preprints
Shurygina, O., Wirth, L. A., Rolfs, M., & Ohl, S. (2026). Space-based and object-based saccadic selection in visual working memory. bioRxiv.
Nörenberg, W., Schweitzer, R., & Rolfs, M. (2026). Rapid masking of saccadic motion results from low-velocity input and is largely invariant to movement amplitude. bioRxiv.
van Zantwijk, L., Rolfs, M., & Ohl, S. (2026). The spatial specificity and recovery from visual adaptation in causality perception [Preprint]. bioRxiv.
Sommer, B., Rolfs, M., & Ohl, S. (2025). Putting causality into context: Causal capture escapes the visual adaptation of causality [Preprint]. bioRxiv.
Battaje, A., Godinez, A., Hanning, N. M., Rolfs, M., & Brock, O. (2024). An information processing pattern from robotics predicts properties of the human visual system [Preprint]. bioRxiv .
2026 / in press
Rolfs, M., Klanke, J.-N., Manjunatha, I., & Ohl, S. (in press). Eye movements and selective processes in cognition: Attention, working memory, and awareness. In C. Klein & U. Ettinger (Eds.), Eye movement research: An introduction to its scientific foundations and applications (2nd ed.). Springer.
Kroell, L. M. & Rolfs, M. (2026). Predictive foveal processing in active vision. Annual Review of Vision Science, 12, 22.1–22.26. [pdf]
Schweitzer, R., Seel, T., Raisch, J., & Rolfs, M. (2026). High-fidelity but hypometric spatial localization of afterimages across saccades. Science Advances, 12, eaeb0557. [pdf] [preprint]
Press releases 2
- Science of Intelligence — The ghosts we see: how afterimages reveal why the world appears stable EN
- EurekAlert (TU Berlin / SCIoI) — The ghosts we see EN
News coverage 6
- Discover Magazine — How Our Brains Predict Eye Movements – and Why Afterimages Don’t Always Line Up EN
- The Debrief — As the Brain Stabilizes Dizzying Eye Movements, These Ghostly Images Appear EN
- Earth.com — How your brain predicts movement to keep the world stable EN
- Bernstein Network — The ghosts we see: How afterimages reveal why the world appears stable EN
- Neuroscience News — Ghost in the Machine: Brain Predicts Images Before We See Them EN
- The Telegraph — Scientists reveal secret of ghost sightings EN
Reposts and blogs 2
- Medical Xpress — The ghosts we see: Afterimages provide clues to how our brains perceive a stable environment EN
- plawiuk (blog) — The ghosts we see: How afterimages reveal why the world appears stable EN
Qu, R., Hall, O., Bideau, P. K., Ouerfelli-Ethier, J., Rolfs, M., Obermayer, K., & Hellwich, O. (2026). Salience-SGG: Enhancing unbiased scene graph generation with iterative salience estimation. 2026 IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV). [pdf]
2025
Rolfs, M. & Ince, M. (2025). Perception: Visual adaptation on the move. Current Biology, 35, R1186–R1188. [pdf]
Ince, M., Hübner, C., & Rolfs, M. (2025). Object continuity through invisible retinal motion at saccadic speed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 122(47): e2518968122. [pdf]
Nörenberg, W., Schweitzer, R., & Rolfs, M. (2025). Temporal recalibration to delayed visual consequences of saccades. Journal of Vision, 25, 4. [pdf]
Schweitzer, R., Doering, M., Seel, T., Raisch, J., & Rolfs, M. (2025). Saccadic omission revisited: What saccade-induced smear looks like. Psychological Review, in press. [preprint]
Rolfs, M., Schweitzer, R., Castet, E., Watson, T.L., & Ohl, S. (2025). Lawful kinematics link eye movements to the limits of high-speed perception. Nature Communications, 16:3962, 1-17. [pdf] [preprint]
Press releases 3
