Dr Brian Mathias
Lecturer
- 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 Overview
- Multimodal learning and memory
- Neuromodulation and adaptive plasticity
- Neurocognition of language and music
- Multilingualism and second language learning
- Educational neuroscience
Funding and Grants
- 2025-28 Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Grant
- 2024 Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) Undergraduate Research Bursary
- 2023-24 Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Research Incentive Grant
- 2023 Erasmus+ Research Mobility, University of Utrecht
- 2022-24 Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) Grant
- 2022-23 Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Grant
- 2022-27 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 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
- PS4019/4038 Psychology Thesis
- PS3522 Quantitative Research Methods (Methodology B)
- PS3518 Developmental Psychology
- PS3014/4033 Biological Psychology
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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
Macedonia, M., Mathias, B., Rodella, C., Andrä, C., Sedaghatgoftar, N., Repetto, C.Acta Psychologica, vol. 250, 104472Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPrior multisensory learning can facilitate auditory-only voice-identity and speech recognition in noise
Maguinness, C., Schall, S., Mathias, B., Schoemann, M., von Kriegstein, K.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
Macedonia, M., Mathias, B., Lehner, A. E., Reiterer, S. M., Repetto, C.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
Oppici, L., Mathias, B., Narciss, S., Proske, A.Behavioral Sciences, vol. 13, no. 11, 920Contributions to Journals: Review articlesInhibitory TMS over Visual Area V5/MT Disrupts Visual Speech Recognition
Jeschke, L., Mathias, B., von Kriegstein, K.Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 43, no. 45, pp. 7690-7699Contributions to Journals: ArticlesConcreteness and imageability differentially predict judgments of manual and visual similarity
Wehnert, J., von Kriegstein, K., Mathias, B.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
Mathias, B., Andrä, C., Mayer, K. M., Sureth, L., Klingebiel, A., Macedonia, M., von Kriegstein, K.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
Mathias, B., von Kriegstein, K.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
Andrä, C., Mathias, B., Macedonia, M., von Kriegstein, K.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsTwelve- and fourteen-year-old school children differentially benefit from sensorimotor- and multisensory-enriched vocabulary training
Mathias, B., Andrä, C., Schwager, A., Macedonia, M., Kriegstein, K. v.Educational Psychology Review, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 1739-1770Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMotor cortex causally contributes to vocabulary translation following sensorimotor-enriched training
Mathias, B., Waibel, A., Hartwigsen, G., Sureth, L., Macedonia, M., Mayer, K. M., von Kriegstein, K.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
Repetto, C., Mathias, B., Weichselbaum, O., Macedonia, M.Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 17278Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVisual sensory cortices causally contribute to auditory word recognition following sensorimotor-enriched vocabulary training
Mathias, B., Sureth, L., Hartwigsen, G., Macedonia, M., Mayer, K. M., von Kriegstein, K.Cerebral Cortex, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 513-528Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRhythm complexity modulates behavioral and neural dynamics during auditory–motor synchronization
Mathias, B., Zamm, A., Gianferrara, P. G., Ross, B., Palmer, C.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
Andrä, C., Mathias, B., Schwager, A., Macedonia, M., von Kriegstein, K.Educational Psychology Review, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 815-850Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow can we learn foreign language vocabulary more easily?
Mathias, B., Andrä, C., Mayer, K. M., Sureth, L., Klingebiel, A., Hartwigsen, G., Macedonia, M., von Kriegstein, K.Frontiers for Young Minds, vol. 8, 89Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.00089
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Sensorimotor cortices causally contribute to auditory foreign language vocabulary translation following multisensory learning
Mathias, B., Klingebiel, A., Hartwigsen, G., Sureth, L., Macedonia, M., Mayer, K., von Kriegstein, K.Brain Stimulation, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 401-402Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2018.12.295
Electrical brain responses reveal sequential constraints on planning during music performance
Mathias, B., Gehring, W. J., Palmer, C.Brain Sciences, vol. 9, no. 2, 25Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCapturing intra- and inter-brain dynamics with recurrence quantification analysis
Scheurich, R., Demos, A. P., Zamm, A., Mathias, B., Palmer, C.Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2019). Cognitive Science Society, pp. 2748-2754, 7 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersAuditory N1 reveals planning and monitoring processes during music performance
Mathias, B., Gehring, W. J., Palmer, C.Psychophysiology, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 235-247Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12781
Sensory, cognitive, and sensorimotor learning effects in recognition memory for music
Mathias, B., Tillmann, B., Palmer, C.Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 1111-1126Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00958
Electrical brain responses to beat irregularities in two cases of beat deafness
Mathias, B., Lidji, P., Honing, H., Palmer, C., Peretz, I.Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol. 10, 40Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2016.00040
Sensorimotor learning enhances expectations during auditory perception
Mathias, B., Palmer, C., Perrin, F., Tillmann, B.Cerebral Cortex, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 2238-54Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhu030
Context and meter enhance long-range planning in music performance
Mathias, B., Pfordresher, P. Q., Palmer, C.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 8, pp. 1040Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.01040
Sensorimotor mechanisms in music performance: actions that go partially wrong
Palmer, C., Mathias, B., Anderson, M.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 1252, no. 1, pp. 185-91Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06427.x
Effects of meter and serial position on memory retrieval during music performance
Mathias, B., Palmer, C., Pfordresher, P. Q., Anderson, M. F.Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2011. Williamon, A., Edwards, D., Bartel, L. (eds.). Utrecht: European Association of Conservatoires (AEC), pp. 405-410Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
