Using VR and Eye tracking in visual rehabilitation
The incorporation of Virtual Reality (VR) and Eye tracking can provide advantages for assessment and training in visual rehabilitation to both patients and therapists. Birte Gestefeld and colleagues conclude this in their paper in the journal “Vision Rehabilitation International”. You … Continued
Congratulations, dr. Joana!
Congratulations to Joana Carvalho for successfully defending her PhD thesis entitled ‘Plasticity of cortical visual field representations’. Joana defended her thesis on the 6th of July of 2020 and will continue her scientific career as a postdoctoral researcher at the … Continued
Can you see it all at once?
Some people have trouble seeing multiple things at once and discovering relations between items in a scene. This is simultanagnosia. It can occur in patients with acquired brain injury. In the journal “Applied Neuropsychology: Adult”, Stefanie de Vries and colleagues … Continued
OptiVisT to promote the participation of people with a visual impairment
The European Union has granted our new training grant OptiVisT! In order to promote the social participation of people with a visual impairment, it is essential to have a good picture of their visual functioning. Conventional ophthalmic tests (for example … Continued
KNAW Grant for new collaboration with Spinoza Center for Neuroimaging
The Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology of the UMCG together with the Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging received a grant from the KNAW-research fund (€250.000) for studying the human neurocircuitry by expanding the Dutch neuroscientist network. The project aims to kick-off a … Continued
To train or not to train?
Visual restitution training may improve the vision of people with hemianopia, yet not all patients benefit equally from this long and exhaustive procedure. Would it not be great if we could predict who will benefit and who will not? In … Continued
Tiny is beautiful!
Assessing population receptive field (pRF) properties is fundamental to understanding the neural basis of human sensory and cognitive behaviour. However, current approaches require making numerous a priori assumptions which is undesirable. In a recent paper in the journal “Neuroimage” Joana … Continued
Postdoc: computational visual neuroscience and eye-movements
(This position is no longer available, but do contact Frans Cornelissen in case you are looking for a position and recognize yourself in the below description. ) We have an immediate position available (0.8-1.0 fte) for a postdoctoral scientist with … Continued
Connecting the dots
When studying the plasticity of the human visual brain, neuroscientists have always emphasized the study of the receptive field properties of neurons. In a review and opinion paper in the journal “Neural Plasticity”, Joana Carvalho and co-authors argue there are … Continued
Treating your brain’s hubs with a magnet
Visual hallucinations (VH) are conscious visual perceptions that occur in the absence of an external physical stimulus. Some patients may have VH that are so frequent or disturbing that they seek treatment for these. In this paper in the journal … Continued
Fog illusion
Recently, science journalist Karel Knip of Dutch newspaper NRC handelsblad asked Frans Cornelissen the question of whether objects could appear larger in fog or at dusk than they really are. In his column... READ MORE
Adult brain retains local neuroplasticity in glaucoma
To fully understand the eye disease glaucoma, it is important to also understand whether the adult human brain retains the ability to adapt to damage at the level of the eye. In a... READ MORE
Congratulations, dr. Rijul
This afternoon in Delhi, morning in Groningen, Rijul Saurabh Soans defended his PhD thesis “Effective and intuitive tools for ophthalmic disorders” during an on-line defense hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.... READ MORE
Congratulations, dr. Hinke!
On July 6th, Hinke Halbertsma defended her PhD thesis entitled “Towards the right way of seeing what is left in Homonymous Hemianopia”. In her thesis, she describes a number of studies on structural... READ MORE