John Randall "Randy" Flanagan (born 8 January 1960) is a Canadian

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, who has made important contributions to the

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of sensorimotor control. From 2006 he has been a Professor of Psychology at Queen's University.

Education

Flanagan completed a B.P.E. in Physical Education at the

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in 1983 and an MA in Physical Education at

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, where he also completed a PhD in Psychology in 1992 with David Ostry.

Career

Flanagan pursued psychology as a

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er (1992–1994) at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit in Cambridge with Alan Wing. He then joined the faculty of

Teachers College, Columbia University Teachers College, Columbia University (TC), is the graduate school of education, health, and psychology of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. Founded in 1887, it has served as one of the official faculties a ...

in 1994 before moving to th
Department of Psychology
at Queen's University in 1995.

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