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Professor Frans Verstraten
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The University of Sydney
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Professor Frans Verstraten (MSc Radboud Univeristy Nijmegen 1990, PhD Utrecht University 1994) is the current McCaughey Chair of Psychology at the University of Sydney. He was the Head of School for 10 years 2013-2022). For 5 years, he was a board member of the Vision Sciences Society, world’s largest association for vision scientists (2010 till 2015), and was elected President from 2013 to 2014. He has also served on several editorial boards and is currently one of the chief editors of the Journals Perception and i-Perception.
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Professor Verstraten is currently interested in the processes underlying perception when observers are moving. The experiments take place in movement simulators and virtual reality environments. His team members measure psychophysical performance as well as neurophysiological performance indicators.
Verstraten's group investigates functional as well as it neurobiological foundations of perception with a special interest in motion perception, recalibration & adaptation to fast changing environments, attention & search, binocular vision, binocular rivalry, and eyemovements.
Other interests include applied cognition and cognitive ergonomics (aka Human Factors), in particular visual problem solving, traffic behaviour, wayfinding, and sensory aspects of marketing communication and consumer behaviour.
A new line of research focusses on the use of advanced technology in clinical assessment and support. Virtual Reality and psychophyical approaches play a big role in this endeavour. While the technology can be used widely, the focus is on addiction and in particular neurodiversity.
* History and Philosophical Foundations of Psychology (1001)
* Sensory Systems (3013)
* Honours projects
* PhD projects
* Dalyell Program (formerly known as Talented Student Projects)
Vision Sciences Society (VSS)
Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology
Best Poster Award ECEM 2009 (De Vries, Hooge & Verstraten).
Recipient Teacher of the year Award in 2003, 2005 and 2008 – Psychology Utrecht University.
Recipient of the best PhD thesis award 1993-1995 – The Dutch Psychonomic Society.
2013 Nominee Teacher of the year Award 2012-2013 – Psychology Utrecht University.
2012 Nominee Teacher of the year Award 2011-2012 – Psychology Utrecht University.
2012 Distinguished visitor The University of Hong Kong, Dept. of Psychology. 18 Apr – 2 May 2012.
2012 Nominee Teacher of the year Award 2010-2011 – Psychology Utrecht University.
2012 Long list ESTA Audiobook Award 2012 CD ‘De wereld van onze Psyche’.
2011 Keynote Lecture at Utrecht University Alumni Day: Celebration of 375th anniversary Utrecht University.
2010 Utrecht Lecture in New York.
2010 Nominee Teacher of the year Award 2009-2010 – Psychology Utrecht University.
2010 Delivery of Table speech Dr. Honoris Causa celebration - Utrecht University Dies 2010
2009 Best Poster Award ECEM 2009 (De Vries, Hooge & Verstraten)
2009 Nominee Teacher of the year Award 2008-2009 – Psychology Utrecht University.
2008 Recipient Teacher of the year Award 2007-2008 – Psychology Utrecht University.
2007 Nominee Teacher of the year Award 2006-2007 – Psychology Utrecht University.
2006 Nominee Teacher of the year Award 2005-2006 – Psychology Utrecht University.
2006 Utrecht Lecture in Paris (with Pascal Mamassian)
2005 Recipient Teacher of the year Award 2004-2005 – Psychology Utrecht University.
2005 Member of the Utrecht University Alumni Lectures team
2004 Nominee Teacher of the year Award 2003-2004 – Psychology.
2003 Recipient Teacher of the year Award 2002-2003 – Psychology.
2002 Promotion to B-level full professor (Kernhoogleraar 1).
2001 Senior Education Qualification Utrecht University.
2001 Senior Research Qualification Utrecht University.
1995 Recipient of the dissertation award 1993-1995 – The Dutch Psychonomic Socie
Cognition, Neuroscience, Perception
(Utrecht University) Projects: 1. Functional role of motion adaptation 2. Temporal aspects of object representation | |
(University of Dundee) Historical aspects of Vision Science (professor Nick Wade) |
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Physical exercise as a tool of perceptual investigation | Eleonora CHELLI |
| Perception During Movement and its Interactions | Cameron PHAN |
Selected publications
De wereld van onze Psyche
(Home Academy, 2011)
Psychologie in een Notendop
(Prometheus Books, 2006)
Het brein te kijk: verkenning van de cognitieve neurowetenschappen
(Harcourt Education, 2001)
Publications
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Books
- Verstraten, F. (2011). De wereld van onze Psyche. Netherlands: Home Academy.
