Dr Brian Mathias
Lecturer
- About
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Biography
- 2022- Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- 2019-22 Research Associate, Technical University Dresden, Germany
- 2016-19 Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany
- 2016 PhD Psychology, McGill University, Canada
- 2011 MSc Psychology, McGill University, Canada
- 2007-09 German Chancellor Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany
- 2007 BA Psychology and Music, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Research
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Research Overview
- Neurocognition of language and music
- Sensory-motor interactions in human communication
- Multilingualism and second language learning
- Neuromodulation and adaptive plasticity
- Multimodal enrichment in education
Funding and Grants
- 2021-24 Independent Investigator Grant, German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2020 Technical University Dresden Research Funding Award
- 2018-21 German Research Foundation Grant (PI; in collaboration with Profs. Katharina von Kriegstein and Manuela Macedonia)
- 2016-17 Erasmus Mundus Postdoctoral Fellowship in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience
- 2016 Quebec Fonds de Recherche en Nature et Technologies (FQRNT) Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2015 Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM) Research Grant
- 2015 Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media, and Technology (CIRMMT) Grant
- 2011-14 United States National Science Foundation (NSF) Predoctoral Fellowship
- 2009-11 Richard H. Tomlinson Master's Fellowship
- 2007 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation German Chancellor Fellowship
- 2007 German Fulbright Scholarship
- 2006 United States National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Fellowship in Mental Health Research
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
- PS5529 Methods and Analysis in Psychology
- PS4040 Current Topics in Psychological Studies
- PS3522 Quantitative Research Methods (Methodology B)
- PS3518 Developmental Psychology
- Publications
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Enriched learning: Behavior, brain, and computation
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 81-97Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.10.007
Twelve- and fourteen-year-old school children differentially benefit from sensorimotor- and multisensory-enriched vocabulary training
Educational Psychology ReviewContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09648-z
Physical activity in active school settings: Twelve-and fourteen-year-old school children differentially benefit from gesture- and picture-enriched vocabulary training
Education and Physical Activity in Childhood: Current Challenges and Perspectives. Adamakis, M., Scheuer, C. (eds.), pp. 96-97, 2 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMotor cortex causally contributes to vocabulary translation following sensorimotor-enriched training
Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 41, no. 41, pp. 8618-8631Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2249-20.2021
Visual recognition of words learned with gestures induces motor resonance in the forearm muscles
Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 17278Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVisual sensory cortices causally contribute to auditory word recognition following sensorimotor-enriched vocabulary training
Cerebral Cortex, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 513-528Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRhythm complexity modulates behavioral and neural dynamics during auditory–motor synchronization
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 32, no. 10, pp. 1864–1880Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01601
Learning foreign language vocabulary with gestures and pictures enhances vocabulary memory for several months post-learning in eight-year-old school children
Educational Psychology Review, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 815-850Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow can we learn foreign language vocabulary more easily?
Frontiers for Young Minds, vol. 8, 89Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.00089
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/18004/1/pdf
Sensorimotor cortices causally contribute to auditory foreign language vocabulary translation following multisensory learning
Brain Stimulation, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 401-402Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2018.12.295
