Publications

Further information can be found on my Google Scholar citations page, and full-text versions of my publications can also be found either on my King's Research Portal site (for publications from 2015 onwards) or the Surrey Research Insight site (for publications up to 2015).

In press and 2024

Payne, B. & Catmur, C. (in press). Embodiment in the Enfacement Illusion is mediated by self-other overlap. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Author version (pdf)

Samuel, S., Erle, T.M., Kirsch, L.P., Surtees, A., Apperly, I., Bukowski, H., Auvray, M., Catmur, C., Kessler, K. & Quesque, F. (2024). Three key questions to move towards a theoretical framework of visuospatial perspective taking. Cognition, 247: 105787. Author version (pdf) DOI

Quesque, F., Apperly, I., Baillargeon, R., … Catmur, C., ... Brass, M. (2024). Defining key concepts for mental state attribution. Communications Psychology, 2: 29. DOI (open access)

Stantić, M., Knyspel, J., Gaches, A., Liu, Y., Bird, G., & Catmur, C. (2024). The Oxford Face Matching Test: Short Form Alternative. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 77(4): 893-897. Author version (pdf) DOI

Nijhof, A. D., Catmur, C., Brewer, R., Coll, M., Wiersema, J. R., & Bird, G. (2024). Differences in Own-Face but not Own-Name Discrimination between Autistic and Neurotypical Adults: A Fast Periodic Visual Stimulation-EEG Study. Cortex 171: 308-318. Author version (pdf) DOI

2023

Clements, M. F., Brübach, L., Glazov, J., Gu, S., Kashif, R., Catmur, C., & Georgescu, A. L. (2023). Measuring trust with the Wayfinding Task: Implementing a novel task in immersive virtual reality and desktop setups across remote and in-person test environments. PloS One, 18(11): e0294420. Author version (pdf) DOI

Stantić, M., Brown, K., Ichijo, E., Pounder, Z., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2023). Independent Measurement of Face Perception, Face Matching, and Face Memory Reveals Impairments in Face Perception and Memory, but Not Matching, in Autism. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 30(6): 2240-2249. Author version (pdf) DOI

Cuve, H.C.J., Harper, J., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2023). Coherence and divergence in autonomic-subjective affective space. Psychophysiology, 60(6): e14262. Author version (pdf) DOI

Thompson, E.L., Long, E.L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2023). Is action understanding an automatic process? Both cognitive and perceptual processing are required for the identification of actions and intentions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(1): 70-83. Author version (pdf) DOI 

2022

Thompson, E.L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2022). Mirror neuron brain regions contribute to identifying actions, but not intentions. Human Brain Mapping, 43(16): 4901-4913. Author version (pdf) DOI

Long, E.L., Cuve, H.C., Conway, J.R., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2022). Novel Theory of Mind task demonstrates representation of minds in mental state inference. Scientific Reports, 12(1): 21133. Author version (pdf) DOI

Stantić, M., Pounder, Z., Bate, S., Susilo, T., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2022). Individuals with developmental prosopagnosia show independent impairments in face perception, face memory and face matching. Cortex, 157: 266-273. Author version (pdf) DOI

Lee, K.S., Murphy, J., Catmur, C., Bird, G. & Hobson, H. (2022). Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews 141, 104864 . Author version (pdf) DOI

Sowden, S., Khemka, D. & Catmur, C. (2022). Regulating mirroring of emotions: A social-specific mechanism? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75(7): 1302-1313. DOI

Sevi, L., Stantić, M., Murphy, J., Coll, M.-P., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2022). Egocentric biases are predicted by the precision of self-related predictions. Cortex, 154: 322-332. DOI

Adams, K. L., Murphy, J., Catmur, C., & Bird, G. (2022). The role of interoception in the overlap between eating disorders and autism: Methodological considerations. European Eating Disorders Review, 30(5): 501-509. DOI

Nijhof, A.D., von Trott zu Solz, J., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2022). Equivalent own name bias in autism: An EEG study of the Attentional Blink. Cognitive Affective and Behavioural Neuroscience, 22(3): 625-639. DOI

Penton, T., Wang, X., Catmur, C., & Bird, G. (2022). Investigating the sense of agency and its relation to subclinical traits using a novel task. Experimental Brain Research, 240(5): 1399–1410. DOI