- Verstraten, F. (2006). Psychologie in een Notendop. Amsterdam: Prometheus Books.
Edited Books
- Wijnen, F., Verstraten, F. (2001). Het brein te kijk: verkenning van de cognitieve neurowetenschappen. Amsterdam: Harcourt Education.
Book Chapters
- Verstraten, F. (2012). De wil en wetenschappelijke vooruitgang. In Peters, M. (Eds.), Zijn wij ons brein?, (pp. 35-41). Utrecht: Studium Generale.
- Verstraten, F., Kleber, R. (2012). Psychonomie en Cultuur: Verschillen in cognitieve Processen? In Jeroen Knipscheer and Rolf Kleber (Eds.), Psychologie en de multiculturele samenleving, (pp. 44-65). Amsterdam: Boom Uitgevers Amsterdam.
- Wijnen, F., Verstraten, F. (2008). Cognitieve neurowetenschap. Een begripsbepaling en een kleine historie. In Frank Wines & Frans Verstraten (Eds.), Het brein te kijk: verkenning van de cognitieve neurowetenschappen. Amsterdam: Harcourt Education.
Journals
- Davidson, M., Verstraten, F., Alais, D. (2024). Walking entrains unique oscillations in performance on a visual detection task. Nature Communications. [More Information]
- Davidson, M., Verstraten, F., Alais, D. (2024). Walking modulates visual detection performance according to stride cycle phase. Nature Communications, 15(1). [More Information]
- Davidson, M., Keys, R., Szekely, B., MacNeilage, P., Verstraten, F., Alais, D. (2023). Continuous peripersonal tracking accuracy is limited by the speed and phase of locomotion. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 14864. [More Information]
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Edited Journals
- Wagemans, J., Verstraten, F., He, S. (2001). Beyond the decade of the brain: towards a functional neuroanatomy of the mind. Acta Psychologica, 107(1-3), 1-7.
Conferences
- Theresa, P., Kurt, A., Li,, G., Verstraten, F., Brewster,, S., Mcgill,, M. (2022). Can Visual Motion Presented in a VR Headset Reduce Motion Sickness for Vehicle Passengers? Adjunct Proceedings - 14th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2022, : Springer Verlag.
- George-Williams, S., Chiarovano, E., MacDougall, H., Rutledge, P., Pullen, R., Schmid, S., Verstraten, F. (2019). Investigating the use of Virtual Reality in teaching Chemistry to undergraduate students. The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (ACSME 2019), Brisbane: The University of Queensland.
- Giorgolo, G., Verstraten, F. (2008). Perception of 'Speech-and-Gesture' Integration. International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing (AVSP), Australia: ANSP.
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Recorded / Rendered
- Verstraten, F., Haring, B., Philipse, H., Wagenaar, W. (2020). Psychologie. Home Academy.
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2024
- Davidson, M., Verstraten, F., Alais, D. (2024). Walking entrains unique oscillations in performance on a visual detection task. Nature Communications. [More Information]
- Davidson, M., Verstraten, F., Alais, D. (2024). Walking modulates visual detection performance according to stride cycle phase. Nature Communications, 15(1). [More Information]
2023
- Davidson, M., Keys, R., Szekely, B., MacNeilage, P., Verstraten, F., Alais, D. (2023). Continuous peripersonal tracking accuracy is limited by the speed and phase of locomotion. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 14864. [More Information]
2022
- Verstraten, F., Thompson, P., Meese, T. (2022). 50 Years of Perception. Perception, 51(3), 153-155. [More Information]
- Theresa, P., Kurt, A., Li,, G., Verstraten, F., Brewster,, S., Mcgill,, M. (2022). Can Visual Motion Presented in a VR Headset Reduce Motion Sickness for Vehicle Passengers? Adjunct Proceedings - 14th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2022, : Springer Verlag.
