Research

See my google scholar page for an up-to-date publication list and citations.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

16. van Ackooij, M., Paul, J. M., van Helden, J., Hendrikx, E., Gayet, S., van der Stoep, N., & Harvey, B. M. (2023, preprint). Tuned responses to visual short-term memory load in a frontoparietal topographic map hierarchy. [Preprint].

15. Hendrikx, E., Paul, J. M., van Ackooij, M., van der Stoep, N., & Harvey, B. M. (2024). Cortical quantity representations of visual numerosity and timing overlap increasingly into superior cortices but remain distinct. NeuroImage, 286, 120515. [Paper].

14. van Ackooij, M., Paul, J. M., van der Zwaag, W., Van der Stoep, N., & Harvey, B. M. (2022). Auditory timing-tuned neural responses in the human auditory cortices. NeuroImage, 258, 119366. [Paper].

13. Hendrikx, E.*, Paul, J.M.*, van Ackooij, M., van der Stoep, N. & Harvey, B.M. (2022). Derivation of visual timing-tuned neural responses from early visual stimulus representations. Nature Communications, 13(1), 3952. *co-first authors. [Paper].

12. Paul, J.M., van Ackooij, M., ten Cate, T.C. & Harvey, B.M. (2022). Numerosity tuning in human association cortices and local image contrast representations in early visual cortex. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1340. [Paper].

11. Podwysocki, C., Reeve, R.A., Paul, J.M. & Forte, J.D. (2020). Spatial complexity facilitates ordinal mapping with a novel symbol set. PLoS One, 15(3), e0230559. [Paper].

10. Harvey, B.M., Dumoulin, S.O., Fracasso, A. & Paul, J.M. (2020). A network of topographic maps in human association cortex hierarchically transforms visual timing-selective responses. Current Biology, 30(8), 1424. [Paper].

9. Paul, J.M., Reeve, R.A. & Forte, J.D. (2020). Enumeration strategy differences revealed by saccade-terminated eye tracking. Cognition, 198. [Paper].

8. Paul, J.M., Gray, S.A., Butterworth, B.L. & Reeve, R.A. (2019). Reading and math tests differentially predict number transcoding and number fact speed longitudinally: A random intercept cross-lagged panel approach. Journal of Educational Psychology, 111(2), 299-313. [Paper].

7. Reeve, R.A., Gray, S.A., Butterworth, B.L. & Paul, J.M. (2018). Variability in single digit addition problem-solving speed over time identifies typical, delay and deficit math pathways. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:1498. [Paper].

6. Reeve, R.A., Reynolds, F.J., Paul, J.M. & Butterworth, B.L. (2018). Culture-independent prerequisites for early arithmetic. Psychological Science, 29(9), 1383-1392. [Paper].

5. Major, C.S., Paul, J.M. & Reeve, R.A. (2017). TEMA and dot enumeration profiles predict mental addition problem solving speed longitudinally. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:2263. [Paper].

4. Paul, J.M., Reeve, R.A. & Forte, J.D. (2017) Taking a(c)count of eye movements: Multiple mechanisms underlie fixations during enumeration. Journal of Vision, 17(3):16, 1-14.[Paper].

3. Paul, J.M. & Reeve, R. A. (2016). Relationship between single digit addition strategies and working memory reflects general reasoning sophistication. Learning and Instruction, 42, 113-122.[Paper].

2. Thomas, E., Maruff, P., Paul, J. & Reeve, R. (2016). Spatial sequence memory and spatial error monitoring in the Groton Maze Learning Task (GMLT): A validation study of GMLT sub-measures in healthy children. Child Neuropsychology, 22(7), 837-852. [Paper].

1. Reeve, R. A., Paul, J.M., & Butterworth, B. (2015). Longitudinal changes in young children's 0-100 to 0-1000 number-line error signatures. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:647. [Paper].


Collaborative projects

Basic Numerical Skills Test (Test de habilidades Numéricas Básicas, TNB) - Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil [2022-]

Collaborators: Prof Brian Butterworth, Prof Silvia Figiacone, Inés Zerboni, Lisandro Acuña, A/Prof Robert Reeve, Dr Jacob Paul.

The TNB has been developed with the objective of detecting the level of development of precursors associated with the learning of mathematics (sense of number, estimation, counting) and foundational arithmetic skills (simple arithmetic). It is intended for 5, 6 and 7 year olds, is easily administered via an open-access website.


KU Leuven and University of Melbourne Joint PhD Program [2022-2025]

Collaborators: Prof Bert De Smedt, Prof Lorraine Graham, A/Prof Robert Reeve, Dr Siobhan Merlo, Dr Jacob Paul, Dr Sarah Gray, Dr Cindy Chew, Nathalie Parry.

Understanding heterogeneity in preschoolers at risk for struggling with mathematics learning: profile analyses and dynamic assessments.


FUnctional Numerical Assesment (FUNA) study [2021-]

Collaborators: Rianne Schouten, Prof Pekka Räsänen, A/Prof Wouter Duivesteijn, Prof Mykola Pechenizkiy, Dr Jacob Paul, A/Prof Jose Luna Ariza.

An Exceptional Model Mining approach to further understanding the relation between subitizing and arithmetic performance using an evolutionary algorithm.


Preliminary appraisal of the Australian Numeracy Learning Continuum, submission to the Education Minister [2021]

Collaborators: A/Prof Robert Reeve, Dr Siobhan Merlo, Dr Jacob Paul, Dr Sarah Gray, Dr Cindy Chew.

Preliminary feedback on the Australian Numeracy Continuum in relation to the current Australian ranking on PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment, OECD): general issues linked to current Australian numeracy curricula, curriculum-related factors inhibiting high performance in mathematics, characteristics of numeracy curricula from high-ranking countries, and recommendations for the enhancement of the Australian Numeracy Continuum.