Cuve, H.C., Stojanov, J., Catmur, C., Bird, G. & Roberts-Gaal, M. (2022). Validation of Gazepoint low-cost eye-tracking and psychophysiology bundle. Behavior Research Methods, 54(2): 1027-1049. DOI

Cuve, H.C., Murphy, J., Hobson, H., Ichijo, E., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2022). Are autistic and alexithymic traits distinct? A factor-analytic and network approach. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(5): 2019-2034. DOI

Stantić, M., Brewer, R., Duchaine, B., Banissy, M.J., Bate, S., Susilo, T., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2022). The Oxford Face Matching Test: a non-biased test of the full range of individual differences in face perception. Behaviour Research Methods, 54(1): 158-173. Author version (pdf) DOI

Penton, T., Catmur, C., Banissy, M.J., Bird, G. & Walsh, V. (2022). Non-invasive stimulation in the social brain: the methodological challenges. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 17(1): 15-25. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed 

Heyes, C. & Catmur, C. (2022). What happened to mirror neurons? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(1): 153-168. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Stantić, M., Ichijo, E., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2022). Face memory and face perception in autism. Autism, 26(1): 276-280. DOI PubMed

2021

Stantić, M., Hearne, B., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2021). Use of the Oxford face matching test reveals an effect of ageing on face perception but not face memory. Cortex, 145: 226-235. DOI

Pisani, S., Murphy, J., Conway, J., Millgate, E., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2021). The relationship between alexithymia and theory of mind: A systematic review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 131: 497-524. DOI

Plans, D., Ponzo, S., Morelli, D., Cairo, M., Ring, C., Keating, C.T., Cunningham, A.C., Catmur, C., Murphy, J. & Bird, G. (2021). Measuring interoception: The phase adjustment task. Biological Psychology, 165: 108171. DOI

Wu, A. F. W., Chou, T. L., Catmur, C. & Lau, J. Y. F. (2021). Understanding the links between self-concept, sociocultural deviance and mental health problems in pathological social withdrawal. Current Psychology. DOI

Cuve, H.C., Castiello, S., Shiferaw, B., Ichijo, E., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2021). Alexithymia explains atypical spatiotemporal dynamics of eye gaze in autism. Cognition, 212: 104710. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Khemka, D., Ahmadilari, N., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2021). Imitation in one’s own presence: no specific effect of self-focus on imitation. Acta Psychologica, 212: 103194. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed 

Carr, E.W., Bird, G., Catmur, C. & Winkielman, P. (2021). Dissociable effects of averted "gaze" on the priming of bodily representations and motor actions. Acta Psychologica, 212: 103225. DOI PubMed 

2020

Conway, J. R., Coll, M.-P., Cuve, H. C., Koletsi, S., Bronitt, N., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2020). Understanding How Minds Vary Relates to Skill in Inferring Mental States, Personality, and Intelligence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed 

Coll, M.-P., Whelan, E., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2020). Autistic traits are associated with atypical precision-weighted integration of top-down and bottom-up neural signals. Cognition, 199: 104236. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed 

Wu, A. F. W., Catmur, C., Chou, T. L. & Lau, J. Y. F. (2020). Loneliness and social disconnectedness in pathological social withdrawal. Personality and Individual Differences, 163: 110092. Author version (pdf) 

Hobson, H., Westwood, H., Conway, J., McEwen, F. S., Colvert, E., Catmur, C., Bird, G. & Happe, F. (2020). Alexithymia and autism diagnostic assessments: evidence from twins at genetic risk of autism and adults with anorexia nervosa. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 73: 101531. Author version (pdf) 

Murphy, J., Prentice, F., Walsh, R., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2020). Autism and Transgender identity: implications for depression and anxiety. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 69: 101466. Author version (pdf) 

Wu, A. F. W., Catmur, C., Wong, P. W. C. & Lau, J. Y. F. (2020). The presence, characteristics and correlates of pathological social withdrawal in Taiwan: An online survey. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed 

