Dr. Cory Potts

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Everyday actions often appear effortless, concealing the complex cognitive processes that make movement possible. When the motor system is disrupted, the profound consequences for health and wellbeing highlight how essential these processes are. My research explores the interaction between cognition and action to understand how movement is planned and executed, and how this knowledge can improve support for people with conditions affecting motor function.

• Education
  • Ph.D. in Psychology, Penn State University, 2019
  • M.S. in Psychology, Penn State University, 2016
  • B.A. in Psychology, Penn State University, 2013
• Teaching Areas
  • PSY101 – General Psychology
  • PSY321 – Cognitive Psychology
  • PSY331 – Introduction to Biopsychology
  • PSY430 – Neural Science and Behavior 
  • PSY485 – Cases & Conditions in Neuropsychology (seminar)
• Research Areas
  • Motor planning and performance
  • Agency and intentionality
  • Action–perception integration
  • Cognitive control of movement
• Recent Publications
  • Potts, C. A., Williamson, R. A., Jacob, J. D., Kantak, S. S., & Buxbaum, L. J. (2024). Reaching the cognitive-motor interface: effects of cognitive load on arm choice and motor performance after stroke. Experimental Brain Research, 242(12), 2785–2797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-024-06939-z
  • Potts, C. A., & Kantak, S. S. (2023). Post-stroke deficits in the anticipatory control and bimanual coordination during naturalistic cooperative bimanual action. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 20(1), 153.
  • Paolizzi, S. G., Potts, C. A., & Carlson, R. A. (2023). Non-contingent affective outcomes influence judgments of control. Consciousness and Cognition, 113, 103552.
  • Potts, C. A., & Carlson, R. A. (2022). What am I doing? It depends: agency and action identification. Psychological Research, 86(2), 651-666.
  • Potts, C. A., & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2021). Does attention solve the “apples-and-oranges” problems of judging task difficulty and task order? Psychological Research, 85(8), 3040-3047.
  • Potts, C. A., & Carlson, R. A. (2019). Control used and control felt: Two sides of the agency coin. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 81(7), 2304-2319.
• Recent Presentations
  • Potts, C. A., Williamson, R. A., Jacob, J. D., Kantak, S. S., & Buxbaum, L. J. (2024). Reaching the cognitive-motor interface: effects of cognitive load on arm choice and motor performance after stroke. Experimental Brain Research, 242(12), 2785–2797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-024-06939-z
  • Potts, C. A., & Kantak, S. S. (2023). Post-stroke deficits in the anticipatory control and bimanual coordination during naturalistic cooperative bimanual action. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 20(1), 153.
  • Paolizzi, S. G., Potts, C. A., & Carlson, R. A. (2023). Non-contingent affective outcomes influence judgments of control. Consciousness and Cognition, 113, 103552.
  • Potts, C. A., & Carlson, R. A. (2022). What am I doing? It depends: agency and action identification. Psychological Research, 86(2), 651-666.
  • Potts, C. A., & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2021). Does attention solve the “apples-and-oranges” problems of judging task difficulty and task order? Psychological Research, 85(8), 3040-3047.
  • Potts, C. A., & Carlson, R. A. (2019). Control used and control felt: Two sides of the agency coin. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 81(7), 2304-2319.