Dr Brian Mathias
Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- brian.mathias@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Psychology
Biography
- 2022- Assistant Professor, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- 2019-21 Research Associate and Lecturer, Dresden University of Technology, 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
- Multimodal learning and memory
- Neurocognition of language and music
- Multilingualism and second language learning
- Neuromodulation and adaptive plasticity
- Educational neuroscience and enrichment
Funding and Grants
- 2023-24 Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Research Incentive Grant
- 2022-24 Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) Grant
- 2022-23 Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Grant
- 2022-26 German Research Foundation (DFG) Grant
- 2020 Dresden University of Technology Research Funding Award
- 2017-21 German Research Foundation (DFG) Grant
- 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Predoctoral Fellowship
- 2009-11 Richard H. Tomlinson Master's Fellowship
- 2007 Alexander von Humboldt German Chancellor Fellowship
- 2007 German Fulbright Scholarship
- 2006 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Fellowship in Mental Health Research
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
- PS5557 Quantitative and Qualitative Methods and Research Design (MRes)
- PS5529 Methods and Analysis in Psychology (MSc)
- PS4062 Lab to Life
- PS4040 Current Topics in Psychological Studies
- PS3522 Quantitative Research Methods (Methodology B)
- PS3518 Developmental Psychology
- Publications
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Reduction in physical activity during Covid-19 lockdowns predicts individual differences in cognitive performance several months after the end of the safety measures
Acta Psychologica, vol. 250, 104472Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPrior multisensory learning can facilitate auditory-only voice-identity and speech recognition in noise
Quarterly Journal of Experimental PsychologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241278649
Grasping Virtual Objects Benefits Lower Aptitude Learners’ Acquisition of Foreign Language Vocabulary
Educational Psychology Review, vol. 35, no. 4, 115Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBenefits of Enacting and Observing Gestures on Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Behavioral Sciences, vol. 13, no. 11, 920Contributions to Journals: Review articlesInhibitory TMS over Visual Area V5/MT Disrupts Visual Speech Recognition
Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 43, no. 45, pp. 7690-7699Contributions to Journals: ArticlesConcreteness and imageability differentially predict judgments of manual and visual similarity
The European Conference on Language Learning 2023: Official Conference Proceedings. IAFOR, 11 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersComment apprendre plus facilment le vocabulaire d'une langue étrangère
Tout ce que vous et vos enseignants devriez savoir sur le cerveau en apprentissage. Peters, S., van Atteveldt, N., Massnnié, J., Vogel, S. E. (eds.). Frontiers Media SA, pp. 140-150, 11 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)Enriched learning: Behavior, brain, and computation
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 81-97Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPhysical activity in active school settings: Twelve-and fourteen-year-old school children differentially benefit from gesture- and picture-enriched vocabulary training
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsTwelve- and fourteen-year-old school children differentially benefit from sensorimotor- and multisensory-enriched vocabulary training
Educational Psychology Review, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 1739-1770Contributions to Journals: Articles