2021
- De Vries, J., Verstraten, F., Hooge, I., Fabius, J., Van der Stigchel, S. (2021). Inhibition of return in the oculomotor decision process: Dissociating visual target discrimination from saccade readiness delays. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 47(1), 140-160. [More Information]
- Rodrigues, R., Verstraten, F. (2021). Should we Discuss Possible Implications of Our Research? Perception, 50(10), 839-841. [More Information]
- Alais, D., Keys, R., Verstraten, F., Paffen, C. (2021). Vestibular and active self-motion signals drive visual perception in binocular rivalry. iScience, 24(12), 103417-1-103417-16. [More Information]
2020
- Han, S., Alais, D., MacDougall, H., Verstraten, F. (2020). Brief localised monocular deprivation in adults alters binocular rivalry predominance retinotopically and reduces spatial inhibition. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 18739. [More Information]
- Verstraten, F., Haring, B., Philipse, H., Wagenaar, W. (2020). Psychologie. Home Academy.
2019
- George-Williams, S., Chiarovano, E., MacDougall, H., Rutledge, P., Pullen, R., Schmid, S., Verstraten, F. (2019). Investigating the use of Virtual Reality in teaching Chemistry to undergraduate students. The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (ACSME 2019), Brisbane: The University of Queensland.
- Maarseveen, J., Paffen, C., Verstraten, F., Hogendoorn, H. (2019). The duration aftereffect does not reflect adaptation to perceived duration. PloS One, 14(3), 1-11. [More Information]
- Verde, L., Alais, D., Burr, D., Morrone, M., MacDougall, H., Verstraten, F. (2019). Time dilation effect in an active observer and virtual environment requires apparent motion: No dilation for retinal- or world-motion alone. Journal of Vision, 19(3), 1-8. [More Information]
2018
- Maarseveen, J., Hogendoorn, H., Verstraten, F., Paffen, C. (2018). Attention gates the selective encoding of duration. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 1-8. [More Information]
- De Vries, J., Van der Stigchel, S., Hooge, I., Verstraten, F. (2018). The Lifetime of Salience Extends Beyond the Initial Saccade. Perception, 47(2), 125-142. [More Information]
2017
- Maarseveen, J., Hogendoorn, H., Verstraten, F., Paffen, C. (2017). An investigation of the spatial selectivity of the duration after-effect. Vision Research, 130, 67-75. [More Information]
- Maarseveen, J., Paffen, C., Verstraten, F., Hogendoorn, H. (2017). Representing dynamic stimulus information during occlusion. Vision Research, 138, 40-49. [More Information]
- Hogendoorn, H., Alais, D., MacDougall, H., Verstraten, F. (2017). Velocity perception in a moving observer. Vision Research, 138, 12-17. [More Information]
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2016
- Menzies, R., Rogers, S., Phillips, A., Chiarovano, E., de Waele, C., Verstraten, F., MacDougall, H. (2016). An objective measure for the visual fidelity of virtual reality and the risks of falls in a virtual environment. Virtual Reality, 20(3), 173-181. [More Information]
- Taubert, J., Van Golde, C., Verstraten, F. (2016). Faces in Context: Does Face Perception Depend on the Orientation of the Visual Scene? Perception, 45(10), 1184-1192. [More Information]
- Holten, V., Stuit, S., Verstraten, F., van der Smagt, M. (2016). Grouping of optic flow stimuli during binocular rivalry is driven by monocular information. Vision Research, 127, 84-91. [More Information]
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2015
- Hogendoorn, H., Kammers, M., Haggard, P., Verstraten, F. (2015). Self-touch modulates the somatosensory evoked P100. Experimental Brain Research, 233, 2845-2858. [More Information]
- Verstraten, F., Niehorster, D., van de Grind, W., Wade, N. (2015). Sigmund Exner's (1887) Einige Beobachtungen u¨ber Bewegungsnachbilder (Some Observations on Movement Aftereffects): An Illustrated Translation With Commentary. i-Perception, 6(5), 1-18. [More Information]
- Hogendoorn, H., Verstraten, F., Cavanagh, P. (2015). Strikingly rapid neural basis of motion-induced position shifts revealed by high temporal-resolution EEG pattern classification. Vision Research, 113, 1-10. [More Information]
