Email liz.franz@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 5269
Professor Liz Franz's current research explores psychological and neural processes associated with the action system, using the techniques of MRI, DTI, fMRI, and EEG, combined with laboratory protocols. She is specifically interested in the way the brain organises complex behaviours so that goal-directed actions can occur. In her range of research experience, she has worked with over 20 different neurological disorders of the motor and/or cognitive systems.
Her laboratory has also formed five different support groups for neurological patients in New Zealand (supported by funds from Todd Foundation, Parkinson's New Zealand, Neurological Foundation, and Health Research Council), and she has formed a world-wide support group for people with mirror movements, in association with her Marsden Grant. She has taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels for about 15 years and has supervised over 30 postgraduate degrees at MSc/PhD levels. She is Director of the Cognitive Science Program at Otago (since 2004), and also directs fMRIotago (the first MRI-fMRI research programme in New Zealand (developed in 2000).
Liz joined the Department in 1997 following a PhD in Psychology at Purdue University, and NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowships in Cognitive Neuroscience at UC Berkeley. The latter included two years on a Neurosurgical pallidotomy team in which she worked closely with neurologists and neurosurgeons investigating the neural basis of Parkinson's disease.
Teaching
Research Interests
- Psychological and neural processes associated with action planning and how higher level networks interact with lower networks, using the techniques of MRI, DTI, fMRI, and EEG, combined with laboratory protocols
Find out about Professor Franz's research interests
Selected articles relating to Bimanual Actions
- Bimanual Action Representation
- Action Selection in Special Populations
- The Mirror Neuron System and Imitation
For reference details on Bimanual Actions publications
Publications
Lu, X., Franz, E. A., Robertson, S. P., & Markie, D. (2024). Aberrant connectivity of the lateralized readiness system in non-syndromic Congenital Mirror Movements. Clinical Neurophysiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.08.018 Journal - Research Article
Ginieis, R., Fu, Y., Franz, E. A., & Peng, M. (2023). Contrasting frontal cortical responses to food versus money rewards across BMI groups. Nutritional Neuroscience, 2245212. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1028415X.2023.2245212 Journal - Research Article
Zhang, Y., Li, Y., Shi, Z., & Franz, E. (2022). Does acute exercise benefit emotion regulation? Electrophysiological evidence from affective ratings and implicit emotional effects on cognition. Biological Psychology, 172, 108375. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108375 Journal - Research Article
Miasnikova, A., & Franz, E. A. (2022). Brain dynamics in alpha and beta frequencies underlies response activation during readiness of goal-directed hand movement. Neuroscience Research, 180, 36-47. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2022.03.004 Journal - Research Article
Disbrow, E. A., Glassy, N. D., Dressler, E. M., Russo, K., Franz, E. A., Turner, R. S., … Sigvardt, K. A. (2022). Cortical oscillatory dysfunction in Parkinson disease during movement activation and inhibition. PLoS ONE, 17(3), e0257711. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257711 Journal - Research Article
2024
Journal - Research Article
Lu, X., Franz, E. A., Robertson, S. P., & Markie, D. (2024). Aberrant connectivity of the lateralized readiness system in non-syndromic Congenital Mirror Movements. Clinical Neurophysiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.08.018
2023
Journal - Research Article
Ginieis, R., Fu, Y., Franz, E. A., & Peng, M. (2023). Contrasting frontal cortical responses to food versus money rewards across BMI groups. Nutritional Neuroscience, 2245212. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1028415X.2023.2245212
2022
Journal - Research Article
Zhang, Y., Li, Y., Shi, Z., & Franz, E. (2022). Does acute exercise benefit emotion regulation? Electrophysiological evidence from affective ratings and implicit emotional effects on cognition. Biological Psychology, 172, 108375. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108375
Miasnikova, A., & Franz, E. A. (2022). Brain dynamics in alpha and beta frequencies underlies response activation during readiness of goal-directed hand movement. Neuroscience Research, 180, 36-47. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2022.03.004
Disbrow, E. A., Glassy, N. D., Dressler, E. M., Russo, K., Franz, E. A., Turner, R. S., … Sigvardt, K. A. (2022). Cortical oscillatory dysfunction in Parkinson disease during movement activation and inhibition. PLoS ONE, 17(3), e0257711. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257711