Di Tella, M., Adenzato, M., Catmur, C., Miti, F., Castelli, L. & Ardito, R. B. (2020). The role of alexithymia in social cognition: Evidence from a non-clinical population. Journal of Affective Disorders, 273: 482-492. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed 

Nijhof, A. D., Shapiro, K. L., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2020). No evidence for a common self-bias across cognitive domains. Cognition, 197: 104186. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed 

Murphy, J., Brewer, R., Plans, D., Khalsa, S. S., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2020). Testing the independence of self-reported interoceptive accuracy and attention. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73(1): 115-33. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed 

2019

Thompson, E. L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2019). Conceptualising and testing action understanding. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 105: 106-144. Author version (pdf)DOI PubMed 

Conway, J. R., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2019). Understanding Individual Differences in Theory of Mind via Representation of Minds, Not Mental States. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 26(3): 798-812. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Hobson, H., Brewer, R., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2019). The role of language in alexithymia: moving towards a multi-route model of alexithymia. Emotion Review, 11(3): 247-261. Author version (pdf) 

Murphy, J., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2019). Classifying individual differences in interoception: implications for the measurement of interoceptive awareness. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 26(5): 1467-71. Author version (pdf)

Murphy, J., Millgate, E., Geary, H., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2019). No effect of age on emotion recognition after accounting for cognitive factors and depression. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(11): 2690-704. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Brewer, R., Cook, R., Cardi, V., Treasure, J., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2019). Alexithymia explains increased empathic personal distress in individuals with and without Eating Disorders. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(7): 1827-36. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Catmur, C. & Heyes, C. (2019). Mirroring “meaningful” actions: sensorimotor learning modulates imitation of goal-directed actions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(2): 322-34. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Coll, M.-P., Murphy, J., Catmur, C., Bird, G. & Brewer, R. (2019). The importance of stimulus variability when studying face processing using Fast Periodic Visual Stimulation: A novel ‘Mixed-Emotions’ paradigm. Cortex, 117: 182-95. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Wu, A. F. W., Ooi, J., Wong, P. W. C., Catmur, C. & Lau, J. Y. F. (2019). Evidence of pathological social withdrawal in non-Asian countries: a global health problem? Lancet Psychiatry, 6(3): 195-6. DOI PubMed

Oakley, B. F. M., Brewer, R., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2019). No evidence for an opposite pattern of cognitive performance in autistic individuals with and without alexithymia: a response to Rødgaard et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128(7): 738-9. Author version (pdf) 

2018

Penton, T., Wang, X., Coll, M.-P., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2018). The influence of action-outcome contingency on motivation from control. Experimental Brain Research, 236(12): 3239-49. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed (Open Access)

Murphy, J., Wulff, K., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2018). Alexithymic traits, independent of depression and anxiety, are associated with reduced sleep quality. Personality and Individual Differences, 129: 175-178. Author version (pdf) 

Sowden, S., Koletsi, S., Lymberopoulos, E., Militaru, E., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2018). Quantifying compliance and acceptance through public and private social conformity. Consciousness and Cognition, 65: 359-367. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed (Open Access)

Murphy, J., Brewer, R., Hobson, H., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2018). Is alexithymia characterised by impaired interoception? Further evidence, the importance of control variables, and the problems with the Heartbeat Counting Task. Biological Psychology, 136: 189-197. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Murphy, J., Geary, H., Millgate, E., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2018). Direct and indirect effects of age on interoceptive accuracy and awareness across the adult lifespan. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 25(3): 1193-1202. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Ruggiero, M. & Catmur, C. (2018). Mirror neurons and intention understanding: Dissociating the contribution of object type and intention to mirror responses using electromyography. Psychophysiology, 55(7): e13061. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Catmur, C., Thompson, E. L., Bairaktari, O., Lind, F. & Bird, G. (2018). Sensorimotor training alters action understanding. Cognition, 171: 10-14. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Murphy, J., Millgate, E., Geary, H., Ichijo, E., Coll, M.-P., Brewer, R., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2018). Knowledge of resting heart rate mediates the relationship between intelligence and the heartbeat counting task. Biological Psychology, 133: 1-3. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Hobson, H., Hogeveen, J., Brewer, R., Catmur, C., Gordon, B., Chau, A., Bird, G. & Grafman, J. (2018). Language and alexithymia: Evidence for the role of the inferior frontal gyrus in acquired alexithymia. Neuropsychologia, 111: 229-240. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Murphy, J., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2018). Alexithymia is associated with a multi-domain, multi-dimensional failure of interoception: evidence from novel tests. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(3): 398-408. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed

