Welcome
In our lab we use multisensory psychophysics,
and neuroimaging (mainly fMRI and recently MEG, EEG and TMS), to investigate how our brain voluntarily controls
conscious perception to retrieve the (3D) layout of our environment. The lab
is in the Physics Dept of Utrecht University (Helmholtz Inst) and I am an
Assoc. Professor.
My current research is supported by NWO through a VernieuwingsImpuls fellowship
and Utrecht University through a HighPotential fellowship.
Presently I am member of the Young National Academy of Sciences and president
of the Dutch Soc. for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering.
Go to my Curriculum Vitae, to read about my
research at Utrecht, Berkeley and MIT.
A few selected publications:
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R. van Ee & B.L. Anderson (2001). Motion
direction, speed, and orientation in binocular matching. Nature,
410, 690-694.
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W.J. Adams, M.S. Banks & R. van Ee (2001). Adaptation
to three-dimensional distortions in human vision. Nature
Neuroscience, 4, 1063-1064.
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G.J. Brouwer, R. van Ee & J. Schwarzbach (2005). Activation
in visual cortex correlates with the awareness of stereoscopic depth. Journal
of NeuroScience, 25, 10403-10413.
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G.J. Brouwer & R. van Ee (2007). Visual
cortex allows prediction of perceptual states during ambiguous structure-from-motion. Journal
of NeuroScience, 27, 1015-1023.
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R. van Ee, van Boxtel, Parker & Alais (2009).
Multisensory congruency as a mechanism for attentional control over perceptual selection. Journal
of NeuroScience, 29, 11641-11649.
- R. van Ee (2009). Stochastic variations in sensory awareness are driven by noisy neuronal adaptation: Evidence from serial correlations in perceptual bistability. Journal
of the Optical Society of America A, 26, 2612-2622.
- J.W. Brascamp, R. Kanai, V. Walsh & R. van Ee (2010). Human Middle Temporal Cortex, perceptual bias, and perceptual memory for ambiguous 3-D motion. Journal
of NeuroScience, 30:760 –766.
Go to complete publications for down-loadable
files. And to software for the stereoanomaly
test.
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GJ Brouwer
designed the cover
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Television Interview
Our work appeared as a central topic on national television
in "Klokhuis"
(March 28, 2008 and May 13, 2009).
This was a fantastic experience. View movie.
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and guess what?.........
I have achieved the status of "cover boy"
(for an interview ... Alas, it is just on the U-blad)
Okay, there is an interview in Science (326, p777, Nov 2009) but this was only a few lines.
It was about EYE MEETS I, a project with artist Bradley Pitts. We presented an elliptical mirror bringing observers back to the CYCLOPS experience. In this mirror your left eye sees you right eye, and vice versa, wherever you look, meaning that your own "big brother" eye constantly follows you.........View movie. |
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Bessensap Film contest: Bessensap
is the yearly national meeting between science and press. It is organised
by NWO and the Society for Science Journalists. Out of 113 proposals
Robert Kerst and I have been invited to present a film titled "Een
vliegtuig besturen met je wilskracht” on May 26th 2008. We participated
in a contest for the best film and ours was ranked among the best three.
View movie.
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Go to Projects & jobs for graduate students,
post-docs, AIO's and Dutch students.
And check out a few cool demos of our research.
Researchers
Fantastic UnderGrads, Grads and Post-Docs play or played a key role in the research:
Grads: Gijs Joost Brouwer (NYU with David Heeger),
Jan Brascamp (vanderBilt with Randolph Blake), Maartje de Jong (NeuroScience), Allard Kamphuisen (CapGemini), Chris Klink (NeuroBiology), Tomas Knapen (Paris with Patrich Cavanagh), Jeroen van Boxtel (CalTech with Christof Koch),
Loes van Dam (Tuebingen with Marc Ernst), Dagmar Wismeijer (Physics).
Post-docs: Ellen Berends (Berkeley with Schor),
Karel Hol (Industry), Andre' Noest (NeuroPhysics), Ansgar Koene
(UCL), Natalia Petridou (UMCU), Mathijs Raemaekers (NeuroImaging).
Guests: Gunta Krumina (Latvia), Helmut Krueger (Canada), Luz Leiros (Spain).
UnderGrads who did a thesis project:
Sanne Brinkhorst, Carlijn Bus, Daan Dekker, Ties de Jong, Maartje de Jong,
Hanneke den Ouden, Richard Jacobs, Anneli Janssen, Nienke Korsten, Remco
Krijthe, Floris van Liere, Sandra Muijs, Rene Mulder, Miesje Nijs, Sjors
Provoost, Christian te Riet, Kees-Jan Schilt, Sriprakash Sinha, Henk Smit,
Charlie Spork, Marijn Struiksma, Pieter van de Vijver, Sanne van der Ven,
Anna Wegloop.
Contact
| Mail: |
Dr. R. van Ee,
Helmholtz Institute, Fysica vd Mens
PaduaLaan 8,
3584 CH Utrecht,
The Netherlands |
| E-mail: |
r.vanee[at]uu.nl |
| Phone: |
+31 30 253 2830 |
| Fax: |
+31 30 252 2664 |
