Helmholtz lecture Prof. Monika Harvey (School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, UK): Title: Action and Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Training in patients with sub-acute and chronic spatial neglect. Abstract: Up to 80% of  people who experience a right-hemisphere stroke suffer from  hemispatial neglect,  a severe visuospatial impairment, where they fail to perceive/misperceive items presented…

Helmholtz lecture Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Einhäuser-Treyer (Chemnitz University of Technology): Title: Attention and gaze in real and virtual worlds Abstract: When studying real-world behavior, experimenters face a trade-off between ecological validity and experimental control. On the one hand stimuli and task shall be as realistic as possible, while on the other hand all relevant variables shall be carefully…

Helmholtz lecture Dr. Marius Peelen (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen): Title: Interactions between objects and scenes in visual perception Abstract: Real-world visual input often consists of rich scenes that are meaningfully composed of multiple objects that interact in complex ways (e.g., by partially occluding each other). Despite this complexity, we recognize scenes, and…

Date: 24 June 2022, 4-5pm Speaker: Alexander Sack from Maastricht University The State is the Art: Using simultaneous TMS-EEG-fMRI to assess oscillatory brain state-dependent gating of cortico-subcortical network activity The human brain can flexibly activate a concrete set of brain regions within dynamically changing networks depending on behavioural and cognitive context. Neuroimaging can map these…

Date: 20 May 2022, 4-5pm Speaker: Prof. Frank van Overwalle from Vrije Universiteit Brussel Title: The forgotten brain: The role of the cerebellum in sequencing social actions. Abstract: The capacity to understand another person’s emotions, intentions, beliefs and personality traits, is termed social mentalizing. During the last two decades, social neuroscience has made great progress…

After the movie screening there will be an Q&A with the director Noah Hutton where you will have the opportunity to ask your own questions. We will continue the event with an optional workshop in which you will be motivated to work through a discussion guide in a small group. You can indicate if you…

Assessing Cortical Visual Processing and Plasticity in an Ophthalmic Disorder: from Stimulus-Driven to Cortical Circuitry ApproachesAn unresolved question concerns the degree to which cortical neurons can adapt their receptive fields and connections when normal vision is compromised by damage to the visual system.  Answering it is particularly relevant in the context of vision rehabilitation based on either…

Abstract: The last decades our knowledge on neuroplasticity has increased rapidly. Neuroplasticity is defined as the brain’s ability to modify, change, and adapt both in structure and function throughout life and in response to experience. Patients with brain damage due to a stroke or an accident (traumatic brain injury) are dependent on the brain’s capacity…

Friday April 8th, Prof. Hilde Geurts from the University of Amsterdam will provide this Helmholtz lecture from 16:00-17:00, with drinks afterwards in the pantry of Experimental Psychology in the Langeveld building. Below you can find the title, abstract and an option to request the link to join the hybrid meeting (this meeting will not be recorded)….

Abstract: The neuropsychological syndrome of spatial neglect, which follows right hemisphere stroke, is often considered to reflect a lateral bias of spatial attention, with an overall depletion of attentional resources. A traditional task for the diagnosis and study of neglect is line bisection, which requires the person to mark the middle of a horizontal line….