- idw / HU Berlin — Zu schnell zum Sehen: Augenbewegungen sagen Geschwindigkeitsgrenzen der Wahrnehmung voraus DE
- Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin — Zu schnell zum Sehen: Augenbewegungen sagen Geschwindigkeitsgrenzen der Wahrnehmung voraus DE
- EurekAlert (TU Berlin / SCIoI) — Too fast to see EN
News coverage 13
- Neuroscience News — Eye Movements Set the Speed Limit for What You Can See EN
- SciTechDaily — Gone in a Saccade: Why You Can’t See Lightning-Fast Motion EN
- Bernstein Network — Zu schnell, um es zu sehen: Augenbewegungen sagen Geschwindigkeitsgrenzen in der Wahrnehmung voraus DE
- Science & Vie — Pourquoi certains objets deviennent invisibles quand ils vont trop vite ? FR
- CP24 — Can’t keep up? Your eyes may be to blame, new study finds EN
- CTV News — Your eye movements set the speed limit for what you can see EN
- Adrenaline — Estudo quer revelar qual e o limite de velocidade que conseguimos ver PT
- Ida’at — Limits of visual perception: why we cannot see very fast objects AR
- Scientific Russia — Human eye movements limit the speed of perception RU
- Nipponese — Eye movements set the speed limit on what you can see JA
- National Geographic Spain — Puede la velocidad de tus ojos influir en tu exito? ES
- VICE — You Have a Visual Speed Limit Linked to Your Eye Movements EN
- Enerzine — Les mouvements oculaires predisent les limites de vitesse dans la perception FR
Reposts and blogs 3
- Medical Xpress — Too fast to see: Eye movements predict speed limits in perception EN
- Open PR — Zu schnell zum Sehen: Augenbewegungen sagen Geschwindigkeitsgrenzen der Wahrnehmung voraus DE
- Krankenkassen Zentrale — Zu schnell zum Sehen: Wie Augenbewegungen die Grenzen unserer Wahrnehmung bestimmen DE
Heuer, A. & Rolfs, M. (2025). Predictable object motion is extrapolated to support visual working memory for surface features. Cognition, 261, 106150. [pdf]
Ohl, S. & Rolfs, M. (2025). Visual routines for detecting causal interactions are tuned to motion direction. eLife, 13, RP93454. [pdf]
Mengers, V., Roth, N., Brock, O., Obermayer, K., & Rolfs (2025). A robotics-inspired scanpath model reveals the importance of uncertainty and semantic object cues for gaze guidance in dynamic scenes. Journal of Vision, 25(2):6, 1-33. [pdf]
2024
Grzeczkowski, L., Stein, A., & Rolfs (2024). Trans-retinal predictive signals of visual features are precise, saccade-specific and operate over a wide range of spatial frequencies. Journal of Neurophysiology, 132(6), 1887-1895. [pdf]
Roth, N., McLaughlin, J., Obermayer, K., & Rolfs, M. (2024). Gaze behavior reveals expectations of potential scene changes. Psychological Science, 35(12):1350–1363. [pdf]
Press releases 1
- Science of Intelligence — Seeing the future: how expectations guide eye movements EN
News coverage 2
- Neuroscience News — How Expectations Shape Our Gaze in a Changing World EN
- The Observer — Bringing Visuospatial Research Into the Real World EN
Reposts and blogs 1
- Medical Xpress — Seeing the future: How expectations guide eye movements EN
Roberts, D., Yao, B., Rolfs, M., Slate, R., Fattal, J., Bao, J., Achtyes, E., Tso, I.F., Diwadkar, V., & Thakkar, K.N. (2024). Altered use of extraretinal information during sequential saccadic eye movements in individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychotic features. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 49(6), E402-E412. [pdf]
Rolfs, M. & Hübner, C. (2024). Blink and you see it. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 121(16) e2404021121. [pdf]
News coverage 2