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2014
- Holten, V., van der Smagt, M., Donker, S., Verstraten, F. (2014). Illusory motion of the motion aftereffect induces postural sway. Psychological Science, 25(9), 1831-1834. [More Information]
- Stuit, S., Paffen, C., van der Smagt, M., Verstraten, F. (2014). Image-based grouping during binocular rivalry is dictated by eye-of-origin. PloS One, 9(7), 1-12. [More Information]
- de Jong, M., Brascamp, J., Kemner, C., van Ee, R., Verstraten, F. (2014). Implicit perceptual memory modulates early visual processing of ambiguous images. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(30), 9970-9981. [More Information]
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2013
- de Vries, J., Hooge, I., Wertheim, A., Verstraten, F. (2013). Background, an important factor in visual search. Vision Research, 86, 128-138. [More Information]
- Hogendoorn, H., Verstraten, F. (2013). Decoding the motion aftereffect in human visual cortex. NeuroImage, 82, 426-432. [More Information]
- Holten, V., Donker, S., Verstraten, F., van der Smagt, M. (2013). Decreasing perceived optic flow rigidity increases postural sway. Experimental Brain Research, 228, 117-129. [More Information]
2012
- Verstraten, F. (2012). De wil en wetenschappelijke vooruitgang. In Peters, M. (Eds.), Zijn wij ons brein?, (pp. 35-41). Utrecht: Studium Generale.
- Verstraten, F. (2012). Faces of neuroscience. i-Perception, 3, 356-356. [More Information]
- Borra, T., Hooge, I., Verstraten, F. (2012). Orientation Perception of Occluded Objects Is Based on Perceptually Completed Objects. Psychological Science, 23(11), 1303-1305. [More Information]
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2011
- Verstraten, F. (2011). De wereld van onze Psyche. Netherlands: Home Academy.
- de Vries, J., Hooge, I., Wiering, M., Verstraten, F. (2011). How Longer Saccade Latencies Lead to a Competition for Salience. Psychological Science, 22(7), 916-923. [More Information]
- Hogendoorn, H., Carlson, T., Verstraten, F. (2011). Mapping the route to visual awareness. Journal of Vision, 11(13), 1-10. [More Information]
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2010
- Borra, T., Hooge, I., Verstraten, F. (2010). A dichoptic study of the oblique effect. Perception, 39(7), 909-917. [More Information]
- van der Smagt, M., Verstraten, F., Paffen, C. (2010). Center-surround effects on perceived speed. Vision Research, 50(18), 1900-1904. [More Information]
- Koenderink, J., Albertazzi, L., Van Doorn, A., van Ee, R., van de Grind, W., Kappers, A., Lappin, J., Norman, J., Oomes, A., te Pas, S., et al (2010). Does monocular visual space contain planes? Acta Psychologica, 134(1), 40-47. [More Information]
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2009
- Hogendoorn, H., Kammers, M., Carlson, T., Verstraten, F. (2009). Being in the dark about your hand: Resolution of visual-proprioceptive conflict by disowning visible limbs. Neuropsychologia, 43(13), 2698-2703. [More Information]
- Kanai, R., Carlson, T., Verstraten, F., Walsh, V. (2009). Perceived timing of new objects and feature changes. Journal of Vision, 9(7), 1-13. [More Information]
- Benjamins, J., Hooge, I., van ELst, J., Wertheim, A., Verstraten, F. (2009). Search time critically depends on irrelevant subset size in visual search. Vision Research, 49(3), 398-406. [More Information]
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2008
- Rijpkema, M., van Aalderen, S., Schwarzbach, J., Verstraten, F. (2008). Activation Patterns in visual cortex reveal receptive field size dependent attentional modulation. Brain Research, 1189 (1), 90-96. [More Information]
- Paffen, C., Verstraten, F., Vidnyanszky, Z. (2008). Attention-based perceptual learning increases binocular rivalry suppression of irrelevant visual features. Journal of Vision, 8(4), 1-11. [More Information]
- Paffen, C., Verstraten, F. (2008). Binocular Rivalry and the Influence of Visual Context. Netherlands Journal of Psychology, 64(1), 2-7.
