I started at Australian Catholic University in January 2012 as National Head, School of Psychology, and now have a research focus as Professor of Developmental Psychology and Program Lead, Development and Disability Over the Lifespan, Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre, https://www.acu.edu.au/research/our-research-institutes/healthy-brain-and-mind-research-centre. Before that I spent 12 years in the Discipline of Psychology at RMIT University where I was Research Coordinator in Psychology between 2005 and 2009, and more recently, Deputy Head (Research and Innovation) in the School of Health Sciences.  Prior to that I was a Lecturer in the School of Psychological Science at La Trobe University between 1996 and 1999.  I have a strong research interest in motor and cognitive development in children, with particular expertise in neurodevelopmental disorders of movement (esp. DCD and CP) and innovation in virtual rehabilitation using new technologies like virtual reality. The latter covers rehabilitation of movement and cognition in children and adults with brain injury, and in neurodevelopmental disorders. Our clinically-validated and award-winning Elements DNA (EDNA) system is currently being piloted for commercial use as a rehab device under the NDIS and elsewhere, www.dynamicneuralarts.com.au 
Published journal articles (last 10 years) |
McGuckian, T., Wilson, P.H. et al. (In Press). Development of complex executive function over childhood: Longitudinal growth curve modelling of performance on the Groton Maze Learning Task. Child Development.
Pike, A., McGuckian, T.B., Steenbergen, B., Cole, M.H., & Wilson, P.H. (2023). How Reliable and Valid are Dual-Task Cost Metrics? A Meta-Analysis of Locomotor-Cognitive Dual-Task Paradigms. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,104(2), 302-314.
Lum, J. et al. (2023). Neural basis of implicit motor sequence learning: Modulation of cortical power. Psychophysiology, 60(2), e14179.
Lust, J. et al. (2022). The subtypes of Developmental Coordination Disorder. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 64(11), 1366-1374. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15260
Small, R., Wong, D., Wilson, P.H., & Rogers, J. (2022). Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How: Systematic review of the quality of post-stroke cognitive rehabilitation protocols. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine,65(5),101623. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2021.101623
Subara-Zukic et al. (2022). Behavioural and Neuroimaging Research on Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD): A combined systematic review and meta-analysis on recent findings. Frontiers in Psychology,13, Article 809455.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.809455 C125
Wilson, P. et al. (2021). Home-based (virtual) rehabilitation improves motor and cognitive function for stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial of the Elements (EDNA-22) system. Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, 18(1), Article 165.
Rogers, J., Jensen, J., Valderrama, J., Johnstone, S., & Wilson, P.H. (2021). Single-channel EEG measurement of engagement in virtual rehabilitation&mdashA validation study. Virtual Reality, 25(2), 357-366.
Rogers, J. Mumford, N., et al. (2021). Co-located (multi-user) virtual rehabilitation of acquired brain injury: Feasibility of the Resonance system for upper-limb training. Virtual Reality, 25(3), 719-730. DOI: 10.1007/s10055-020-00486-y.
Clemente, A., Domínguez, J.F., Imms, P., Burmester, A., Dhollander, T., Wilson, P.H., Poudel, P., & Caeyenberghs, K. (2021). Individual differences in attentional lapses are associated with fibre-specific white matter microstructure in healthy adults. Psychophysiology, 58, e13871.
Imms, P., Dominguez, J.F., Burmester, A., Seguin, C., Clemente, A., D&rsquoHollander, T., Wilson, P.H., Poudel, G., Caeyenberghs, K. (2021). Navigating the link between processing speed and network communication in the human brain. Brain Structure and Function, 226(4), 1281-1302.
Wilson, P.H., Ruddock, S., Rahimi-Golkhandan, S., Piek, J., Sugden, D., Green, D. & Steenbergen, B. (2020). Cognitive and motor function in Developmental Coordination Disorder. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology,62(11),1317-1323.  DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14612
Cavalcante Neto, J.L., Steenbergen, B., Wilson, P.H., Zamunér, A.R. & Tudella, E. (2020).  Is Wii-based motor training better than matched task-specific training for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder? A randomized controlled trial. Disability and Rehabilitation,42(18), 2611-2620. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1572794
Blank, R., Barnett, A., Cairney, J., Green, D., Kirby, A., Polatajko, H., Rosenblum, S., Smits-Engelsman, B., Sugden, D., Wilson, P., & Vinçon, S. (2019). International clinical practice guidelines on the defintion, diagnosis, assessment, intervention and psychosocial aspects of DCD. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 61(3), 242-285. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.14132
Caeyenberghs, K., Duprat, R., Leemans, A., Hosseini, H., Wilson, P.H., Klooster, D., & Baeken, C. (2019). Accelerated theta burst stimulation in major depression induces decreases in modularity: A connectome analysis. Network Neuroscience, 3(1), 157-172. https://doi.org/10.1162/netn_a_00060
Lust, J., Spruijt, S., Wilson, P.H., & Steenbergen, B. (2018). Motor planning in children with cerebral palsy - A longitudinal perspective. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 40, 559-566.  doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2017.1387645
Smits-Engelsman, B.C.M., Vincon, S., Blank, R., Quadrado, V., Polatajko, H.J., & Wilson, P.H. (2018). Evaluating the evidence for motor-based interventions in developmental coordination disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 74, 72-102.  doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2018.01.002
Caeyenberghs, K., Clemente, A., Imms, P., Egan, G., Hocking, D.R., Leemans, A., Metzler-Baddeley, C., Jones, D.K., & Wilson, P.H. (2018).  Evidence for Training-Dependent Structural Neuroplasticity in Brain-Injured Patients: A Critical Review. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 32, 99-114.  doi.org/10.1177/1545968317753076.
Adams, I.L.J., Broekkamp, W., Wilson, P.H., Imms, C., Overvelde, A. & Steenbergen, B. (2018). Role of Pediatric Physical Therapists in Promoting Sports Participation in Developmental Coordination Disorder. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 30, 106-111.
Wilson, P., Caeyenberghs, K., Dewey, D., Smits-Engelsman, B.C.M., & Steenbergen, B. (2018). Hybrid is not a dirty word: Commentary on Wade and Kazeck (2017). Human Movement Science, 57, 510-515. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2017.02.004.