Dr Brian Mathias
PhD, AFHEA
Lecturer
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- Email Address
- brian.mathias@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Psychology
Biography
- 2022- Lecturer, 黑料网, 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
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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
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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
- PS4019/4038 Psychology Thesis
- PS3522 Quantitative Research Methods (Methodology B)
- PS3518 Developmental Psychology
- PS3014/4033 Biological Psychology
- Publications
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Gesture benefits in second language learning take time to develop
Learning and Instruction, vol. 107, 102490Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Why Some Gestures Work Better than Others: Toward a Model of Gesture-Supported Vocabulary Learning
Educational Psychology Review, vol. 38, no. 1, 129Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Development and validation of the transcranial magnetic stimulation reporting assessment tool (TMS-RAT)
Brain Stimulation, vol. 19, no. 5, 103155Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Why Some Gestures Work Better Than Others: Toward a Model of Gesture-Supported Vocabulary Learning
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Benefits of music training for learning to read: Evidence from cortical tracking of speech in children
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Prior multisensory learning can facilitate auditory-only voice-identity and speech recognition in noise
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 78, no. 7, pp. 1348-1368Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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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: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Grasping Virtual Objects Benefits Lower Aptitude Learners鈥� Acquisition of Foreign Language Vocabulary
Educational Psychology Review, vol. 35, no. 4, 115Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Benefits 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 articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Inhibitory TMS over Visual Area V5/MT Disrupts Visual Speech Recognition
Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 43, no. 45, pp. 7690-7699Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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