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2007
- Rijpkema, M., van Aalderen, S., Schwarzbach, J., Verstraten, F. (2007). Beyond the forest and the trees: Local and global interference in hierarchical visual stimuli containing three levels. Perception, 36(8), 1115-1122. [More Information]
- Benjamins, J., Hooge, I., van der Smagt, M., Verstraten, F. (2007). Disengaging attention sets temporal limit of attentive tacking. Vision Research, 47(8), 1055-1059. [More Information]
- Kanai, R., Knapen, T., van Ee, R., Verstraten, F. (2007). Disruption of implicit perceptual memory by intervening neutral stimuli. Vision Research, 47(20), 2675-2683. [More Information]
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2006
- Paffen, C., Alais, D., Verstraten, F. (2006). Attention speeds binocular rivalry. Psychological Science, 17(9), 752-756. [More Information]
- Kanai, R., Wu, D., Verstraten, F., Shimojo, S. (2006). Discrete color filling beyond luminance gaps along perceptual surfaces. Journal of Vision, 6(12), 1-16. [More Information]
- Verstraten, F. (2006). Psychologie in een Notendop. Amsterdam: Prometheus Books.
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2005
- Paffen, C., Alais, D., Verstraten, F. (2005). Binocular rivalry dynamics are slowed when attention is diverted. XXVIII Annual Meeting: European Conference on Visual Perception. Pion Ltd.
- Paffen, C., Alais, D., Verstraten, F. (2005). Center-surround inhibition deepens binocular rivalry suppression. Vision Research, 45(20), 2642-2649. [More Information]
- Alais, D., Verstraten, F., Burr, D. (2005). The motion aftereffect of transparent motion: Two temporal channels account for perceived direction. Vision Research, 45(4), 403-412. [More Information]
2001
- Wagemans, J., Verstraten, F., He, S. (2001). Beyond the decade of the brain: towards a functional neuroanatomy of the mind. Acta Psychologica, 107(1-3), 1-7.
- Wijnen, F., Verstraten, F. (2001). Het brein te kijk: verkenning van de cognitieve neurowetenschappen. Amsterdam: Harcourt Education.
Selected Grants
2020
- Multisensory perception in active observers, Alais D, Verstraten F, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
2014
- Contour synthesis: Psychophysics, theory, and levels of explanation, Anderson B, Verstraten F, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
In the media
SBS Dutch Radio Australia:Virtual Reality; de wereld die we zelf ontwerpen.
SBS Dutch Radio Australia: New Holland Scholarship
SBS Dutch Radio: Blue Sky Research
SBS Dutch Radio Australia: In the Hot Seat: our lazy brain with Prof Frans Verstraten (part 2)
SBS Dutch Radio Australia: Op de Praatstoel (part 1)
Verstraten was a member of the Scientific Panel of TV program Hoe?Zo!. This program was aired on Dutch National TV from 2003 till 2009.
He wrote columns in the Dutch National Newspaper 'De Volkskrant' and several scientific and popular science magazines (Illuster, Mind Magazine, DUB, Nemo-news, de Psychonoom, a.o).
