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Paul S. Holmes is affiliated with Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Psychology, Medicine, and Neuroscience. Within these fields, their work focuses particularly on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Rehabilitation, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

Paul S. Holmes has contributed to several academic journals, with publications appearing in:

  • Neuropsychologia
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Movement Disorders
  • Parkinson s Disease
  • Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Paul S. Holmes include:

  • Combined action observation and motor imagery: An intervention to combat the neural and behavioural deficits associated with developmental coordination disorder, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Pedunculopontine Nucleus Microstructure Predicts Postural and Gait Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease, 2020, Movement Disorders
  • Action Imagery and Observation in Neurorehabilitation for Parkinson's Disease (ACTION-PD): Development of a User-Informed Home Training Intervention to Improve Functional Hand Movements, 2021, Parkinson s Disease
  • Guidelines for reporting action simulation studies (GRASS): Proposals to improve reporting of research in motor imagery and action observation, 2023, Neuropsychologia
  • Twenty years of PETTLEP imagery: An update and new direction for simulation-based training, 2022, Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Their collaborative work involves frequent partnerships with several other researchers, including:

  • David J. Wright
  • Matthew W. Scott
  • Ben Marshall
  • Maaike Esselaar
  • Chesney E. Craig

Best Publications

  • The PETTLEP Approach to Motor Imagery: A Functional Equivalence Model for Sport Psychologists

    Paul S. Holmes;David J. Collins

  • A neuroscientific review of imagery and observation use in sport.

    Paul S. Holmes;Claire Calmels

  • Motor Imagery during Action Observation: A Brief Review of Evidence, Theory and Future Research Opportunities.

    Daniel Lloyd Eaves;Martin Riach;Paul Stewart Holmes;David James Wright

  • Pre-shot EEG alpha-power reactivity during expert air-pistol shooting: A comparison of best and worst shots

    Gavin M. Loze;David J. Collins;Paul S. Holmes

  • The effect of imagery modality on golf putting performance

    Dave Smith;Paul S. Holmes

  • Quiet eye duration and gun motion in elite shotgun shooting.

    Joe Causer;Simon J. Bennett;Paul S. Holmes;Christopher M. Janelle

  • Anxiety, movement kinematics, and visual attention in elite-level performers.

    Joe Causer;Paul S. Holmes;Nickolas C. Smith;A. Mark Williams

  • The role of effort in influencing the effect of anxiety on performance : testing the conflicting predictions of processing efficiency theory and the conscious processing hypothesis

    Mark Wilson;Mark Wilson;Nickolas C. Smith;Paul S. Holmes

  • The relationship between corticospinal excitability during motor imagery and motor imagery ability.

    Jacqueline Williams;Alan J. Pearce;Michela Loporto;Tony Morris

  • Combined action observation and imagery facilitates corticospinal excitability.

    David J. Wright;Jacqueline Williams;Jacqueline Williams;Paul S. Holmes;Paul S. Holmes

  • Quiet eye training in a visuomotor control task.

    Joe Causer;Paul S. Holmes;Andrew Mark Williams

  • Self-observation reinstates motor awareness in anosognosia for hemiplegia.

    Aikaterini Fotopoulou;Anthony Rudd;Paul Holmes;Michael Kopelman

  • Functional equivalence or behavioural matching? A critical reflection on 15 years of research using the PETTLEP model of motor imagery.

    Caroline Wakefield;Dave Smith;Aidan Patrick Moran;Paul Holmes

  • The Effect of Theoretically-Based Imagery Scripts on Field Hockey Performance

    Dave Smith;Paul Holmes;Lisa Whitemore;Dave Collins

  • Chronometric Comparison of Actual and Imaged Complex Movement Patterns

    Claire Calmels;Paul S. Holmes;Emilie Lopez;Véronique Naman

  • Using the movement-related cortical potential to study motor skill learning.

    David J. Wright;Paul S. Holmes;Dave Smith

  • Impact and mechanism of mental practice effects on strength

    Dave Smith;David J. Collins;Paul S. Holmes

  • Investigating central mechanisms underlying the effects of action observation and imagery through transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Michela Loporto;Craig McAllister;Jacqueline Williams;Robert Hardwick

  • Variability of EEG synchronization prior to and during observation and execution of a sequential finger movement.

    Claire Calmels;Paul S. Holmes;Gilbert Jarry;Magaly Hars

  • The relationships between measures of stature recovery, muscle activity and psychological factors in patients with chronic low back pain

    Sandra E. Lewis;Paul S. Holmes;Steve R. Woby;Jackie Hindle

  • Skill Acquisition in Sport

    Aidan Moran;Mark Campbell;Paul S. Holmes;Tadhg MacIntyre

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor J. Crawford
Trevor J. Crawford Lancaster University
Aidan Moran
Aidan Moran University College Dublin
Francesco Di Russo
Francesco Di Russo Foro Italico University of Rome
A. Mark Williams
A. Mark Williams University of Utah
Mark R. Wilson
Mark R. Wilson University of Wollongong
Aikaterini Fotopoulou
Aikaterini Fotopoulou University College London
Jennifer Cumming
Jennifer Cumming University of Birmingham
Dave Collins
Dave Collins University of Edinburgh
Michael D. Kopelman
Michael D. Kopelman King's College London
Keith Davids
Keith Davids Sheffield Hallam University

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