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Dr Brian Mathias

Dr Brian Mathias
Dr Brian Mathias
Dr Brian Mathias

PhD, AFHEA

Lecturer

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Email Address
brian.mathias@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address
Room F10, William Guild Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
110 St. Machar Drive
AB24 2UB

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School/Department
School of Psychology



Biography

  • 2022- Lecturer, 51cg, 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
  • 2012 Research Fellow, Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre, France
  • 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

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 and Social Research Council (ESRC) UKRI Research Grant 
  • 2025 British Psychological Society (BPS) Undergraduate Research Assistantship
  • 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

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
Publications

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  • Development and validation of the transcranial magnetic stimulation reporting assessment tool (TMS-RAT)

    Székely, O., Holmes, N. P., Ashton, J., Breuer, F., Chen, H., Di Chiaro, N. V., Duport, A., Frangou, P., Gwynne, L., Hassan, U., Lowe, C. J., Mathias, B., Peng, N., Pepper, J. L., Phylactou, P., Szymanska, M. A., Tamè, L.
    Brain Stimulation, vol. 19, no. 5, 103155
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Benefits of music training for learning to read: Evidence from cortical tracking of speech in children

    Garcia-de-Soria, M. C., Mathias, B., Keitel, A., Klimovich-Gray, A.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers
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  • Prior 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 Psychology, vol. 78, no. 7, pp. 1348-1368
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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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, 104472
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • 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, 115
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Benefits 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, 920
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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  • Inhibitory 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. 7690-7699
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Concreteness 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 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Comment 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 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
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  • Enriched learning: Behavior, brain, and computation

    Mathias, B., von Kriegstein, K.
    Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 81-97
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Physical 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 Proceedings
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  • Twelve- 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. 1739-1770
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Motor 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. 8618-8631
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • 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. 17278
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Visual 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. 513-528
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Rhythm 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. 1864–1880
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • 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. 815-850
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • How 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
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • 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. 401-402
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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  • Electrical brain responses reveal sequential constraints on planning during music performance

    Mathias, B., Gehring, W. J., Palmer, C.
    Brain Sciences, vol. 9, no. 2, 25
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Capturing 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 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE]

  • Auditory N1 reveals planning and monitoring processes during music performance

    Mathias, B., Gehring, W. J., Palmer, C.
    Psychophysiology, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 235-247
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • 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. 1111-1126
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • 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, 40
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Sensorimotor learning enhances expectations during auditory perception

    Mathias, B., Palmer, C., Perrin, F., Tillmann, B.
    Cerebral Cortex, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 2238-54
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
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