I was awarded a PhD in Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Previously, I completed an MSc in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Aberdeen, UK and a BEng in Electrical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. I have worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, at the University of Ghent in Belgium and at the Donders Institute at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. I have also worked as a research associate at the University of Birmingham, UK. I joined the University of Stirling in September 2017.
My main research focus is the study of joint action, primarily by means of electroencephalography (EEG). I am particularly interested to investigate how people plan to coordinate their actions and whether they form predictive representations of their co-actors' actions that may facilitate the performance of a joint task. I am also interested in other aspects of social cognition, such as joint attention, error processing and action observation in social environments. Further research interests include the study of object affordances and the effect of the direction and consistency of hand preference in motor cognition.
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Mustile M, Kourtis D, Edwards MG, Donaldson DI & Ietswaart M (2024) Neural correlates of motor imagery and execution in real-world dynamic behavior: evidence for similarities and differences. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1412307
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Investigating the Brain Mechanisms of Externally Cued Sit‐to‐Stand Movement in Parkinson's Disease
Mustile M, Kourtis D, Ladouce S, Edwards MG, Volpe D, Pilleri M, Pelosin E, Donaldson DI & Ietswaart M (2024) Investigating the Brain Mechanisms of Externally Cued Sit‐to‐Stand Movement in Parkinson's Disease. Movement Disorders, 39 (9), pp. 1556-1566. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.29889
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Carey LM, Alexandrou G, Ladouce S, Kourtis D, Berchicci M, Hunter AM & Donaldson DI (2024) Commit to your putting stroke: exploring the impact of quiet eye duration and neural activity on golf putting performance. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1424242
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Mustile M, Kourtis D, Edwards MG, Ladouce S, Volpe D, Pilleri M, Pelosin E, Learmonth G, Donaldson DI & Ietswaart M (2023) Characterizing neurocognitive impairments in Parkinson’s disease with mobile EEG when walking and stepping over obstacles. Brain Communications, 5 (6), Art. No.: fcad326. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcad326
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Mustile M, Kourtis D, Edwards MG, Donaldson DI & Ietswaart M (2022) The neural response is heightened when watching a person approaching compared to walking away: Evidence for dynamic social neuroscience. Neuropsychologia, 175, Art. No.: 108352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108352
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Editorial: Behavioral and Neural Bases of Object Affordance Processing and Its Clinical Implications
Kumar S, Bach P & Kourtis D (2021) Editorial: Behavioral and Neural Bases of Object Affordance Processing and Its Clinical Implications. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15 (1), Art. No.: 759377. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.759377
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Mustile M, Kourtis D, Ladouce S, Learmonth G, Donaldson DI, Edwards MG & Ietswaart M (2021) Mobile EEG reveals functionally dissociable dynamic processes supporting real-world ambulatory obstacle avoidance: Evidence for early proactive control. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54 (12), pp. 8106-8119. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15120
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Mustile M, Giocondo F, Caligiore D, Borghi A & Kourtis D (2021) Motor inhibition to dangerous objects: Electrophysiological evidence for task-dependent aversive affordances. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 33 (5), pp. 826-839. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01690
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Making sense of human interaction benefits from communicative cues
Kourtis D, Jacob P, Sebanz N, Sperber D & Knoblich G (2020) Making sense of human interaction benefits from communicative cues. Scientific Reports, 10, Art. No.: 18135. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75283-3
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Evidence for we-representations during joint action planning
Kourtis D, Woźniak M, Sebanz N & Knoblich G (2019) Evidence for we-representations during joint action planning. Neuropsychologia, 131, pp. 73-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.05.029
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Concurrent Cortical Representations of Function- and Size-Related Object Affordances: An fMRI Study
Kourtis D, Vandemaele P & Vingerhoets G (2018) Concurrent Cortical Representations of Function- and Size-Related Object Affordances: An fMRI Study. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 18 (6), p. 1221–1232. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-018-0633-1
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Prioritization of arbitrary faces associated to self: An EEG study
Wozniak M, Kourtis D & Knoblich G (2018) Prioritization of arbitrary faces associated to self: An EEG study. PLoS ONE, 13 (1), Art. No.: e0190679. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190679
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Kourtis D & Vingerhoets G (2016) Evidence for dissociable effects of handedness and consistency of hand preference in allocation of attention and movement planning: An EEG investigation. Neuropsychologia, 93 (Part B), pp. 493-500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.01.023
