PUBLICATIONS

 

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

# or * indicate equal contributions between several authors.

For access to scripts and data accompanying papers, check my OSF page.


Preprint / In Preparation (not yet peer-reviewed)

Martel M* & Glover S. Online versus Cognitive Control: A Dividing Line between Physical Action and Motor Imagery (p. 2022.10.31.514494). bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.31.514494.

Bahmad S*, Martel M*, Koun E, Salemme R, Finos L, Farnè A# & Roy AC#. Blindness alters arm representation plasticity following tool-use.

Martel M, Óssandon JP, Habets B & Heed T. Protracted development of visual-proprioceptive integration for hand motor control. bioRxiv 601435. https://doi.org/10.1101/601435.

2023

Martel M, Finos L, Bahmad S, Koun E, Salemme R, Sonié S, Fourneret P, Schmitz C & Roy AC (2023). Motor deficits in autism differ from that of developmental coordination disorder. Autism, 13623613231171980. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231171980. (pdf)

Miller LE & Martel M  (2023). Chapter 6 - Body-tool integration: Past, present, and future. In E. Bruner (Ed.), Cognitive Archaeology, Body Cognition, and the Evolution of Visuospatial Perception (pp. 131–150). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99193-3.00010-6 

Martel M* & Glover S (2023). TMS over dorsolateral prefrontal cortex affects the timing of motor imagery but not overt action: Further support for the motor-cognitive model. Behavioural Brain Research, 437, 114125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114125. (pdf)

2022

Martel M*, Fuchs X*, Trojan J, Gockel V, Habets B & Heed T (2022). Illusory tactile movement crosses arms and legs and is coded in external space. Cortex, 149, 202–225.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.01.014. (pdf)

Martel M, Boulenger V, Koun E, Finos L, Farnè A & Roy AC (2022). Body schema plasticity is altered in Developmental Coordination Disorder. Neuropsychologia, 166, 108136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.108136. (pdf)

2021

Martel M, Finos L, Koun E, Farnè A# & Roy AC# (2021). The long developmental trajectory of body representation plasticity following tool use. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 559. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79476-8. (pdf)

Pisella L, Vialatte A, Martel M, Prost‐Lefebvre M, Caton MC, Stalder M, Yssad R, Roy AC, Vuillerot C & Gonzalez‐Monge S. (2021). Elementary visuospatial perception deficit in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 63(4), 457–464. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.14743. (pdf)

2020

Martel M, Fourneret P, Finos L, Schmitz C & Roy AC (2020). Highs and Lows in Motor Control Development. Journal of Motor Behavior, 52(4), 404–417. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2019.1643283. (pdf)

Boulenger V, Martel M, Bouvet C, Finos L, Krzonowski J, Farnè A & Roy AC (2020). Feeling better: Tactile verbs speed up tactile detection. Brain and Cognition, 142, 105582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105582. (pdf)

2019

Martel M*, Cardinali L*, Bertonati G, Jouffrais C, Finos L, Farnè A# & Roy AC# (2019). Somatosensory-guided tool use modifies arm representation for action. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 5517. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41928-1. (pdf)

Pisella L, Martel M, Roy AC, Vuillerot C & Gonzalez-Monge S. (2019). Validation of a simple screening test for elementary visuo-spatial perception deficit. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rehab.2019.03.006. (pdf)

2017

Martel M, Cardinali L, Roy AC & Farnè A (2017). Tool use unravels body morphology representation in the brain, In: The subject's matter: the body and self-awareness, de Vignemont F, Alsmith AJT (Eds); Cambridge (Mass): MIT Press. (pdf)

2016

Martel M, Cardinali L, Roy AC# & Farnè A# (2016). Tool-use: an open window into body representation and its plasticity. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02643294.2016.1167678. (pdf)

2014

Baccarini M*, Martel M*, Cardinali L*, Sillan O, Farnè A# & Roy AC# (2014). Tool use imagery triggers tool incorporation in the body schema. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 492. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00492. (pdf)


INVITED SEMINARS


Martel M (2022). Motor control and body representations in children with DCD/Dyspraxia. Dyspraxia Knowledge Exchange Day, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK (15/10/2022).

Martel M (2017). Learning to move with a growing body. University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (19/04/2017).

Martel M, Farnè A & Roy AC (2016). Pourquoi les adolescents sont-ils maladroits ? [Why are the teenagers clumsy?]. Workshop on Research and Innovation (organized by the CARDIE - Academic Coordination Research Development Innovation Experimentation). Saint Etienne, France (27/04/2016).

Martel M (2016). Développement typique et atypique des représentations de l’action [Typical and atypical development of action representations]. Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), Lyon, France (11/03/2016).

Martel M & Roy AC (2016). Contrôle moteur et représentations du corps chez les enfants et adolescents avec trouble d’acquisition de la coordination [Motor control and body representations in children and teenagers with DCD]. Association "Dyspraxie France Dys". Ambérieu, France (15/01/2016).

Martel M & Barlaam F (2015). Construction des Représentations de l’Action au cours du Neurodéveloppement : dysfonctionnement dans les TSA ? [Building of action representation during development: dysfunctioning in Autism Spectrum Disorder?]. Lyon, France (26/11/2015).

Martel M & Roy AC (2014). Le contrôle moteur chez l’enfant atteint de dyspraxie. [Motor control in children with DCD]. Health network DYS/10. Bron, France (18/11/2014).