2021
Journal - Research Article
Ginieis, R., Abeywickrema, S., Oey, I., Franz, E. A., Perry, T., Keast, R. S. J., & Peng, M. (2021). The role of an individual's olfactory discriminability in influencing snacking and habitual energy intake. Appetite, 167, 105646. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105646
Neo, P. S.-H., Mayne, T., Fu, X., Huang, Z., & Franz, E. A. (2021). Crosstalk disrupts the production of motor imagery brain signals in brain-computer interfaces. Health Information Science & Systems, 9, 13. doi: 10.1007/s13755-021-00142-y
Manan, H. A., Franz, E. A., & Yahya, N. (2021). The utilisation of resting-state fMRI as a pre-operative mapping tool in patients with brain tumours in comparison to task-based fMRI and intraoperative mapping: A systematic review. European Journal of Cancer Care, 30, e13428. doi: 10.1111/ecc.13428
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dovenberg, E., Franz, L., & Miyahara, M. (2021). Experiences of autistic secondary schools participating in a weekly sports programme: A proposed study. Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. (pp. 25). [Abstract]
2020
Journal - Research Article
Manan, H. A., Franz, E. A., & Yahya, N. (2020). Functional connectivity changes in patients with brain tumours: A systematic review on resting state-fMRI. Neurology, Psychiatry & Brain Research, 36, 73-82. doi: 10.1016/j.npbr.2020.03.003
Manan, H. A., Franz, E. A., & Yahya, N. (2020). Utilization of functional MRI language paradigms for pre-operative mapping: A systematic review. Neuroradiology, 62, 353-367. doi: 10.1007/s00234-019-02322-w
Journal - Research Other
Franz, E. A. (2020). Characterizing the phenotypes of congenital mirror movements and other rare genetic disorders. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 62(6), 669. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14509
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dovenberg, L., Franz, L., & Miyahara, M. (2020). Fun and meaningful movement: A survey on sports and exercise in individuals with ASD. Proceedings of the Psycolloquy Symposium. (pp. 19). Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of Psychology, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/psychology/research/otago059081.html
Ginieis, R., Abeywickrema, S., Franz, L., Keast, R., & Peng, M. (2020). Searching for a personalised index of hedonic eating. Proceedings of the Psycolloquy Symposium. (pp. 6). Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of Psychology, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/psychology/research/otago059081.html
2019
Journal - Research Article
Trevis, K. J., McTavish, E., Winter, T., Fu, Y., McTavish, J., Wilson, B., … Franz, E. A. (2019). Harnessing the brain’s neuro-compensatory processes: Lessons from a high-functioning person with complete agenesis of the corpus callosum. Arzneimittel-Forschung, 3, 120-131. doi: 10.46278/j.ncacn.20190513
2018
Journal - Research Article
Hammond-Tooke, G. D., Tallabs Grajeda, F., Macrorie, H., & Franz, E. A. (2018). Response inhibition in patients with functional neurological symptom disorder. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 56, 38-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.08.005
Ginieis, R., Franz, E. A., Oey, I., & Peng, M. (2018). The “sweet” effect: Comparative assessments of dietary sugars on cognitive performance. Physiology & Behavior, 184, 242-247. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.12.010
Fielding, A., Fu, Y., & Franz, E. A. (2018). The brain's reward response occurs even without actual reward! Journal of Gambling Studies, 34(2), 449-463. doi: 10.1007/s10899-017-9721-3
Journal - Research Other
Franz, E. A., & Fu, Y. (2018). Reply to “Movement-related neural processing in people with congenital mirror movements beyond the (cortical) surface”. Clinical Neurophysiology, 129(3), 709-710. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.12.036
2017
Journal - Research Article
Manan, H. A., Yusoff, A. N., Franz, E. A., & Mukari, S. Z.-M. S. (2017). Effects of aging and background babble noise on speech perception processing: An fMRI study. Neurophysiology, 49(2), 441-452. doi: 10.1007/s11062-018-9707-5
Méneret, A., Franz, E. A., Trouillard, O., Oliver, T. C., Zagar, Y., Robertson, S. P., … Gardner, R. J. M., … Jasoni, C. L., … Markie, D. (2017). Mutations in the netrin-1 gene cause congenital mirror movements. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 127(11), 3923-3936. doi: 10.1172/jci95442
Franz, E. A., & Fu, Y. (2017). Pre-movement planning processes in people with congenital mirror movements. Clinical Neurophysiology, 128(10), 1985-1993. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.07.412
Moore, M. R., & Franz, E. A. (2017). Resting-state mu activity modulations are associated with aloofness. Personality & Individual Differences, 116, 366-371. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.05.026
