On November 3rd 2020, Richard Schweitzer defended his PhD thesis on "Perceptual and Motor Consequences of Intra-saccadic Perception" before his committee consisting of Prof. Dr. Rasha Abdel-Rahman (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Prof. Dr. Thérèse Collins (Université Paris Descartes), Prof. Dr. Karl Gegenfurtner (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), Dr. Elisa Filevich (Bersntein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin), and Prof. Dr. … Continue reading Richard defended his PhD with highest distinction
Open student research assistant positions (SHK)
Applications are now closed. We are looking for a number of motivated students who would like to become part of the lab as student research assistants (Studentische Hilfskraft, SHK), starting on January 1st, 2021 (duration: 2 years). We have a total of four positions available. Two of these positions will be working entirely at the … Continue reading Open student research assistant positions (SHK)
Book review on “How attention works”
Lisa and Martin have had the pleasure of reviewing Stefan van der Stigchel’s book “How Attention Works: Finding Your Way in a World of Distraction” (MIT Press). Check out their review here: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/peca/49/7
Apply now for Postdoc and PhD positions in ERC project
Applications are now closed. We have openings for 2 postdoc and 2 PhD positions to work on an exciting new project called "How visual actions shape active vision (VIS-Á-VIS)". It is a five-year project funded through an ERC Consolidator Grant, awarded to Martin by the European Research Council. The project will start in September 2020, … Continue reading Apply now for Postdoc and PhD positions in ERC project
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
New review on working memory and action
Anna, Sven and Martin have published a review on how actions planned and generated during memory maintenance select content in visual memory. Get one of the 50 free copies: https://bit.ly/3c1FZCj. Thanks to Stefan van der Stigchel and Chris Olivers for organizing this special issue!
Deadline extended: Special issue on Trans-saccadic perception in Journal of Vision
The deadline for Journal of Vision's Special Issue accompanying the workshop "From Peripheral to Transsaccadic and Foveal Perception" (which took place in Rauischholzhausen Castle, Germany, August 14th - 16th, 2019) has just been extended to August 1, 2020. Submissions to the special issue are open to anyone in the field (not just participants of the … Continue reading Deadline extended: Special issue on Trans-saccadic perception in Journal of Vision
New ways emerging from and into the lab in 2020.
We are already one month into the new year, the semester is about to end, and we are preparing a series of new experiments. Time to look back for a moment. Adu, Kai and Yigit have finished their lab rotations with us and are moving on. Also Frederik is heading in a new direction and … Continue reading New ways emerging from and into the lab in 2020.
Welcome to Kai, Yiğit, and Susie
Our team is now complete for the upcoming semester. We warmly welcome Kai Standvoß, a PhD fellow of the Einstein Center Neurosciences, to his lab rotation and Yiğit Erigüç who will do an internship on intra-saccadic vision. And of course, welcome back Susie Bryan who is going to tackle her master's thesis.
New people in the lab—and old people in new positions
The lab is growing. We warmly welcome Lea Krätzig and Aaron Vetter—two new student research assistants in the lab. They will try to fill the big shoes that Clara, Olga, and Jan have left vacant after finishing their studies. No reason to be sad. We are very happy that all three of them will stay … Continue reading New people in the lab—and old people in new positions