Martel M & Roy AC (2014). Le contrôle moteur chez l’enfant atteint de dyspraxie. [Motor control in children with DCD]. Health network ANAIS. Grenoble, France (27/03/2014).


ORAL PRESENTATIONS


Martel M, Bahmad S, Farnè A & Roy AC (2023). Typical and atypical plasticity of body representations: insights from tool use. NeuroFrance, Lyon, France (Symposium).

Martel M & Glover S (2022). Dissociable roles of executive functions and online control in motor imagery and overt actions. Experimental Psychology Society (EPS), University of Stirling, Scotland.

Martel M (2022). Do children with autism spectrum disorder and developmental coordination disorder share similar motor impairments? Autism Research Seminar (ARCH), London, UK.

Martel M & Glover S (2022). Dissociable roles of executive functions and online control in motor imagery and overt actions. Research in Imagery and Observation (RIO group - Online Seminar).

Martel M & Glover S (2021). The essential role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in motor imagery: A TMS interference study. Research in Imagery and Observation (RIO Group – Online Seminar).

Martel M & Heed T (2018). Development of visual-proprioceptive integration for hand motor control. Society for Neuroscience (SFN2018), San Diego, USA (Poster).

Martel M & Heed T (2018). Moving with a growing body: development of visual-proprioceptive integration for hand motor control. International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF2018), Toronto, Canada (Symposium).

Martel M, Finos L, Farnè A & Roy AC (2017). Developmental steps in teenager motor control of tools: Learning and plasticity. Neural Control of Movement (NCM2017), Dublin, Ireland (Poster).

Martel M, Farnè A & Roy AC (2016). Development of Body Schema in children and adolescents. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Copenhagen, Denmark (Poster).

Martel M, Farnè A & Roy AC (2016). Upper-limb representation for action in children and adolescents. Workshop on Concepts Actions and Objects (CAOS2016), Rovereto, Italy (Poster).

Martel M, Sonié S, Fourneret P, Finos L, Schmitz C & Roy AC (2015). Motor impairment, a core symptom in developmental disorders. The 5th Conference of the European Societies of Neuropsychology (ESN2015), Tampere, Finland (Poster).

Martel M, Fourneret P, Finos L, Vernet M, Thiollier MC, Schmitz C & Roy AC (2015). DCD: a failure to control the unexpected. The 11th International Conference on Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD11), Toulouse, France (Poster).

Martel M, Sonié S, Pirat E, Kassaï-Koupai B, Schmitz C & Roy AC (2014). I know it's heavy but I can't make anything of it before I feel It. Annual Meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (IMFAR), Atlanta, USA  (Poster).

Martel M, Cardinali L, Jouffrais C, Finos L, Farnè A & Roy AC (2014). Proprioception alone drives Body Schema plasticity. Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), Boston, USA  (Poster).


SCIENCE POPULARIZATION

Podcast (S4E07) for PsychologiCALL, hosted by Dr Lou Thomas, January 2023
“On body schema plasticity in Dyspraxia”

Knowledge Exchange Day, University of Surrey, UK, October 2022
First edition of this event to raise awareness about Dyspraxia/Developmental Coordination Disorder

Psychology Competition Day, RHUL, UK, June 2022
Poster competition for year 12 students 

Open Days from the Psychology Department, Royal Holloway University of London, UK, March 2022
TMS demonstration

Podcast for the Error Bar, hosted by Dr Nick Holmes. With Dr Luke Miller, November 2021
"Tools in the brain: The first 25 years"

Summer Scientist Week, Nottingham, UK, July 2019
Experiment on bimanual coordination: “Finger Wiggling Game”

Wackelpeter festival, Bielefeld, Germany, August 2018
Experiments & illusions for children: "Wenn unsere Sinne uns täuschen" [When our senses deceive us]

Kinderfest auf dem Siegfriedplatz, Bielefeld, Germany, July 2018
Demonstration of sensory illusions to children

Visits from different schools, Bielefeld, Germany, May-June 2018
Initiation to brain research and demonstration of experiments

NaMu Museum of Nature, Bielefeld, Germany, October 2017
Animations on the brain: "Gehört diese Hand wirklich zu mir?" [Does this hand really belong to me?]

GENIALE festival, Bielefeld, Germany, August 2017
Short experiments on the brain for families: "Der Körper im Gehirn" [The body in the brain]

Educational project, Lyon, France, September 2015 – June 2016
Project in a secondary school on the brain and its research, from 6th to 9th grade

Journée des Dys, Lyon, France, October 2015
Animations & short experiments to raise awareness of the public on developmental disorders, such as DCD

Fête de la Science [Science festival], Lyon, France, October 2015
Animations for school-aged children about the brain, developmental disorders and their study

European Researchers’ Night, Vaulx-en-Velin, France
Sept. 2015: "Brain’s Anatomy". Discover cognitive disorders through a real investigation and tests
Sept. 2014: Short experiments for the public about the links between language and motor system

Brain Week, Lyon, France
March 2015: "Language: from its development to dysfunction"
March 2014: "What are the links between the language and the motor system?"


ONLINE RESOURCES


Podcast available here.

Article available here.

Podcast available here.

Podcast available in French here. Slides can be downloaded here.

Video in French here.