Glendining, K. A., Markie, D., Gardner, R. J. M., Franz, E. A., Robertson, S. P., & Jasoni, C. L. (2017). A novel role for the DNA repair gene Rad51 in Netrin-1 signalling. Scientific Reports, 7, 39823. doi: 10.1038/srep39823
Moore, M. R., & Franz, E. A. (2017). Mu rhythm suppression is associated with the classification of emotion in faces. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 17(1), 224-234. doi: 10.3758/s13415-016-0476-6
2016
Journal - Research Article
Bednark, J. G., Reynolds, J. N. J., Stafford, T., Redgrave, P., & Franz, E. A. (2016). Action experience and action discovery in medicated individuals with Parkinson's disease. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10, 427. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00427
Debnath, R., & Franz, E. A. (2016). Perception of hand movement by mirror reflection evokes brain activation in the motor cortex contralateral to a non-moving hand. Cortex, 81, 118-125. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.04.015
Gillett, G., & Franz, E. (2016). Evolutionary neurology, responsive equilibrium, and the moral brain. Consciousness & Cognition, 45, 245-250. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.09.011
2015
Journal - Research Article
Manan, H. A., Franz, E. A., Yusoff, A. N., & Mukari, S. Z.-M. S. (2015). The effects of aging on the brain activation pattern during a speech perception task: An fMRI study. Aging Clinical & Experimental Research, 27(1), 27-36. doi: 10.1007/s40520-014-0240-0
Franz, E. A., Chiaroni-Clarke, R., Woodrow, S., Glendining, K. A., Jasoni, C. L., Robertson, S. P., Gardner, R. J. M., & Markie, D. (2015). Congenital mirror movements: Phenotypes associated with DCC and RAD51 mutations. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 351(1-2), 140-145. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.03.006
Manan, H. A., Franz, E. A., Yusoff, A. N., & Mukari, S. Z.-M. S. (2015). Aging effects on working memory: Fronto-parietal network involvement on tasks involving speech stimuli. Neurology, Psychiatry & Brain Research, 21(1), 64-72. doi: 10.1016/j.npbr.2014.09.001
2014
Journal - Research Article
Gong, X., Fu, Y., Wang, D., Franz, E., & Long, Z. (2014). Remoteness modulates the effects of emotional valence on the neural network of autobiographical memory in older females. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 79(1), 23-54. doi: 10.2190/AG.79.1.b
McCarthy, P., Benuskova, L., & Franz, E. A. (2014). The age-related posterior-anterior shift as revealed by voxelwise analysis of functional brain networks. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 6, 301. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00301
Fisher, S. D., Gray, J. P., Black, M. J., Davies, J. R., Bednark, J. G., Redgrave, P., Franz, E. A., Abraham, W. C., & Reynolds, J. N. J. (2014). A behavioral task for investigating action discovery, selection and switching: Comparison between types of reinforcer. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8, 398. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00398
Yusoff, A. N., Manan, H. A., Mukari, S. Z.-M. S., Hamid, K. A., & Franz, E. A. (2014). Brain activation and psychophysiologic interaction in association with a phonological working memory task. Modern Applied Science, 8(5), 97-114. doi: 10.5539/mas.v8n5p97
Manan, H. A., Franz, E. A., Yusoff, A. N., & Mukari, S. Z.-M. S. (2014). Age-related brain activation during forward and backward verbal memory tasks. Neurology, Psychiatry & Brain Research, 20(4), 76-86. doi: 10.1016/j.npbr.2014.08.001
Fu, Y., & Franz, E. A. (2014). Viewer perspective in the mirroring of actions. Experimental Brain Research, 232(11), 3665-3674. doi: 10.1007/s00221-014-4042-6
Bednark, J. G., & Franz, E. A. (2014). Agency attribution: Event-related potentials and outcome monitoring. Experimental Brain Research, 232(4), 1117-1126. doi: 10.1007/s00221-014-3821-4
Regenbrecht, H., Hoermann, S., Ott, C., Müller, L., & Franz, E. (2014). Manipulating the experience of reality for rehabilitation applications. Proceedings of the IEEE, 102(2), 170-184. doi: 10.1109/jproc.2013.2294178
Woods, A. M., Nowostawski, M., Franz, E. A., & Purvis, M. (2014). Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor classification on mobile device. Pervasive & Mobile Computing, 13, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.pmcj.2013.10.002
Journal - Research Other
Winter, T. J., & Franz, E. A. (2014). Implication of the anterior commissure in the allocation of attention to action [Perspective article]. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 432. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00432
