PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

# or * indicate equal contributions between several authors.

Preprint / In Preparation (not yet peer-reviewed)

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.

2025

Martel M & Glover S (2025). Online versus cognitive control: A dividing line between physical action and motor imagery. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 51(10), 1407–1422. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001356. (pdf) 

2024

Gentle J, Ivanova M, Martel M, Glover S, Hosein A (2024). A Qualitative Investigation into the Experiences of Students with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD/Dyspraxia) in Higher Education, In: European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education. 14(12)pp. 3099-3122 Mdpi. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe14120203. (pdf)

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 and earlier

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 (2025). Perceiving and moving your body: insights from DCD/Dyspraxia. Webinar for ISRA-DCD, the International Society of Research and Advocacy for Developmental Coordination Disorder (04/12/25).

Martel M (2025). DCD/Dyspraxia, body representations and motor adaptation. Invited talk for the Body Representation Lab, University of Birkbeck, London, UK.

Martel M (2024). Motor adaptation in adults with and without DCD/Dyspraxia. Dyspraxia Knowledge Exchange Day, Guildford, UK.

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 (2025). Motor impairments and strategies in developing neurodiverse brains. DCD-UK, York, UK (Poster).

Martel M (2025). Motor Imagery is immune to variables that impact online control: a further test of the Motor-Cognitive Model. Dimensions of motor control, Munich, Germany (Symposium).

Martel M (2024). Visuomotor adaptation in adults with and without DCD. Joint conference DCD15-IMDRC6, Ghent, Belgium.

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).

ONLINE RESOURCES

• Podcast for PsychologiCALL, hosted by Dr Louisa Thomas, January 2023
  "On body schema plasticity in dyspraxia"

Podcast available here.

• Blog post on research article, November 2022
  "Imagining an action requires additional brain areas and attentional resources compared to performing the same action"

Article available here.

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

Podcast available here.

• 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).

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

• 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).

Video in French here.