Rate My Professor Jacqueline Williams

Her research focuses on motor skill impairments in children, particularly developmental coordination disorder (DCD), motor imagery, and neural mechanisms of movement representation and control. Utilizing transcranial magnetic stimulation, neuroimaging, and motor control paradigms, she investigates causes of DCD, its impact on individuals and families, and interventions to alleviate its burden. Williams is a founding member of DCD Australia Inc., serving as President from 2022 to 2024, and coordinates the Australian DCD research register. Notable publications include 'Childhood brain insult: can age at insult help us predict outcome?' (2009), 'Prevalence of motor-skill impairment in preterm children who do not develop cerebral palsy: a systematic review' (2010), 'Internal representation of movement in children with developmental coordination disorder: a mental rotation task' (2004), 'The relationship between corticospinal excitability during motor imagery and motor imagery ability' (2012), and 'Combined action observation and imagery facilitates corticospinal excitability' (2014). Her scholarship has garnered over 2,400 citations, contributing substantially to paediatric neuroscience and motor development fields.