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Treharne, G., Wilson, M., Goh, R., Naldoza Drake, P., & Franz, E. (2014, August). Validation of a novel accelerometry measure of rheumatoid arthritis patients' dexterity and a theoretical model of psychosocial predictors of dexterity. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Wilson, M., Treharne, G., Goh, R., Naldoza-Drake, P., & Franz, E. (2014, August). Measurement of rheumatoid arthritis patients’ dexterity: A protocol for validation of a novel accelerometry measure and a theoretical model of psychosocial predictors of dexterity. Verbal presentation at the University of Otago Arthritis Research Theme Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2013
Journal - Research Article
Manan, H. A., Yusoff, A. N., Franz, E. A., & Mukari, S. Z.-M. S. (2013). The effects of background noise on brain activity using speech stimuli on healthy young adults. Neurology, Psychiatry & Brain Research, 19(4), 207-215. doi: 10.1016/j.npbr.2013.09.002
Manan, H. A., Franz, E. A., Yusoff, A. N., & Mukari, S. Z.-M. S. (2013). Age-related laterality shifts in auditory and attention networks with normal ageing: Effects on a working memory task. Neurology, Psychiatry & Brain Research, 19(4), 180-191. doi: 10.1016/j.npbr.2013.09.001
Disbrow, E. A., Sigvardt, K. A., Franz, E. A., Turner, R. S., Russo, K. A., Hinkley, L. B., … Malhado-Chang, N. (2013). Movement activation and inhibition in Parkinson's disease: A functional imaging study. Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 3(2), 181-192. doi: 10.3233/jpd-130181
Bednark, J. G., Reynolds, J. N. J., Stafford, T., Redgrave, P., & Franz, E. A. (2013). Creating a movement heuristic for voluntary action: Electrophysiological correlates of movement-outcome learning. Cortex, 49(3), 771-780. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.12.005
Journal - Research Other
Gillett, G., & Franz, E. (2013). John Hughlings Jackson: Bridging theory and clinical observation. Lancet, 381(9866), 528-529. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60268-8
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Fu, Y., & Franz, L. (2013). The involvement of mirror neuron system in visual perspective taking during action memory encoding. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2013.212.00111
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
McCarthy, P., Benuskova, L., & Franz, E. (2013). Functional network analysis of aging and Alzheimer's disease: Results [Technical Report OUCS-2013-12]. Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of Computer Science, University of Otago. 17p.
Other Research Output
Franz, L. (2013, October). The hands: A window to the brain. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].
2012
Journal - Research Article
Manan, H. A., Franz, E. A., Yusoff, A. N., & Mukari, S. Z.-M. S. (2012). Hippocampal-cerebellar involvement in enhancement of performance in word-based BRT with the presence of background noise: An initial fMRI study. Psychology & Neuroscience, 5(2), 247-256. doi: 10.3922/ j.psns.2012.2.16
Franz, E. A. (2012). The allocation of attention to learning of goal-directed actions: A cognitive neuroscience framework focusing on the basal ganglia. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 535. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00535
Hoermann, S., Franz, E. A., & Regenbrecht, H. (2012). Referred sensations elicited by video-mediated mirroring of hands. PLoS ONE, 7(12), e50942. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050942
Amer, M., Hubert, G., Sullivan, S. J., Herbison, P., Franz, E. A., & Hammond-Tooke, G. D. (2012). Reliability and diagnostic characteristics of clinical tests of upper limb motor function. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 19(9), 1246-1251. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.12.007
Regenbrecht, H., Hoermann, S., McGregor, G., Dixon, B., Franz, E., Ott, C., Hale, L., … Hoermann, J. (2012). Visual manipulations for motor rehabilitation. Computers & Graphics, 36(7), 819-834. doi: 10.1016/j.cag.2012.04.012
Lucas, S. J. E., Ainslie, P. N., Murrell, C. J., Thomas, K. N., Franz, E. A., & Cotter, J. D. (2012). Effect of age on exercise-induced alterations in cognitive executive function: Relationship to cerebral perfusion. Experimental Gerontology, 47(8), 541-551. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.12.002
Regenbrecht, H. T., Franz, E. A., McGregor, G., Dixon, B. G., & Hoermann, S. (2012). Beyond the looking glass: Fooling the brain with the augmented mirror box. Presence [2011], 20(6), 559-576. doi: 10.1162/PRES_a_00082
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Fu, Y., & Franz, E. A. (2012). Visual perspective effects on action memory encoding and retrieval for two levels of action. Proceedings of the Psycolloquy Seminar. (pp. 24). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/psychology/otago039512.pdf
Jaquiery, B., Healey, D., & Franz, E. A. (2012). Attentional lapses, rather than executive functioning deficits, may explain ADHD task performance. Proceedings of the Psycolloquy Seminar. (pp. 17). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/psychology/otago039512.pdf
