We are very happy to celebrate Jan wrapping up an exceptionally productive year by successfully defending his PhD thesis and being awarded the distinction summa cum laude this week!In his doctoral work, Jan explored intentional control, agency and awareness across a range of eye movements, from microsaccades to larger saccades and smooth pursuit, making important … Continue reading Welcome to our new Postdoc, Dr. Jan-Nikolas Klanke!
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Wiebke in Paris: Joining the Confidence Club
Wiebke just returned from a six-month research stay at the Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs at the École Normale Supérieure supported by a Procope-Mobilität grant. She worked with Pascal Mamassian on incorporating metacognitive measures into her projects on motion perception and sensorimotor awareness. Wiebke made the most of her time in France by engaging with the … Continue reading Wiebke in Paris: Joining the Confidence Club
Congratulations, Dr. Clara!
Clara has completed her PhD at RolfsLab, where she explored how sudden changes in the environment can disrupt and adapt planned hand movements—showing that, much like our eyes, our hands quickly pause and adjust when the unexpected occurs. We are so happy and proud that she started her research career in our lab almost 10 … Continue reading Congratulations, Dr. Clara!
Back from ECVP—Tired but Inspired
After a rough 36-hour train ride through the beautiful Scottish, British, Belgian, and German countryside, even the last lab members have returned from ECVP in Aberdeen. We thoroughly enjoyed presenting our work and attending a wide range of inspiring talks and poster sessions—as well as the whisky tasting and a lively introduction to traditional music … Continue reading Back from ECVP—Tired but Inspired
Lisa wins the Adlershof Dissertation Prize
The lab is incredibly proud of one of our own, Lisa Kröll, who was awarded the Adlershof Dissertation Prize 2023 for her work on how active predictions shape human vision. For more information on the prize and the runners-up, you can check out the news here: https://www.adlershof.de/news/dissertationspreis-adlershof-fuer-2023-geht-an-dr-lisa-kroell.
VSS 2022, we’re coming!
We are almost done preparing for VSS, and there was a lot to prepare, indeed. If you would like to see what we'll be presenting, here is a list of our poster, talk, and demo night contributions sorted by temporal order. We're looking forward to seeing you at any or all of these! Talks & … Continue reading VSS 2022, we’re coming!
Our 8+1 contributions to virtual VSS 2021
This years VSS was virtual, but that did not keep us from submitting our most recent work. We created a Twitter thread explaining our 8 scientific contributions (1 talk by Lisa Kroell and 7 posters by ): https://twitter.com/rolfslab/status/1394300169286467589?s=20 The final contribution to the conference was virtual Club Vision — the conference's legendary dance party that … Continue reading Our 8+1 contributions to virtual VSS 2021
Our event at Brain Awareness Week
Together with Science of Intelligence, we are participating in the Brain Awareness Week! Brain Awareness Week is a global campaign to spark public interest in brain research. In that context, we want to share some of our enthusiasm about (arguably) the human brain’s most important sense: vision. If you have ever wondered how we perceive … Continue reading Our event at Brain Awareness Week
Virtual-VSS Poster: The peripheral sensitivity profile reshapes during saccade preparation
Come see Lisa Kroell's poster presentation on how the peripheral sensitivity profile reshapes during saccade preparation. If you are registered for V-VSS, the poster is here. Lisa scheduled three Zoom sessions: 20 June, 8am EST (2pm CET) - View Presenter Conference23 June, 2pm EST (8pm CET) - View Presenter Conference24 June, 5am EST (11:00 CET) - View Presenter … Continue reading Virtual-VSS Poster: The peripheral sensitivity profile reshapes during saccade preparation
Richard receives VSS 2017 student travel award
Congratulations to our very own Richard Schweitzer for being awarded a student travel award to attend the meeting of the Vision Sciences Society Meeting in St. Pete Beach, Florida, in May. The award is extremely competitive as only 20 out of more than 200 applicants have been selected. Quite a good start into his first VSS! Make … Continue reading Richard receives VSS 2017 student travel award
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