Thompson, E. L. & Catmur, C. (2018). Considering context and variability when observing other minds: Comment on "Seeing mental states: An experimental strategy for measuring the observability of other minds" by Cristina Becchio et al. Physics of Life Reviews, 24: 91-93. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed 

2017

Coll, M.-P., Viding, E., Rütgen, M., Silani, G., Lamm, C., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2017). Are we really measuring empathy? Proposal for a new measurement framework. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 83: 132-139. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed 

Shah, P., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2017). From heart to mind: Linking interoception, emotion, and theory of mind. Cortex, 93: 220-223. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed (Open Access) 

Coll, M.-P., Press, C., Hobson, H., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2017). Crossmodal classification of mu rhythm activity during action observation and execution suggests specificity to somatosensory features of actions. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(24): 5936-5947. Author version (pdf) DOIPubMed 

Santiesteban, I., Kaur, S., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2017). Attentional processes, not implicit mentalizing, mediate performance in a perspective-taking task: Evidence from stimulation of the temporoparietal junction. NeuroImage, 155: 305-311. Author version (pdf) DOI PubMed 

Conway, J. R., Lee, D., Ojaghi, M., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2017). Submentalizing or mentalizing in a Level 1 perspective-taking task: A cloak and goggles test. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43(3): 454-465. DOI PubMed 

Murphy, J., Brewer, R., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2017). Interoception and psychopathology: A developmental neuroscience perspective. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 23: 45-56. DOI PubMed (Open Access) 

2016 

Oakley, B.F.M., Brewer, R., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2016). ‘Theory of Mind’ is not Theory of Emotion: A cautionary note on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(6): 818-823. DOI PubMed (Open Access) Author version (pdf) 

Sowden, S., Brewer, R., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2016). The specificity of the link between alexithymia, interoception and imitation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42(11): 1687-1692. DOI PubMed (Open Access) Author version (pdf) 

Marsh, L. E., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2016). The imitation game: Effects of social cues on 'imitation' are domain-general in nature. NeuroImage, 139:368-375. DOI PubMed (Open Access) Author version (pdf) 

Gleibs, I. H., Wilson, N., Reddy, G. & Catmur, C. (2016). Group dynamics in automatic imitation. PLoS One, 11(9): e0162880. DOI PubMed (Open Access) 

Shah, P., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2016). Emotional decision-making in Autism Spectrum Disorder: The roles of interoception and alexithymia. Molecular Autism, 7: 43. DOI 

Shah, P., Harris, A., Hahn, U., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2016). A pessimistic view of optimistic belief updating. Cognitive Psychology, 90: 71-127. DOI PubMed (Open Access) Author version (pdf) 

Shah, P., Hall, R., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2016). Alexithymia, not autism, is associated with impaired interoception. Cortex, 81: 215-220. DOIPubMed (Open Access) 

Catmur, C. (2016). Automatic imitation? Imitative compatibility affects responses at high perceptual load. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42(4): 530-539. DOI PubMed Author version (pdf) 

Sowden, S., Koehne, S., Catmur, C., Dziobek, I. & Bird, G. (2016). Intact automatic imitation and typical spatial compatibility in Autism Spectrum Disorder: challenging the Broken Mirror Theory. Autism Research, 9(2): 292-300. DOI PubMed 

Brewer, R., Biotti, F., Catmur, C., Press, C., Happe, F., Cook, R. & Bird, G. (2016). Can neurotypical individuals read autistic facial expressions? Atypical production of emotional facial expressions in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Autism Research, 9(2): 262-271. DOI PubMed 

Catmur, C., Cross, E. S. & Over, H. (2016). Understanding self and others: from origins to disorders. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371(1686): 20150066. DOI (free online access) PubMed Author version (pdf) 