McCarthy, P., Benuskova, L., & Franz, E. (2012). Effect of aging and dementia on functional connectivity: Graph theoretical analysis of fMRI data. In B. Leitch & J. Shemmell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 30, (pp. 38). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/Abstracts2012.html
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Franz, L. (2012, July). Neuroimaging and cognitive neuroscience. Verbal presentation at the Neuroscience and Mental Disorder Conference in association with the 15th International Philosophy and Psychiatry Conference: Culture and Mental Health, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2011
Journal - Research Article
Ramakonar, H., Franz, E. A., & Lind, C. R. P. (2011). The rubber hand illusion and its application to clinical neuroscience. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 18(12), 1596-1601. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.05.008
Franz, E. A., & Gillett, G. (2011). John Hughlings Jackson's evolutionary neurology: A unifying framework for cognitive neuroscience. Brain, 134, 3114-3120. doi: 10.1093/brain/awr218
Hughes, C. M. L., Haddad, J. M., Franz, E. A., Zelaznik, H. N., & Ryu, J. H. (2011). Physically coupling two objects in a bimanual task alters kinematics but not end-state comfort. Experimental Brain Research, 211(2), 219-229. doi: 10.1007/s00221-011-2673-4
Franz, E. A., & Miller, J. O. (2011). Are the basal ganglia critical in producing redundancy gain effects on simple sensorimotor responses? An investigation on the effects of Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychologia, 49(5), 1267-1274. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.02.011
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Regenbrecht, H., McGregor, G., Ott, C., Hoermann, S., Schubert, T., Hale, L., Hoermann, J., Dixon, B., & Franz, E. (2011). Out of reach? A novel AR interface approach for motor rehabilitation. Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR). (pp. 219-228). doi: 10.1109/ISMAR.2011.6092389
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Franz, E. (2011). Conceptual unifying constraints reduce interference on bimanual actions. Proceedings of the Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS) Sensorimotor Satellite Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.sensorimotorcontrolmeeting.org
Scott, R., Hyland, B., Hammond-Tooke, G., Franz, L., Shemmell, J., & Anson, G. (2011). Distinct neural mechanisms underlie movement deficits in conversion and feigned paresis. Proceedings of the Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS) Sensorimotor Satellite Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.sensorimotorcontrolmeeting.org
McCarthy, P., Benuskova, L., & Franz, L. (2011). Characterisation of Alzheimer's disease using graph theoretical analysis of fMRI data. Proceedings of the 5th Australian Workshop on Computational Neuroscience. (pp. 15). Australia: University of Western Sydney. Retrieved from http://marcs.uws.edu.au/rescom//resources/AWCN%20Abstract%20Booklet_FINAL%20for%20website.pdf
Goei, J., Franz, E. A., & Hammond-Tooke, G. (2011). A blue G and a G in blue: The involvement of associative memory in synaesthesia. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 29th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 29, 6.6. AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/abstracts/abstracts2011.html
Sprecher, K. E., & Franz, E. A. (2011). Do musicians hear music differently? Effects of expertise on auditory processing. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 29th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 29, 6.3. AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/abstracts/abstracts2011.html
Bednark, J. G., Franz, E. A., & Reynolds, J. N. J. (2011). Altered performance monitoring and enhanced outcome evaluation in medicated participants with Parkinson's disease. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 29th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 29, 2.3. AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/abstracts/abstracts2011.html
Bednark, J. G., Reynolds, J. N. J., Stafford, T., Redgrave, P., & Franz, E. A. (2011). Electrophysiological correlates of ideomotor learning. Psychophysiology, 48(Suppl. 1), (pp. S39). doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01259.x
2010
Journal - Research Article
Franz, E. A., & McCormick, R. (2010). Conceptual unifying constraints override sensorimotor interference during anticipatory control of bimanual actions. Experimental Brain Research, 205(2), 273-282. doi: 10.1007/s00221-010-2365-5
Hammond-Tooke, G. D., Goei, J., du Plessis, L. J., & Franz, E. A. (2010). Concussion causes transient dysfunction in cortical inhibitory networks but not the corpus callosum. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 17(3), 315-319. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.06.026
