Marina Kilintari

Dr Marina Kilintari

  • Senior Lecturer in Psychology
  • Poole House P256a, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Research

I have two major research interests within the broad field of cognitive neuroscience of voluntary action.

My first interest centres on the interaction of voluntary action with perception and cognition. Within this theme, I attempt to examine how perceptual (e.g., saliency) and/or cognitive factors (e.g., priming) can influence our actions, and conversely, how our voluntary actions can manifest perceptual and cognitive processes (e.g., motivation). I am interested in understanding the neurophysiological correlates of these functions as well as transferring insights gained from these topics to real-world applications with specific focus on health and disease. For example, several neurodegenerative disorders have a clear motor component which is often underexplored compared to the cognitive aspects.

My second interest is the subjective experience of intentionality and sense-of-agency when performing or intending to perform voluntary actions, the factors that might influence this experience as well as the topic of motor cognition that is, how we understand other people’s actions, and how we distinguish ourselves from other actors. In this theme too, I am interested in studying the brain processes underlying these functions, the factors that affect them as well as their application in developmental, neurological and mental health disorders. For example, motor cognition, viewed through the lens of the theory of mind, plays a significant role in autism, while addictions or eating disorders are, at least partially, linked to self-regulation dysfunction...

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Favourites

  • Aydin, T., Parris, B.A., Arabaci, G., Kilintari, M. and Taylor, J., 2024. Trait-level non-clinical ADHD symptoms in a community sample and their association with technology addictions. Current Psychology, 43 (12), 10682-10692.
  • Kilintari, M., Bufacchi, R.J., Novembre, G., Guo, Y., Haggard, P. and Iannetti, G.D., 2018. High-precision voluntary movements are largely independent of preceding vertex potentials elicited by sudden sensory events. Journal of Physiology, 596 (16), 3655-3673.
  • Kilintari, M. and Papanicolaou, A.C., 2017. Imaging the Networks of Voluntary Actions. In: Papanicolaou, A.C., ed. The Oxford Handbook of Functional Brain Imaging in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neurosciences. Oxford University Press.
  • Kilintari, M. and Papanicolaou, A.C., 2017. Imaging the Networks of Motor Cognition. In: Papanicolaou, A.C., ed. The Oxford Handbook of Functional Brain Imaging in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neurosciences. Oxford University Press.
  • Kilintari, M., Raos, V. and Savaki, H.E., 2011. Grasping in the dark activates early visual cortices. Cerebral Cortex, 21 (4), 949-963.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Quality education

"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"

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Gender equality

"Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls"

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Reduced inequalities

"Reduce inequality within and among countries"

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Journal Articles

Chapters

  • Kilintari, M. and Papanicolaou, A., 2018. Απεικόνιση των δικτύων των εκουσίων δράσεων. Λειτουργική Νευροαπεικόιση στην Νευροψυχολογία και στις Γνωσιακές Νευροεπιστήμες. Parisianou.
  • Kilintari, M. and Papanicolaou, A., 2018. Απεικόνιση των δικτύων αναγνωρίσεως των κινήσεων. Λειτουργική Νευροαπεικόιση στην Νευροψυχολογία και στις Γνωσιακές Νευροεπιστήμες. Parisianou.
  • Papanicolaou, A. and Kilintari, M., 2018. Απεικόνιση των δικτύων της γλώσσας. Λειτουργική Νευροαπεικόιση στην Νευροψυχολογία και στις Γνωσιακές Νευροεπιστήμες. Parisianou.
  • Kilintari, M. and Papanicolaou, A.C., 2017. Imaging the Networks of Voluntary Actions. In: Papanicolaou, A.C., ed. The Oxford Handbook of Functional Brain Imaging in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neurosciences. Oxford University Press.
  • Kilintari, M. and Papanicolaou, A.C., 2017. Imaging the Networks of Motor Cognition. In: Papanicolaou, A.C., ed. The Oxford Handbook of Functional Brain Imaging in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neurosciences. Oxford University Press.
  • Papanicolaou, A.C. and Kilintari, M., 2017. Imaging the Networks of Language. The Oxford Handbook of Functional Brain Imaging in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neurosciences. Oxford University Press.
  • Papanicolaou, A.C., Rezaie, R., Narayana, S., Kilintari, M., Choudri, A.F., Boop, F.A. and Wheless, J.W., 2016. Noninvasive Presurgical Functional Mapping. In: Pellock, J.M., Nordli, D.R., Sankar, R. and Wheless, J.W., eds. Pellock's Pediatric Epilepsy Diagnosis and Therapy. Demos Medical Publishing.

Conferences

PhD Students

  • Adam Dennis Eason. The Efficacy of Self-Hypnosis, (In progress)
  • Tuba Aydin. Trait-level inattention and its relationship to technology addictions, (In progress)

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Key Transferable Skills: Presentation and Scientific Writing
  • Research Project Supervision
  • Biological Psychology (Conversion) (Unit Leader)
  • Brain Structure and Function

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Biological Psychology (L5) (Unit Leader)
  • Educational Psychology and Special Educational Needs (L6)
  • Research Project Supervision (L6)
  • Biological and Cognitive Psychology (L4)
  • Neuroimaging (L6)

Grants

  • Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Award (Sapienza University. Rome, Italy) (Erasmus+, 15 May 2023). Completed
  • The effect of agency and feedback on sustained motivation in learning: behavioural and neural underpinnings (QR Fund, 16 Nov 2021). Completed
  • Attribution of action to the correct agent (IDENTITY) (Action “Supporting Postdoctoral Researchers” of the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning”, 01 Mar 2012). Completed

External Responsibilities

Internal Responsibilities

  • Academic Liaison, SUBU Psychology Society
  • Lead, Psychology Department Ethics Panel
  • Ethics Champion, Department of Psychology
  • Member, Science, Technology & Health Research Ethics Panel

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

  • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 15 Mar 2022
  • Somatosensory and Motor Research, 01 Oct 2019
  • Brain Research, 01 Feb 2019
  • Experimental Brain Research, Anonymous peer review, 01 May 2016
  • Journal of Neurophysiology, Anonymous peer review, 01 May 2016

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Soapbox Science
  • Psychology Week, Sixth Form College Farnborough
  • In2STEM (In2scienceUK)

Conference Presentations

  • 48th Annual Meeting Neuroscience, Perception-action patterns revealed by event-related potentials, 03 Nov 2018, San Diego, CA
  • SAN2016, An MEG evaluation of the dual-route model on language, 06 Oct 2016, Corfu, Greece
  • 22nd Annual Meeting of the OHBM, Testing the dual route model of speech processing using MEG, 26 Jun 2016, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 21st OHBM Annual Meeting, Motor cognition: an fMRI study, 14 Jun 2015, Honolulu, HI

Qualifications

  • Higher Education Academy, Fellowship in Teaching & Supporting Learning in HE (2022)
  • BSc (Hons) in Biology (University of Crete, Department of Biology, 2012)
  • PhD in Brain & Mind Sciences (University of Crete, Department of Medicine, 2010)
  • MSc in Optics & Vision (University of Crete, 2006)
  • BSc (Hons) in Optics (Technological Educational Institute of Athens, 2002)