- Yahoo! News — Pourquoi cligne-t-on des yeux ? Des chercheurs découvrent une raison étonnante FR
- The Transmitter — Visual perception improves in the blink of an eye EN
Ohl, S., Kroell, L. M., & Rolfs, M. (2024). Saccadic selection in visual working memory is robust across the visual field and linked to saccade metrics: Evidence from 9 experiments and more than 100,000 trials. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(2), 544–563. [pdf]
Lehet, M., Rolfs, M., Bao, J., Fattal, J., & Thakkar, K.N. (2024). Pre-saccadic shifts of attention in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. Brain and Behavior, 14, e3466. [pdf]
Yao, B., Rolfs, M., Roberts, D., Fattal, J., Achtyes, E.D., Tso, I.F., Diwadkar, V.A., Kashy, D., Bao, J., & Thakkar, K.N. (2024). Abnormal Oculomotor Corollary Discharge Signaling as a Trans-diagnostic Mechanism of Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, sbad180. [pdf]
2023
Caziot, B., Rolfs, M., & Backus, B. (2023). Orienting attention across binocular disparity. PNAS nexus, 2(10), pgad314. [pdf]
Grzeczkowski, L., Shi, Z., Rolfs, M., & Deubel, H. (2023). Perceptual learning across saccades: feature- but not location-specific. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 120(43), e2303763120. [pdf]
Press releases 2
News coverage 1
- Neuroscience News — Sharpening Vision Beyond the Focus Point EN
Reposts and blogs 2
- Medical Xpress — Researchers develop new approach to improve visual perception training EN
- AlphaGalileo — Eye movement: innovation in visual perception training EN
Roth, N., Rolfs, M., Hellwich, O., & Obermayer, K. (2023). Objects guide human gaze behavior in dynamic real-world scenes. PLoS Computational Biology, 19(10), e1011512. [pdf] [preprint]
Press releases 1
- Science of Intelligence — How do we decide what to look at next? A computational model has the answer EN
News coverage 1
- Tagesspiegel — Sehen und Übersehen: Was unsere Blicke wirklich bannt DE
Reposts and blogs 1
- Medical Xpress — How do we decide what to look at next? A computational model has the answer EN
Heuer, A. & Rolfs, M. (2023). Temporal and spatial reference frames in visual working memory are defined by ordinal and relational properties. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 49(9), 1361-1375. [pdf]
Battaje, A., Brock, O., & Rolfs, M. (2023). An interactive motion perception tool for kindergarteners (and vision scientists). i-Perception, 14(2), 1-16. [pdf]
2022
Kroell, L. M. & Rolfs, M. (2022). Foveal vision anticipates defining features of eye movement targets. eLife, 11, e78106. [pdf]
Heuer, A. & Rolfs, M. (2022). A direct comparison of attentional orienting to spatial and temporal positions in visual working memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 29, 182-190. [pdf]
Rolfs, M. & Schweitzer, R. (2022). Coupling perception to action through incidental sensory consequences of motor behavior. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1(2), 112-123. [pdf]
2021
Yao, B., Rolfs, M., McLaughlin, C., Isenstein, E.L., Guillory, S.B., Grosman, H., Kashy, D.A., Foss-Feig, J.H., & Thakkar, K.N. (2021). Oculomotor corollary discharge signaling is related to repetitive behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Vision, 21(8):9, 1-20. [pdf]
Schweitzer, R. & Rolfs, M. (2021). Intra-saccadic motion streaks jump-start gaze correction. Science Advances, 7, 30:eabf2218, 1-14. [pdf] [preprint]
Press releases 3
- idw / HU Berlin — Tracking the traces of light in the short-lived memory of the eyes DE