De Guzman, M. S., Bird, G., Banissy, M. J. & Catmur, C. (2016). Self-other control processes in social cognition: from imitation to empathy. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371(1686): 20150079. DOI PubMed (Open Access) Author version (pdf) 

Catmur, C., Santiesteban, I., Conway, J. R., Heyes, C. & Bird, G. (2016). Avatars and Arrows in the Brain. NeuroImage, 132: 8-10. DOI PubMed 

Catmur, C. (2016). Mirror neuron formation via associative learning. In S. S. Obhi & E. S. Cross (Eds.), Shared representations: Sensorimotor foundations of social life. ISBN: 978-1-107-27935-3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

Catmur, C., Press, C. & Heyes, C. (2016). Mirror neurons from associative learning. In R. Murphy & R. Honey (Eds.), The Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning. ISBN: 978-1-118-65094-3. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Author version (pdf)

2015 

Catmur, C. (2015). Understanding intentions from actions: direct perception, inference, and the roles of mirror and mentalizing systems. Consciousness and Cognition, 36: 426-433. DOI Author version (pdf) 

Shah, P., Sowden, S., Gaule, A., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2015). The 20 item prosopagnosia index (PI20): relationship with the Glasgow face-matching test. Royal Society Open Science, 2(11): 150305. DOI PubMed (Open Access) 

Sowden, S., Wright, G. R., Banissy, M. J., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2015). Transcranial current stimulation of the temporoparietal junction improves lie detection. Current Biology, 25(18): 2447-2451. DOI PubMed (Open Access) 

Santiesteban, I., Banissy, M. J., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2015). Functional lateralization of temporoparietal junction: Imitation inhibition, visual perspective taking and theory of mind. European Journal of Neuroscience, 42(8): 2527-2533. DOI PubMed 

Brewer, R., Marsh, A. A., Catmur, C., Cardinale, E. M., Stoycos, S., Cook, R., & Bird, G. (2015). The impact of Autism Spectrum Disorder and alexithymia on judgments of moral acceptability. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124(3): 589-595. DOI PubMed (Open Access) 

Thorne, S. R., Hegarty, P. J., & Catmur, C. (2015). Is the left hemisphere androcentric? Evidence of the learned categorical perception of gender. Laterality, 20(5): 571-584. DOI PubMed Full text (Open Access) via Laterality website 

Hogeveen, J., Obhi, S. S., Banissy, M. J., Santiesteban, I., Press, C., Catmur, C., & Bird, G. (2015). Task-dependent and distinct roles of the temporoparietal junction and inferior frontal cortex in the control of imitation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(7): 1003-1009. DOI PubMed (Open Access) 

Wright, G. R. T., Berry, C. J., Catmur, C., & Bird, G. (2015). Good liars are neither ‘dark’ nor self-deceptive. PLoS One, 10(6): e0127315. DOI PubMed (Open Access) 

Sowden, S. & Catmur, C. (2015). The role of the right temporoparietal junction in the control of imitation. Cerebral Cortex, 25(4): 1107-1113. DOIPubMed (Open Access) 

Coll, M.-P., Catmur, C., Bird, G., & Press, C. (2015). Crossmodal repetition effects in the mu rhythm indicate tactile mirroring during action observation. Cortex, 63C: 121-131. DOI PubMed 

Heyes, C. & Catmur, C. (2015). A task control theory of mirror-touch synaesthesia. Cognitive Neuroscience, 6(2-3): 141-142. DOI PubMed 

2014 

Cavallo, A., Catmur, C., Sowden, S., Ianì, F., & Becchio, C. (2014). Stopping movements: when others slow us down. European Journal of Neuroscience, 40(5): 2842-2849. DOI Author version (pdf) 

Cavallo, A., Heyes, C., Becchio, C., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2014). Timecourse of mirror and counter-mirror effects measured with transcranial magnetic stimulation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9(8): 1082-1088. DOI Full text (Open Access) via SCAN website 

Catmur, C., Press, C., Cook, R., Bird, G., & Heyes C. (2014). Authors’ response: mirror neurons: tests and testability. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(2): 221-241. DOI Published version, copyright Cambridge University Press 

Cook, R., Bird, G., Catmur, C., Press, C., & Heyes, C. (2014). Mirror neurons: from origin to function. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(2): 177-192. DOI Published version, copyright Cambridge University Press 

