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Dr. Matthew Scott’s research focuses on the dynamic interplay between action and perception, with a specific interest in how we learn skills and adapt behavior by imagining ourselves perform movements, and also from watching others. By bridging the gap between neurophysiology and behavior, his research aims to optimize mental practice techniques for motor learning and rehabilitation. His applied research spans diverse populations, from children with developmental coordination disorder to adults recovering from stroke, with a central focus on (re)learning motor skills. Matthew directs the Motor Cognition, Neuroscience and Behavior Lab at Texas A&M.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Brillinger, M., Karlinsky, A., Hodges, N. J., Tremblay, L., Scott, M. W., Manzone, D. M., Tamminen, K., & Welsh, T. N. (in press). An examination of cooperative and competitive dyad learning environments to individual practice in an online relative-timing task. Journal of Motor Learning and Development.
Scott, M. W. (2025). An error in our thinking: The sensory conflict hypothesis of combined action observation and motor imagery. Brain and Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2025.106350
Peters, C. M., Scott, M. W., Jin, R., Ma, M., Kraeutner, S. N., & Hodges, N. J. (2025). Evidence for the dependence of visual and kinesthetic motor imagery on isolated visual and motor practice. Consciousness and Cognition, 127, 103802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2024.103802
Scott, M. W., Esselaar, M., Dagnall, N., Denovan, A., Marshall, B., Deacon, A. S., ... & Wright, D. J. (2024). Development and validation of the combined action observation and motor imagery ability questionnaire. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 46(4), 191-204. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2023-0338
Scott, M. W., Mulligan, D., Kuehne, M., Zhu, M., Ma, M., & Hodges, N. J. (2024). Effector-specific improvements in action prediction in left-handed individuals after short-term physical practice. Cortex, 178, 18-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2024.05.017
Davis, A. D., Scott, M. W., Pond, A. K., Hurst, A. J., Yousef, T., & Kraeutner, S. N. (2024). Transformation but not generation of motor images is disrupted following stimulation over the left inferior parietal lobe. Neuropsychologia, 204, 109013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.109013
Esselaar, M., Holmes, P. S., Scott, M. W., & Wright, D. J. (2024). No increase in corticospinal excitability during motor simulation provides a platform to explore the neurophysiology of aphantasia. Brain Communications, 6(2), fcae084. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae084
Wagh, V., Scott, M. W., & Kraeutner, S. N. (2024). Quantifying Similarities Between MediaPipe and a Known Standard to Address Issues in Tracking 2D Upper Limb Trajectories: Proof of Concept Study. JMIR Formative Research, 8(1), e56682. https://doi.org/10.1123/10.2196/56682
Wright, D. J., Scott, M. W., Kraeutner, S. N., Barhoun, P., Bertollo, M., Campbell, M. J., ... & Holmes, P. S. (2024). An international estimate of the prevalence of differing visual imagery abilities. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1454107. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1454107
Binks, J. A., Emerson, J. R., Scott, M. W., Wilson, C., Van Schaik, P., & Eaves, D. L. (2023). Enhancing upper-limb neurorehabilitation in chronic stroke survivors using combined action observation and motor imagery therapy. Frontiers in Neurology, 14, 1097422. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1097422
Scott, M. W., Howard, J., Karlinsky, A., Mehta, A., Welsh, T. N., & Hodges, N. J. (2023). Short-term evidence of partner-induced performance biases in simultaneous and alternating dyad practice in golf. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 21099. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48133-1
Scott, M. W., Wood, G., Holmes, P. S., Marshall, B., Williams, J., & Wright, D. J. (2023). Combined action observation and motor imagery improves learning of activities of daily living in children with developmental coordination disorder. PLoS One, 18(5), e0284086. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284086
Scott, M. W., Wright, D. J., Smith, D., & Holmes, P. S. (2022). Twenty years of PETTLEP imagery: An update and new direction for simulation-based training. Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2(2), 70-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsep.2022.07.002
Emerson, J. R., Scott, M. W., Van Schaik, P., Butcher, N., Kenny, R. P., & Eaves, D. L. (2022). A neural signature for combined action observation and motor imagery? An fNIRS study into prefrontal activation, automatic imitation, and self–other perceptions. Brain and Behavior, 12(2), e2407. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2407
Scott, M., Wood, G., Holmes, P., Marshall, B., Williams, J., & Wright, D. (2021). Imagine That! Mental Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Front. Young Minds, 9, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2021.642053
Scott, M. W., Wood, G., Holmes, P. S., Williams, J., Marshall, B., & Wright, D. J. (2021). Combined action observation and motor imagery: An intervention to combat the neural and behavioural deficits associated with developmental coordination disorder. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 127, 638-646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.05.015
Scott, M. W., Emerson, J. R., Dixon, J., Tayler, M. A., & Eaves, D. L. (2020). Motor imagery during action observation enhances imitation of everyday rhythmical actions in children with and without developmental coordination disorder. Human movement science, 71, 102620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2020.102620
Scott, M. W., Emerson, J. R., Dixon, J., Tayler, M. A., & Eaves, D. L. (2019). Motor imagery during action observation enhances automatic imitation in children with and without developmental coordination disorder. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 183, 242-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.03.001
Scott, M., Taylor, S., Chesterton, P., Vogt, S., & Eaves, D. L. (2018). Motor imagery during action observation increases eccentric hamstring force: an acute non-physical intervention. Disability and rehabilitation, 40(12), 1443-1451. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2017.1300333
Emerson, J. R., Binks, J. A., Scott, M. W., Kenny, R. P., & Eaves, D. L. (2018). Combined action observation and motor imagery therapy: a novel method for post-stroke motor rehabilitation. AIMS neuroscience, 5(4), 236. https://doi.org/10.3934/Neuroscience.2018.4.236
Book Chapters
Kraeutner, S. N., & Scott, M. W. (in press). Rehabilitation and mental imagery in movement and action. In R. Lindsay, M. Spittle, C. Frank, & D. McNeil (Eds.), The psychology of mental imagery in movement and action. Routledge.