- HU Berlin — Spurensuche im Kurzzeitgedächtnis des Auges DE
- idw / HU Berlin — Spurensuche im Kurzzeitgedächtnis des Auges DE
News coverage 7
- Nature — The unnoticed eye motions that help us see the world EN
- AAAS — Human Eyes Absorb Visual Information Even During Rapid Eye Movements EN
- NewScientist — We thought our eyes turned off when moving quickly, but that’s wrong EN
- Redshark News — It turns out human vision doesn’t work in the way we first thought EN
- vozpopuli — Los ojos no dejan de ver cuando se mueven de un lado a otro ES
- Chinese Academy of Sciences — 快速扭头时有视力吗 ZH
- mt Portal — Unser Auge: Lichtspuren garantieren kontinuierliche Wahrnehmung DE
Reposts and blogs 3
- Medical Xpress — Tracking the traces of light in the short-lived memory of the eyes EN
- VBIO Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften & Biomedizin in Deutschland — Spurensuche im Kurzzeitgedächtnis des Auges DE
- Adlershof.de — HU-Forschende begeben sich auf Spurensuche im Kurzzeitgedächtnis des Auges DE
Rolfs, M. & Ohl, S. (2021). Moving fast and seeing slow? The visual consequences of vigorous movement. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44, e131. [pdf]
Shurygina, O., Pooresmaeili, A. & Rolfs, M. (2021). Pre-saccadic attention spreads to stimuli forming a perceptual group with the saccade target, Cortex, 140, 179-198. [pdf]
Kroell, L. M. & Rolfs, M. (2021). The peripheral sensitivity profile at the saccade target reshapes during saccade preparation, Cortex, 139, 12-26. [pdf]
Heuer, A. & Rolfs, M. (2021). Incidental encoding of visual information in temporal reference frames in working memory. Cognition, 207:104526, 1-9. [pdf]
2020
Kroell, L. M. & Rolfs, M. (2020). Book review of “van der Stigchel, S. How Attention Works”, Perception, 49(7), 796-797. [pdf]
Heuer, A., Ohl, S., & Rolfs, M. (2020). Memory for action: A functional view of selection in visual working memory. Visual Cognition, 28(5-8), 388-400. [pdf]
Schweitzer, R. & Rolfs, M. (2020). Intra-saccadic motion streaks as cues to linking object locations across saccades. Journal of Vision, 20(4):17, 1-24. [pdf]
Ohl, S. & Rolfs, M. (2020). Bold moves: Inevitable saccadic selection in visual short-term memory. Journal of Vision, 20(2):11, 1-14. [pdf]
Valsecchi, M., Cassanello, C. R., Herwig, A., Rolfs, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2020). A comparison of the temporal and spatial properties of trans-saccadic perceptual re-calibration and saccadic adaptation. Journal of Vision, 20(4):2, 1-15. [pdf]
2019
Cassanello, C. R., Ostendorf, F., & Rolfs, M. (2019). A generative learning model for saccade adaptation. PLoS Computational Biology, 15(8), e1006695. [pdf]
Schweitzer, R., Watson, T.L., Watson, J., & Rolfs, M. (2019). The joy of retinal painting: A build-it-yourself device for intrasaccadic presentations. Perception, 48, 1020-1025. [pdf]
Kwon, S., Rolfs, M., Mitchel, J. F. (2019). Pre-saccadic motion integration drives a predictive post-saccadic following response. Journal of Vision, 19(11):12, 1-19. [pdf]
Thakkar, K.N. & Rolfs, M. (2019). Disrupted corollary discharge in schizophrenia: evidence from the oculomotor system. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4, 773-781. [pdf]
Yao, B., Neggers, S.F.W., Rolfs, M., Rösler, L., Thompson, I.A., Hopman, H.J., Ghermezi, L., Kahn, R.S., & Thakkar, K.N. (2019). Structural thalamofrontal hypoconnectivity is related to oculomotor corollary discharge dysfunction in schizophrenia. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(11), 2102-2113. [pdf]
2018