Wartenburger, I., Kühn, E., Sassenberg, U., Foth, M., Franz, E. A., & van der Meer, E. (2010). On the relationship between fluid intelligence, gesture production, and brain structure. Intelligence, 38(1), 193-201. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2009.11.001
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hoermann, S., Regenbrecht, H., Franz, L., & Dixon, B. (2010). Manipulation of limb perception using augmented reflection technology. Proceedings of the Information Science Postgraduate Day. (pp. 43-44). Retrieved from http://infosci.otago.ac.nz/information-science-postgrad-day-2010/
Scott, R. L., Hyland, B. I., Hammond-Tooke, G. D., Franz, E. A., & Anson, J. G. (2010). Feigned paresis affects behaviour but not neuromotor preparatory activity. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 28th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 28, (pp. 54). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/Abstracts2010.htm
Major, M., Bednark, J., & Franz, E. A. (2010). The neural correlates of motor inhibition in autism. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 28th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 28, (pp. 55). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/Abstracts2010.htm
Scott, R. L., Hyland, B. I., Hammond-Tooke, G. D., Franz, E. A., & Anson, J. G. (2010). Neural mechanisms of impaired volitional movement in conversion disorder. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 40th Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/Plan/SSResults.aspx
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Hammond-Tooke, G., Heaton, J., Tallabs Grajeda, F., Endo, K., Herbison, P., & Franz, E. (2010, October-November). Modification of ipsilateral reaction times by 1 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex. Poster session presented at the 29th International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Kobe, Japan.
2009
Chapter in Book - Research
Markošova, M., Franz, L., & Beňuškova, L. (2009). Topology of brain functional networks: Towards the role of genes. In M. Köppen, N. Kasabov & G. Coghill (Eds.), Advances in neuro-information processing: Lecture notes in computer science (Vol. 5506). (pp. 111-118). Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-02490-0_14
Journal - Research Article
Hughes, C. M. L., Haddad, J. M., Franz, E. A., & Zelaznik, H. N. (2009). Effects of object coupling on bimanual end-state comfort: Interlimb dependency does not affect end-state comfort. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 31(Suppl.), S71-S72.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, R. L., Hyland, B. I., Hammond-Tooke, G. D., Franz, E. A., & Anson, J. G. (2009). Conversion disorder and motor preparation: Preliminary findings. In R. Napper (Ed.), Proceedings of the 27th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 27, (pp. 30). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/Abstracts2009.htm
Bednark, J. G., Franz, E. A., & Reynolds, J. N. J. (2009). Tracking the learning of actions: Evaluation of the P3a component. In R. Napper (Ed.), Proceedings of the 27th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 27, (pp. 22). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/Abstracts2009.htm
Lucas, S. J. E., Ainslie, P. N., Murrell, C. J., Thomas, K. N., Franz, E. A., & Cotter, J. D. (2009). Role of brain perfusion and oxygenation in exercise-induced improvements in cognition. Proceedings of the New Zealand Sports Medicine+Science Conference. (pp. 56). Dunedin, New Zealand: Sports Medicine New Zealand. [Abstract]
Bednark, J. G., Franz, E. A., Stafford, T., Redgrave, P., & Reynolds, J. N. J. (2009). Tracking the learning of actions: An evaluation of the frontal P3a component. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 39th Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/plan/AdvancedSearch.aspx
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Snelgrove, G., & Franz, E. A. (2009, November). Intermanual skill transfer: Comparing rubber-stamp and carbon-copy transfer. Verbal presentation at the Psycolloquy Seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Goei, J., Franz, E. A., & Hammond-Tooke, G. (2009, November). Bidirectional synaesthesia: Does it really exist? Verbal presentation at the Psycolloquy Seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Bednark, J. G., Franz, E. A., & Reynolds, J. N. J. (2009, November). Event-related potentials in people with Parkinson's disease during action-outcome learning. Verbal presentation at the Psycolloquy Seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Franz, L., & Bednark, J. (2009, June). Optimizing brain health and behaviour in people with Parkinson's disease. Verbal presentation at the Brain Health and Repair Research Centre Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2008
Journal - Research Article
Franz, E. A., Sebastian, A., Hust, C., & Norris, T. (2008). Viewer perspective affects central bottleneck requirements in spatial translation tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 34(2), 398-412.
