We study how activity of groups of neurons results into behaviour. We investigate how perception, action and cognition can be explained in terms of electrical activity in networks of communicating neurons. Our goal is to study these processes from the level of single neurons to large scale brain networks. To cover all these different levels of neural processing we rely on neurophysiological methods like neural recordings, imaging and behavioural measurements. Findings are translated into clinical applications with a focus on new technologies for visually impaired persons and Parkinson patients.
Visual Neuroscience
Research group information
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Principal Investigator
- Prof. dr. Richard van Wezel (Principal Investigator)
Postdoc
- Naoki Kogo (Postdoc)
PhD candidates
- Bas van Gorp
- Janne Heijs
- Silvana Huertas Penen
- Matthijs Hulsebos
- Emilie Klaver
- Marjolein Klop
- Max Sterling
Researchers and staff
- Willeke Kitselaar (Coordinator)
- Tim Schröder (Researcher)
- Naoki Kogo
- Tim Schröder (Junior researcher)
- 2023 - Interreg Parkinson vibrating socks More information
- 2020 - INTENSE (NWO-Crossover) Innovative neurotechnology for society More information
- 2020 - PROHEALTH (EFRO) development of wearable sensor for orthostatic hypentsion More information
- 2019 - PROMPT wearable technologies for Parkinson patients More information
- 2018 - NESTOR (TTW/NWO), neuronal stimulation for recovery of visual function More information
- Cocks, H., Oostenveld, R., Tabor, M., Savenco, E., van Setten, A., Cameron, I. van Wezel, R. (2023). fNIRS is sensitive to leg activity in the primary motor cortex after systemic artifact correction. NeuroImage, 119880. Full text
- Klop, M., de Heus, R.A.A., Maier, A.B., van Alphen, A., Floor-Westerdijk, M.J., Bronkhorst, M., Melis, R.J.F., Meskers, C.G.M., Claassen, J.A.H.R., van Wezel, R.J.A. (2023). Capturing postural blood pressure dynamics with near-infrared spectroscopy-measured cerebral oxygenation. Geroscience, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-023-00791-9 Full text
- Ottink, L., Buimer, H., Raalte, B., Doeller, C.F., van der Geest, Th.M., van Wezel, R.J.A. (2022). Cognitive map formation supported by auditory, haptic, and multimodal information in persons with blindness. Neuroscience & Biobehavioural Reviews, 104797. Full text
- Kogo, N., Kern, F., Nowotny, Th., van Ee, R., van Wezel, R.J.A., Aihara, T. (2021). Dynamics of a mutual inhibition between pyramidal neurons compared to human perceptual competition. Journal of Neuroscience, 41 (6), 1251-1264. Full text
- De Ruyter van Steveninck, J., van Gestel, T., Koenders, P., van der Ham, G., Vereecken, F., Güclü, U., van Gerven, M., Güclütürk, Y., and van Wezel, R.J.A. (2021). Real-world indoor mobility with simulated prosthetic vision: the benefits and feasibility of contour-based scene simplification at different phosphene resolutions. Journal of Vision, 22 (2), 1-1. Full text
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