Rolfs, M., Murray-Smith, N., & Carrasco, M. (2018). Perceptual learning while preparing saccades. Vision Research, 152, 126-138. [pdf]
Ohl, S. & Rolfs, M. (2018). Saccadic selection of stabilized items in visuospatial working memory. Consciousness and Cognition, 64, 32-44. [pdf]
van Heusden, E., Rolfs, M., Cavanagh, P., & Hogendoorn, H. (2018). Motion extrapolation for eye movements predicts perceived motion-induced position shifts. Journal of Neuroscience, 38, 8243-8250. [pdf]
Peer commentary 1
News coverage 1
- Pursuit — Every day, we’re actually seeing into the future EN
Audio and video 1
- Channel 10’s SCOPE — TimingLab: Hinze explains visual prediction on Channel 11’s SCOPE EN
Reposts and blogs 2
- Futurity — How our brains predict where speedy objects will go EN
- Medical Xpress — Research reveals that what we see is not always what we get EN
Balsdon, T., Schweitzer, R., Watson, T. L., & Rolfs, M. (2018). All is not lost: Post-saccadic contributions to the perceptual omission of intra-saccadic streaks. Consciousness and Cognition, 64, 19-31. [pdf]
2017
Ohl, S., Kuper, C., & Rolfs, M. (2017). Selective enhancement of orientation tuning before saccades. Journal of Vision, 17(13):2, 1-11. [pdf]
Kalogeropoulou, Z. & Rolfs, M. (2017). Saccadic eye movements do not disrupt the deployment of feature-based attention. Journal of Vision, 17(8):4, 1-15. [pdf]
Ohl, S. & Rolfs, M. (2017). Saccadic eye movements impose a natural bottleneck on visual short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 43, 736-748. [pdf]
Ohl, S. & Rolfs, M. (2017). Chances and challenges for an active visual search perspective. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, e150. [pdf]
Thakkar, K.N., Diwadkar, V.A., & Rolfs, M. (2017). Oculomotor prediction: a window into the psychotic mind. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21, 344-356. [pdf]
Kalogeropoulou, Z., Jagadeesh, A.V., Ohl, S., & Rolfs, M. (2017). Setting and changing feature priorities in Visual Short-Term Memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 24, 453-458. [pdf]
Peer commentary 1
2016
Rolfs, M. (2016). Seeing causality with the motor system? Current Biology, 26, R1183-R1185. [pdf]
Rolfs, M. & Dambacher, M. (2016). What draws the line between perception and cognition? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, e257. [pdf]
Rolfs, M. & Szinte, M. (2016). Remapping attention pointers: Linking physiology and behavior. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20, 399-401. [pdf]
Cassanello, C.R., Ohl, S., & Rolfs, M. (2016). Saccadic adaptation to a systematically varying disturbance. Journal of Neurophysiology, 116, 336-350. [pdf]
Szinte, M., Jonikaitis, D., Rolfs, M., Cavanagh, P., & Deubel, H (2016). Presaccadic motion integration between current and future retinal locations of attended objects. Journal of Neurophysiology, 116, 1592-1602. [pdf]
2015
Rolfs, M. (2015). Attention in active vision: A perspective on perceptual continuity across saccades. Perception, 44, 900-919. [pdf]
Rösler, L., Rolfs, M., van der Stigchel, S., Neggers, S. F. W., Cahn, W., Kahn, R. S., & Thakkar, K. N. (2015). Failure to use corollary discharge to remap visual target locations is associated with psychotic symptom severity in schizophrenia. Journal of Neurophysiology, 114, 1129-1136. [pdf]
White, A.L., Rolfs, M., & Carrasco, M. (2015). Stimulus competition mediates the joint effects of spatial and feature-based attention. Journal of Vision, 15(14):7, 1-21. [pdf]