Hughes, C. M. L., & Franz, E. A. (2008). Goal-related planning constraints in bimanual grasping and placing of objects. Experimental Brain Research, 188(4), 541-550.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hammond-Tooke, G. D., Franz, E. A., Sebastian, A., Oliver, J., Fulton, J., & Watts, R. (2008). The neurobiology of hysteria and malingering: An fMRI study. In J. G. Anson (Ed.), Proceedings of the 26th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 26, (pp. 49). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/2008Abstracts.pdf
Franz, E. A., Hammond-Tooke, G., Oliver, J., Fulton, J., & Watts, R. (2008). A functional MRI study of recovery and reorganization following unilateral cerebellar stroke. In J. G. Anson (Ed.), Proceedings of the 26th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 26, (pp. 48). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/2008Abstracts.pdf
Bednark, J. G., Franz, E. A., & Reynolds, J. N. J. (2008). Tracking the learning of novel actions and action selection: A behavioural analysis of dopamine depletion. In J. G. Anson (Ed.), Proceedings of the 26th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 26, (pp. 19). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/2008Abstracts.pdf
2007
Journal - Research Article
Franz, E. A., Ford, S., & Werner, S. (2007). Brain and cognitive processes of imitation in bimanual situations: Making inferences about mirror neuron systems. Brain Research, 1145, 138-149.
Franz, E. A., & Fahey, S. (2007). Developmental change in interhemispheric communication: Evidence from bimanual cost. Psychological Science, 18(12), 1030-1031.
Hughes, C. M. L., & Franz, E. A. (2007). Experience-dependent effects in unimanual and bimanual reaction time tasks in musicians. Journal of Motor Behavior, 39(1), 3-8.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Franz, E. A. (2007). Considering general organizational principles for dorsal-ventral systems within an action framework [Open peer commentary]. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 30(2), 207-208. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X0700146X
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hinkley, L. B., Rao, R. R., Guggisberg, A., Franz, E. A., Sigvardt, K. A., Nagarajan, S. S., & Disbrow, E. A. (2007). Early activity in pre-frontal cortex during task-switching is specialized for manual response activation and inhibition. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 37th Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/viewer/SearchResults.asp
Lowenthal, M. E., Franz, E. A., Turner, R. S., Nagarajan, S. S., Wheelock, V., Sigvardt, K. A., & Disbrow, E. A. (2007). Task activation and inhibition in Parkinson's disease. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 37th Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/viewer/SearchResults.asp
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Liddle, M., Knott, A., Franz, L., & Robins, A. (2007, November). Perceptual memory for visually tracked objects. Verbal presentation at the Psycolloquy Seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Franz, L. (2007, November). A laboratory and fMRI investigation into neural compensatory processes following stroke. Verbal presentation at the Psycolloquy Seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2006
Chapter in Book - Research
Franz, E. A. (2006). Converging evidence of the Basal Ganglia's role in focused action selection and inhibition of competing information. In E. Bezard (Ed.), Recent breakthroughs in Basal Ganglia research. (pp. 227-239). New York: Nova Science.
Journal - Research Other
Franz, E. A., & Hayne, H. (2006). The preservation of academic freedom: Tenure is not enough [Commentary]. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 29, 576-577.
2005
Journal - Research Article
Shook, S. K., Franz, E. A., Higginson, C. I., Wheelock, V. L., & Sigvardt, K. A. (2005). Dopamine dependency of cognitive switching and response repetition effects in Parkinson's patients. Neuropsychologia, 43, 1990-1999.
Shen, Y.-C., & Franz, E. A. (2005). Hemispheric competition in left-handers on bimanual reaction time tasks. Journal of Motor Behavior, 37(1), 3-9.