Santiesteban, I., Catmur, C., Coughlan Hopkins, S., Bird, G., & Heyes, C. (2014). Avatars and arrows: implicit mentalizing or domain-general processing? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40(3): 929-937. DOI Author version (pdf) 

Catmur, C. (2014). Unconvincing support for role of mirror neurons in ‘action understanding’: commentary on Michael et al. (2014). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8:553. DOI PubMed 

2013 

Catmur, C. & Heyes, C. (2013). Is it what you do, or when you do it? The roles of contingency and similarity in pro-social effects of imitation. Cognitive Science, 37: 1541-1552. DOI Author version (pdf) 

Cooper, R.P., Catmur, C. & Heyes, C. (2013). Are automatic imitation and spatial compatibility mediated by different processes? Cognitive Science, 37: 605-630. DOI PubMed 

Cooper, R.P., Catmur, C. & Heyes, C. (2013). Neither shaken nor stirred: reply to Bertenthal and Scheutz. Cognitive Science, 37: 642-645. DOIPubMed 

Catmur, C. (2013). Sensorimotor learning and the ontogeny of the mirror neuron system. Neuroscience Letters, 540: 21-27. DOI PubMedAuthor version (pdf) 

2012 

Press, C., Catmur, C., Cook, R., Widmann, H., Heyes, C. & Bird, G. (2012). fMRI evidence of ‘mirror’ responses to geometric shapes. PLoS One, 7(12): e51934. DOI PubMed 

Santiesteban, I., Banissy, M.J., Catmur, C. & Bird, G. (2012). Enhancing social ability by stimulating right temporoparietal junction. Current Biology, 22(23): 2274-2277. DOI PubMed 

2011 

Richardson, F.M., Ramsden, S., Ellis, C., Burnett, S., Megnin, O., Catmur, C., Schofield, T.M., Leff, A.P. & Price, C.J. (2011). Auditory short-term memory capacity correlates with grey matter density in the left posterior superior temporal sulcus in cognitively normal and dyslexic adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(12): 3746-3756. DOI PubMed 

Catmur, C., Mars, R.B., Rushworth, M.F. & Heyes, C. (2011). Making mirrors: premotor cortex stimulation enhances mirror and counter-mirror motor facilitation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(9): 2352-2362. DOI PubMed 

Catmur, C. & Heyes, C. (2011). Time course analyses confirm independence of imitative and spatial compatibility. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 37(2): 409-421. DOI PubMed 

Catmur, C. (2011). Contingency is crucial for creating imitative responses. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5: 15. DOI PubMed 

2010 and earlier 

Catmur, C., Walsh, V., & Heyes, C. (2009). Associative sequence learning: the role of experience in the development of imitation and the mirror system. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series B - Biological Sciences, 364: 2369-2380. DOI PubMed 

Catmur, C., Gillmeister, H., Bird, G., Liepelt, R., Brass, M. & Heyes, C. (2008). Through the looking glass: counter-mirror activation following incompatible sensorimotor learning. European Journal of Neuroscience, 28: 1208-1215. DOI PubMed 

Gillmeister, H., Catmur, C., Brass, M. & Heyes, C. (2008). Experience-based priming of body parts: a study of action imitation. Brain Research, 1217: 157-170. DOI PubMed 

Catmur, C., Walsh, V. & Heyes, C. (2007). Sensorimotor learning configures the mirror neuron system. Current Biology, 17(17): 1527-1531. DOI PubMed 

Bird, G., Catmur, C., Silani, G., Frith, C.D. & Frith, U (2006). Attention does not modulate neural responses to social stimuli in Autism Spectrum Disorders. NeuroImage, 31(4):1614-1624. DOI PubMed 

Blakemore, S-J., Tavassoli, T., Calò, S., Thomas, R.M., Catmur, C., Frith, U. & Haggard, P. (2006). Tactile sensitivity in Asperger Syndrome. Brain and Cognition, 61(1):5-13. DOI PubMed 

Guest, S., Catmur, C., Lloyd, D. & Spence, C. (2002). Audiotactile interactions in roughness perception. Experimental Brain Research, 146(2):161-171. DOI PubMed