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It's not just my fault: Neural correlates of feedback processing in solo and joint action
Loehr J, Kourtis D & Brazil I (2015) It's not just my fault: Neural correlates of feedback processing in solo and joint action. Biological Psychology, 111, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.08.004
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Perceiving objects by their function: An EEG study on feature saliency and prehensile affordances
Kourtis D & Vingerhoets G (2015) Perceiving objects by their function: An EEG study on feature saliency and prehensile affordances. Biological Psychology, 110, pp. 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.07.017
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Attention allocation and task representation during joint action planning
Kourtis D, Knoblich G, Wozniak M & Sebanz N (2014) Attention allocation and task representation during joint action planning. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26 (10), pp. 2275-2286. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00634
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Kourtis D, De Saedeleer L & Vingerhoets G (2014) Handedness consistency influences bimanual coordination: A behavioural and electrophysiological investigation. Neuropsychologia, 58, pp. 81-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.04.002
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Monitoring individual and joint action outcomes in duet music performance
Loehr J, Kourtis D, Vesper C, Sebanz N & Knoblich G (2013) Monitoring individual and joint action outcomes in duet music performance. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25 (7), pp. 1049-1061. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00388
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History of interaction and task distribution modulate action simulation
Kourtis D, Knoblich G & Sebanz N (2013) History of interaction and task distribution modulate action simulation. Neuropsychologia, 51 (7), pp. 1240-1247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.04.001
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Predictive representation of other people's actions in joint action planning: An EEG study
Kourtis D, Sebanz N & Knoblich G (2013) Predictive representation of other people's actions in joint action planning: An EEG study. Social Neuroscience, 8 (1), pp. 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2012.694823
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EEG correlates of Fitts's law during preparation for action
Kourtis D, Sebanz N & Knoblich G (2012) EEG correlates of Fitts's law during preparation for action. Psychological Research, 76 (4), pp. 514-524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-012-0418-z
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Favouritism in the motor system: Social interaction modulates action simulation
Kourtis D, Sebanz N & Knoblich G (2010) Favouritism in the motor system: Social interaction modulates action simulation. Biology Letters, 6 (6), pp. 758-761. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0478
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An early parietal ERP component of the frontoparietal system: EDAN ≠ N2pc
Praamstra P & Kourtis D (2010) An early parietal ERP component of the frontoparietal system: EDAN ≠ N2pc. Brain Research, 1317, pp. 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.090
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Praamstra P, Kourtis D & Nazarpour K (2009) Simultaneous preparation of multiple potential movements: Opposing effects of spatial proximity mediated by premotor and parietal cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology, 102 (4), pp. 2084-2095. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00413.2009
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Movement-related changes in cortical excitability: A steady-state SEP approach
Kourtis D, Seiss E & Praamstra P (2008) Movement-related changes in cortical excitability: A steady-state SEP approach. Brain Research, 1244, pp. 113-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2008.09.048
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Maintaining grip: Anticipatory and reactive EEG responses to load perturbations
Kourtis D, Kwok HF, Roach N, Wing A & Praamstra P (2008) Maintaining grip: Anticipatory and reactive EEG responses to load perturbations. Journal of Neurophysiology, 99 (2), pp. 545-553. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.01112.2006
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Cortical control of muscle relaxation: A lateralized readiness potential (LRP) investigation
Pope P, Holton A, Hassan S, Kourtis D & Praamstra P (2007) Cortical control of muscle relaxation: A lateralized readiness potential (LRP) investigation. Clinical Neurophysiology, 118 (5), pp. 1044-1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2007.02.002
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Neurophysiology of implicit timing in serial choice reaction-time performance
Praamstra P, Kourtis D, Kwok HF & Oostenveld R (2006) Neurophysiology of implicit timing in serial choice reaction-time performance. Journal of Neuroscience, 26 (20), pp. 5448-5455. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0440-06.2006
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Spine height and disc height changes as the effect of hyperextension using stadiometry and MRI
Kourtis D, Magnusson M, Smith F, Hadjipavlou A & Pope M (2004) Spine height and disc height changes as the effect of hyperextension using stadiometry and MRI. Iowa Orthopaedic Journal, 24, pp. 65-71. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1888420/
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