Smith, M., Franz, E. A., Joy, S. M., & Whitehead, K. (2005). Superior performance of blind compared with sighted individuals on bimanual estimations of object size [Research Report]. Psychological Science, 16(1), 11-14.
Miller, J. O., & Franz, E. A. (2005). Dissociation of bimanual responses with the Simon effect: On the nonunitization of bimanual responses. Journal of Motor Behavior, 37(2), 146-156.
Miller, K., & Franz, E. A. (2005). Bimanual gestures: Expressions of spatial representations that accompany speech processes. Laterality, 10(3), 243-265. doi: 10.1080/13576500442000067
2004
Journal - Research Article
Machado, L., & Franz, E. (2004). Effects of unilateral distractors: A comparison of eye movement and key press responses. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A, 57(7), 1173-1190.
Franz, E. A., & Packman, T. (2004). Fooling the brain into thinking it sees both hands moving enhances bimanual spatial coupling. Experimental Brain Research, 157(2), 174-180.
Franz, E. A. (2004). Attentional distribution of task parameters to the two hands during bimanual performance of right- and left-handers. Journal of Motor Behavior, 36(1), 71-81.
Journal - Research Other
Franz, E. A. (2004). On the perceptual control of bimanual performance [Commentary]. Journal of Motor Behavior, 36(4), 380-381.
2003
Chapter in Book - Research
Franz, E. A. (2003). Bimanual action representation: A window on human evolution. In S. H. Johnson-Frey (Ed.), Taking action: Cognitive neuroscience perspectives on intentional acts. (pp. 259-288). London: MIT.
Journal - Research Other
Franz, E. A., & Rowse, A. J. (2003). Handedness is not the only factor that determines hand lead in bimanual tasks [Response to comment]. Journal of Motor Behavior, 35(4), 411-414.
2002
Journal - Research Article
Franz, E. A., Rowse, A., & Ballantine, B. (2002). Does handedness determine which hand leads in a bimanual task? Journal of Motor Behavior, 34(4), 402-412.
Franz, E. A., & Miller, J. (2002). Effects of response readiness on reaction time and force output in people with Parkinson's disease. Brain, 125, 1733-1750.
2001
Journal - Research Article
Franz, E. A., Zelaznik, H. N., Swinnen, S. P., & Walter, C. B. (2001). Spatial conceptual influences on the coordination of bimanual actions: When a dual task becomes a single task. Journal of Motor Behavior, 33(1), 103-112.
2000
Journal - Research Article
Franz, E. A., Waldie, K., & Smith, M. J. (2000). The effect of callosotomy on novel versus familiar bimanual actions: A neural dissociation between controlled and automatic processes? Psychological Science, 11(1), 82-85.
1998
Journal - Research Article
Ivry, R. B., Franz, E. A., Kingstone, A., & Johnston, J. C. (1998). The psychological refractory period effect following callosotomy: Uncoupling of lateralized response codes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 24(2), 463-480.
Franz, E. A., & Ramachandran, V. S. (1998). Bimanual coupling in amputees with phantom limbs. Nature Neuroscience, 1(6), 443-444.
Swinnen, S. P., Jardin, K., Verschueren, S., Meulenbroek, R., Franz, E. A., Dounskaia, N., & Walter, C. B. (1998). Exploring interlimb constraints during bimanual graphic performance: Effects of muscle grouping and direction. Behavioural Brain Research, 90, 79-87.
1997
Journal - Research Article
Zelaznik, H. N., Smith, A., Franz, E. A., & Ho, M. (1997). Differences in bimanual coordination associated with stuttering. Acta Psychologica, 96(3), 229-243.
Franz, E. A. (1997). Spatial coupling in the coordination of complex actions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A, 50A(3), 684-704.
1996
Journal - Research Article
Franz, E. A., Eliassen, J. C., Ivry, R. B., & Gazzaniga, M. S. (1996). Dissociation of spatial and temporal coupling in the bimanual movements of callosotomy patients. Psychological Science, 7(5), 306-310.
Grondin, S., Ivry, R. B., Franz, E. A., Perreault, L., & Metthe, L. (1996). Markers' influence on the duration discrimination of intermodal intervals. Perception & Psychophysics, 58(3), 424-433.
Franz, E. A., Ivry, R. B., & Helmuth, L. L. (1996). Reduced timing variability in patients with unilateral cerebellar lesions during bimanual movements. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 8(2), 107-118.