David Wright

@djwright561

Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Research interests in motor cognition.

Joined October 2011

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David Wright @djwright561 May 24, 2023

Our research funded by @Waterloo_TWF has been published in @PLOSONE.

We found that combined action observation and motor imagery helped children with developmental coordination disorder learn complex activities of daily living.

Read the study here: doi.org/10.1371/journa…

David Wright @djwright561 Dec 15, 2023

Our latest paper led by @mmorenoverdu and @RobertMHardwick is now published in Neuropsychologia.

The article provides useful guidelines and checklists to improve reporting in action observation and motor imagery research.

Read the paper here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iFeb6TBF%7E…

David Wright @djwright561 Aug 29, 2023

An accessible summary of our research using observation and imagery to help children with DCD/dyspraxia learn everyday movement skills has been published by @MovementMatter8. Use the link below to access the summary or read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1371/journa…

MovementMatters @MovementMatter8 Aug 21, 2023

A new accessible research summary titled 'Can movement demonstration videos combined with imagination help children with dyspraxia learn everyday movement activities?' by @MattScott93 and colleagues has just been added to the Movement Matters website: movementmattersuk.org/therapy/
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David Wright @djwright561 Jun 23, 2023

🚨 Registration Deadline Alert 🚨

Today is the final day to register for the @DCD_UK_2023 conference hosted at @ManMetUni on 7-8th July.

Register via the link below before it's too late:
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David Wright @djwright561 May 24, 2023

This video shows the improvement that one participant made after following our combined action observation and motor imagery (AOMI) intervention.

At pre-test they were unable to tie their laces. After our 4 week intervention they could complete the task quickly and successfully.

Manchester Metropolitan Uni @ManMetUni May 24, 2023

Research has found children with dyspraxia successfully learned to complete everyday tasks they struggle with by watching videos of other children performing them. Now researchers aim to develop a video library of common tasks.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/433qjd3

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