Publications of Manuela Macedonia

Mathias, B., Andrä, C., Schwager, A., Macedonia, M., & von Kriegstein, K. (2022). Twelve- and fourteen-year-old school children differentially benefit from sensorimotor- and multisensory-enriched vocabulary training. Educational Psychology Review, 34, 1739–1770.

Macedonia, M., Greiner, J., Repetto, C., & Wriesnegger, S. C. (2022). Gesture based word (re)acquisition with a virtual agent in augmented reality: A preliminary study. Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine, 20, 83–86.

Repetto, C., Mathias, B., Weichselbaum, O., & Macedonia, M. (2021). Visual recognition of words learned with gestures induces motor resonance in the forearm muscles. Scientific Reports, 11. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-96792-9

Mathias, B., Sureth, L., Hartwigsen, G., Macedonia, M., Mayer, K. M., & von Kriegstein, K. (2021). Visual sensory cortices causally contribute to auditory word recognition following sensorimotor-enriched vocabulary training. Cerebral Cortex, 31, 513–528.

Macedonia, M., Lehner, A. E., & Repetto, C. (2020). Positive effects of grasping virtual objects on memory for novel words in a second language. Scientific Reports, 10. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-67539-9

Andrä, C., Mathias, B., Schwager, A., Macedonia, M., & von Kriegstein, K. (2020). Learning foreign language vocabulary with gestures and pictures enhances vocabulary memory for several months post-learning in eight-year-old school children. Educational Psychology Review, 32, 815–850.

Macedonia, M. (2019). Embodied learning: Why at school the mind needs the body. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02098

Macedonia, M., Repetto, C., Ischebeck, A., & Mueller, K. (2019). Depth of encoding through observed gestures in foreign language word learning. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00033

Macedonia, M., Hammer, F., & Weichselbaum, O. (2018). Guided embodiment and potential applications of tutor systems in language instruction and rehabilitation. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00927

Repetto, C., Pedroli, E., & Macedonia, M. (2017). Enrichment effects of gestures and pictures on abstract words in a second language. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02136

Mayer, K. M., Macedonia, M., & von Kriegstein, K. (2017). Recently learned foreign abstract and concrete nouns are represented in distinct cortical networks similar to the native language. Human Brain Mapping, 38, 4398–4412.

Macedonia, M., & Repetto, C. (2017). Why your body can jog your mind. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00362

Repetto, C., Serino, S., Macedonia, M., & Riva, G. (2016). Virtual Reality as an embodied tool to enhance episodic memory in elderly. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01839

Macedonia, M., & Mueller, K. (2016). Exploring the neural representation of novel words learned through enactment in a word recognition task. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00953

Macedonia, M., & Repetto , C. (2016). Brief multisensory training enhances second language vocabulary acquisition in both high and low performers. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 15, 42–53.

Macedonia, M. (2015). Learning styles and vocabulary acquisition in second language: How the brain learns. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01800

Mayer, K. M., Yildiz, I. B., Macedonia, M., & von Kriegstein, K. (2015). Visual and motor cortices differentially support the translation of foreign language words. Current Biology, 25, 530–535.

Macedonia, M. (2014). Bringing back the body into the mind: Gestures enhance word learning in foreign language. Frontiers in Psychology, 5. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01467

Macedonia, M., Bergmann, K., & Roithmayr, F. (2014). Imitation of a pedagogical agent’s gestures enhances memory for words in second language. Science Journal of Education, 2, 162–169.

Macedonia, M. (2014). Ein Billie für alle Fälle. Gehirn und Geist, 22–27.