Szinte, M., Carrasco, M., Cavanagh, P., & Rolfs, M. (2015). Attentional tradeoffs maintain the tracking of moving objects across saccades. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113, 2220-2231. [pdf]
Peer commentary 1
2013
Rolfs, M., Lawrence, B., & Carrasco, M. (2013). Reach preparation enhances visual performance and appearance. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 368, 20130057. [pdf]
Rolfs, M., Dambacher, M., & Cavanagh, P. (2013). Visual adaptation of the perception of causality. Current Biology, 23, 250-254. [pdf]
Peer commentary 1
Press releases 4
- idw / BCCN Berlin — Logisches Denken nicht notwendig: Kausalitätsurteile werden „gefühlt“ DE
- idw / BCCN Berlin — No logical thinking required: causality judgments can be „felt“ EN
- NYU — Researchers Find Causality in the Eye of the Beholder EN
- Universität Konstanz — Gefühlte Kausalität DE
News coverage 3
- Deutsches Ärzteblatt — Logisches Denken wird überschätzt DE
- le Szience: edizione italiana di Scientific American — Causa ed effetto, decide prima l’occhio IT
- Spektrum der Wissenschaft — Kausalitätsdetektoren im Auge des Betrachters DE
Audio and video 1
- Many Minds — The borderlands of perception EN
Reposts and blogs 4
- Science Daily — Researchers find causality in the eye of the beholder EN
- Neuroscience Stuff — Researchers Find Causality in the Eye of the Beholder EN
- scinexx.de — Gehirn fühlt kausale Zusammenhänge DE
- Azvision.az — Eyes are quick to judge cause and effect EN
White, A.L., Rolfs, M., & Carrasco, M. (2013). Adaptive deployment of spatial and feature-based attention before saccades. Vision Research, 85, 26-35. [pdf]
Jonikaitis, D., Szinte, M., Rolfs, M., & Cavanagh, P. (2013). Allocation of attention across saccades. Journal of Neurophysiology, 109, 1425-1434. [pdf]
2012
Rolfs, M. & Carrasco, M. (2012). Rapid simultaneous enhancement of visual sensitivity and perceived contrast during saccade preparation. Journal of Neuroscience, 32, 13744-13752. [pdf]
2011
Rolfs, M., Jonikaitis, D., Deubel, H., & Cavanagh, P. (2011). Predictive remapping of attention across eye movements. Nature Neuroscience, 14, 252-256. [pdf]
Press releases 1
- New York University — Researchers uncover behavioral process anticipating the results of rapid eye movements EN
News coverage 3
- Münchner ärztliche Anzeigen — Stabiler Seheindruck: Visuelle Aufmerksamkeit eilt voraus DE
- Heath Jockey — Behavioral process possibly predicting outcome of rapid eye movements revealed EN
- National Public Radio (Science Friday), USA — Looking At What The Eyes See EN
Audio and video 1
- National Public Radio (Science Friday), USA — The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend (Video Feature) EN
Reposts and blogs 2
Rolfs, M. & Ohl, S. (2011). Visual suppression in the superior colliculus around the time of microsaccades. Journal of Neurophysiology, 105, 1-3. [pdf]
2010
Rolfs, M., Knapen, T., & Cavanagh, P. (2010). Global saccadic adaptation. Vision Research, 50, 1882-1890. [pdf]
Knapen, T., Rolfs, M., Wexler, M., & Cavanagh, P. (2010). The reference frame of the tilt aftereffect. Journal of Vision, 10(1):8, 1-13. [pdf]
Laubrock, J., Kliegl, R., Rolfs, M., & Engbert, R. (2010). When do microsaccades follow spatial attention? Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72, 683-694. [pdf]
Cavanagh, P., Hunt, A. R., Afraz, A., & Rolfs, M. (2010). Visual stability based on remapping of attention pointers. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 14, 147-153. [pdf]
