin release enhances executive control and memory while reducing loss sensitivity in humans: an experimental medicine study. Presentation for the British Association for Psychopharmacology Annual Conference 2023. Manchester, 2023.

Colwell, M.J., Tagomori, H., Cheng, H., Cowen, P.J., Murphy, S.E., & Harmer, C.J. (2023). The serotonin releasing agent fenfluramine improves executive function in healthy volunteers: an experimental medicine study. Presentation for the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Workshop for Early Career Scientists. Nice, France, 2023

Colwell, M., Hewitt, O., Demeyere, N., & • Vancleef, K. (2020). A service evaluation of current practice, challenges and facilitators in screening for visual perception deficits after stroke. Presentation for the UK Stroke Forum 2020. Online, 2020.

• Vancleef, K., Colwell, M.J., Clatworthy, P., Hewitt, O., & Demeyere, N. (2019). Current practice and challenges in screening for visual perception deficits after stroke. Presentation for the Organisation for Psychological Research in Stroke (OPSYRIS) 18th Annual Meeting. Oxford, 2019.

• Vancleef, K., Colwell, M.J., Hewitt, O., & Demeyere, N. (2020). Evaluation of current practice: screening for visual perception deficits after stroke. Presentation for the British & Irish Orthoptic Society Annual Conference. Liverpool, 2020.

Colwell, M.J., Bonnett, L. & Sills, G. (2016). Baseline clinical factors of newly diagnosed epilepsy related to adverse events, psychological and quality of life outcomes. Presentation for the British Neuroscience Association’s Liverpool Neuroscience Day. Liverpool, 2016.

• Chassy, P., Colwell, M.J., & Webb, R (2015). Digit processing is modulated by the size of flankers: Evidence for a common magnitude system? Presentation for British Psychological Society Annual Conference. Liverpool 2015.

Peer Review

I provided anonymous peer-review for multiple academic jourals (e.g., Psychological Medicine and Translational Medicine). Peer-review credits are listed on my ORCID account.