Cavanagh, P., Hunt, A. R., Afraz, A., & Rolfs, M. (2010). Attention Pointers: Response to Mayo and Sommer. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 14, 390-391. [pdf]
Cavanagh, P., Hunt, A. R., Afraz, A., & Rolfs, M. (2010). Attentional Pointers: Response to Melcher. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 14, 474-475. [pdf]
2009
Rolfs, M. (2009). Microsaccades: Small steps on a long way. Vision Research, 49, 2415-2441. [pdf]
Rolfs, M. (2009). A neural mechanism for fixation instability. Science. (E Letter, 2 Jun 2009). [pdf]
Collins, T., Rolfs, M., Deubel, H., & Cavanagh, P. (2009). Post-saccadic location judgments reveal remapping of saccade targets to non-foveal locations. Journal of Vision, 9(5):29, 1-9. [pdf]
Knapen, T., Rolfs, M., & Cavanagh, P. (2009). The reference frame of the motion aftereffect is retinotopic. Journal of Vision, 9(5):16, 1-6. [pdf]
Dambacher, M., Rolfs, M., Göllner, K., Kliegl, R., & Jacobs, A. (2009). Event-related potentials reveal rapid verification of predicted visual input. PLoS One, 4(3), e5047. [pdf]
Kliegl, R., Rolfs, M., Laubrock, J., & Engbert, R. (2009). Microsaccadic modulation of response times in spatial attention tasks. Psychological Research, 73, 136-146. [pdf]
2008
Rolfs, M., Kliegl, R., & Engbert, R. (2008). Towards a model of microsaccade generation: The case of microsaccadic inhibition. Journal of Vision, 8(11):5, 1-23. [pdf]
Rolfs, M., Laubrock, J., & Kliegl, R. (2008). Microsaccade-induced prolongation of saccadic latencies depends on microsaccade amplitude. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 1(3):1, 1-8. [pdf]
Kinder, A., Rolfs, M., & Kliegl, R. (2008). Sequence learning at optimal stimulus-response mapping: Evidence from a serial reaction time task. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61, 203-209. [pdf]
Thiel, M., Romano, M. C., Kurths, J., Rolfs, M., & Kliegl, R. (2008). Generating surrogates from recurrences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 366, 545-557. [pdf]
2007
Rolfs, M. & Vitu, F. (2007). On the limited role of target onset in the gap task: Support for the motor-preparation hypothesis. Journal of Vision, 7(10):7, 1-20. [pdf]
Laubrock, J., Engbert, R., Rolfs, M., & Kliegl, R. (2007). Microsaccades are an index of covert attention: Commentary on Horowitz, Fine, Fencsik, Yurgenson, and Wolfe (2007). Psychological Science, 18, 364-366. [pdf]
Peer commentary 1
2006
Rolfs, M., Laubrock, J., & Kliegl, R. (2006). Shortening and prolongation of saccade latencies following microsaccades. Experimental Brain Research, 169, 369-376. [pdf]
Romano, M. C., Thiel, M., Kurths, J., Rolfs, M., Engbert, R., & Kliegl, R. (2006). Synchronization analysis and recurrence in complex systems. In B. Schelter, M. Winterhalder, & J. Timmer (Eds.). Handbook of Time Series Analysis. Berlin: Wiley-VCH. [pdf]
Thiel, M., Romano, M. C., Kurths, J., Rolfs, M., & Kliegl, R. (2006). Twin surrogates to test for complex synchronization. Europhysics Letters, 75, 535-541. [pdf]
2005
Rolfs, M., Engbert, R., & Kliegl, R. (2005). Crossmodal coupling of oculomotor control and spatial attention in vision and audition. Experimental Brain Research, 166, 427-439. [pdf]
2004
Rolfs, M., Engbert, R., & Kliegl, R. (2004). Microsaccade orientation supports attentional enhancement opposite to a peripheral cue. Psychological Science, 15, 705-707. [pdf]
Peer commentary 1
Kliegl, R., Grabner, E., Rolfs, M., & Engbert, R. (2004). Length, frequency, and predictability effects of words on eye movements in reading. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 16, 262-284. [pdf]
Peer commentary 2