Affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University & Copromotor Eileen Bousché (daily supervisor)

Currently involved in projects on the use of virtual reality for neglect rehabilitation and return to work, and the use of serious gaming for cognitive assessment.

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Affiliation: Postdoctoral Researcher at Brain and Cognition, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium & Copromotor of Eileen Bousché

Investigating the potential of computational modelling, Bayesian statistics in combination with innovative technology for clinical neuropsychological diagnosis during my postdoctoral research. In addition, during my PhD I developed an immersive virtual reality rehabilitation game (i.e., HEMIRehapp) for hemispatial neglect. We plan to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of this new rehabilitation approach in the next years.

Affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University

Background: BSc Psychology, MSc Neuropsychology, MSc Neuroscience & Cognition

How do patients with acquired brain injury employ their visual working memory to efficiently perceive and use visual information? Do conventional neuropsychological tasks tell the whole story or should we move on to novel paradigms? During the course of my PhD I will try to find out whether eye movement behavior can give insights in underlying (working) memory deficits after acquired brain injury, and whether and how this relates to findings on tasks used in standard neuropsychological assessment.

Affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University

Background: BSc. Psychology, MSc. Artificial Intelligence

Uncovering, at any given time, how many items are present in someone’s (visual) working memory is a complex task. I will investigate whether computational cognitive models can give insight into working memory usage based on gaze behaviour – and how experimental manipulations affect this usage of working memory. Additionally, I will investigate whether various patient populations use different working memory strategies as compared to healthy controls, by seeing whether machine learning models can dissociate between the two groups based on gaze behaviour and memory usage.

Affiliation: Department of public health and primary care, Leiden University Medical Center and Zorggroep Florence

Background: BSc Physical Therapy, MSc Neurorehabilitation and innovation, PhD candidate

A Dutch multicenter study to provide more insight into the process of VSN assessment in GR and to provide more insight into the stroke population with VSN during and after GR. The outcomes of the study will improve VSN assessments in GR neurorehabilitation and will ameliorate the insight of problems due to VSN in GR patients.

Affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University

Background: B.A. Behavioral Sciences, M.A. Experimental Psychology

Project: My research primarily concerned with understanding neuropsychological mechanisms underlying different forms of magnitude (e.g., length, time, size, numerals), and its possible link to action oriented system — goal-directed reaching. In the current project, I intend to use computer mouse-tracking to establish how individuals with spatial neglect selectively process numerical information in the visual field.

Affiliation: Utrecht University Experimental Psychology

Background: BSc. Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, MSc. Neuropsychology

Using Mixed Reality and Serious Gaming techniques to develop new neuropsychological outcome measures. Starting with assessing cognitive performance in children who underwent open heart surgery in early life with a VR Serious Game.

Affiliation: University of Antwerp, Research Group MOVANT (Dept. Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy)

Background: Physical Therapy

Currently working on two projects. The first one is to evaluate the user-experience and feasibility of wearables (activity trackers) in stroke patients with spatial neglect. The second is to investigate whether patients with spatial neglect are generally more or less active compared to those without.

Affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University

Background: B.Sc. Psychology, M.Sc. Cognition and Psychophysiology

I am a PhD student supervised by Tanja Nijboer and Stefan van der Stigchel. My background lies in cognition and attention, specifically in visual perception. My PhD project revolves around finding an objective measurement for the experience of presence, which is defined as “the feeling of being inside of a virtual environment”. I am interested in how the experience can be quantified and utilized in practical applications and in understanding which factors influence the experience of presence.

Affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University and Geriatrische Revalidatie Zorg, afdeling Onderzoek, Omring, Hoorn, Nederland

Background: Ergotherapeut en Master Digitale Innovatie in Zorg en Welzijn (M.A.)

Applying Augmented Reality(AR) to align treatments better to the needs of neglect patients. SE(AR)CH = Scan your Environment with AR to Create less Hamper in moving.

Affiliation: Utrecht University Experimental Psychology and Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital

Background: Neuropsychology

I am working on the ‘Playing for Cognition’ project (grant Stichting Hartekind), in which I will evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of a Virtual Reality Serious Game for cognitive training in children with congenital heart disease.

Affiliation: PhD candidate at Maastricht University (Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain Stimulation and Cognition lab) and InteraktContour

Background: Health Sciences

I believe that NIBS has the potential to become a powerful therapeutic tool to treat neglect symptoms following stroke. My research projects aim to answer the question whether NIBS, specifically tACS, can be used to correct for the visuospatial attention bias typically seen in neglect patients.

Affiliation: Brain Stimulation and Cognition Group, Maastricht University

Background: Neuropsychology

In my current project we study whether high-definition transcranial electrical stimulation can help improve cognitive rehabilitation outcomes for neglect in subacute stroke patients. In this project we use an interactive digital test- and training programme that recruits the patient’s visuomotor system and provides in-depth insight into training progress.

Affiliation: PhD candidate at Utrecht University

Background: MSc Media Communication

Project: How do parental styles in cross- contexts influence children’s addiction to mobile and Internet? How does the problematic use of smartphones influence children’s brains in different countries?

I will study the cultural factors that can influence mobile and Internet addiction with a specific focus on parenting style, and how the overuse of the internet is related to children’s brain injury using neuropsychological assessment.

Affiliation: Graduate School of Natural Sciences of Utrecht University (Artificial Intelligence Master)

Background: Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science

Using current tools from data science to find interesting patterns and correlations in the Koji’s quest database. Searching for creative and intuitive ways to visualize these complex relationships.

Affiliation: AttentionLab, the Department of Experimental Psychology of Utrecht University

Background: Msc Neuroscience & Cognition

Project: Currently working on local and global perception bias is about whether you focus on the trees or on the forest, the small elements or the bigger picture. It is not clear though which of the proposed behavioural tasks capture this concept well and if it is a single, unified construct, therefore I run a study to compare three tasks to see if they actually measure the same thing.

Affiliation: Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht

Background: MSc Neuropsychology, MSc Neuroscience & Cognition

Currently working on the innovation in digitized neuropsychological assessment, in which I will explore the feasibility of remote neuropsychological testing. The pilot project is a collaboration with prof. dr. Arjen Slooter and will include (remote) neuropsychological testing in ICU-patients (UMC Utrecht) after hospital discharge.

Affiliation: Utrecht University

Background: Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science

I’m a research assistant in a multidisciplinary project on cognitive modelling of attention. My role in this project is to build a novel cognitive model based on data from 1500 stroke patients. We aim to scrutinize different subtypes of visuospatial neglect based on a large set of different digitised neuropsychological tests.

Affiliation: Master Student at Utrecht University

Background: MSc Neuropsychology, MSc Neuroscience & Cognition

The overarching aim of my project (thesis): Scrutinising wayfinding in a Virtual Reality supermarket simulation to measure cognitive impairment in stroke patients.

Affiliation: Master Student at Utrecht University

Background: Neuropsychology

The aim of my study is to assess the performance of a healthy population in a Virtual Reality game called Koji’s Quest. This game is developed to assess and train cognitive skills. I am specifically looking into the influence of cybersickness on performance, as well as its prevalence in a healthy population.

Affiliation: Master Student at Utrecht University

Background: Bachelor Pedagogical Sciences, master Neuropsychology and master Youth 0-21, Society and Policy

I am involved in a project that aims to use Virtual Reality and Serious Games in assessing and training cognitive functions in children with congenital heart disease.

Affiliation: Master Student at Utrecht University

Background: Master Student at Utrecht University

Project: I am currently involved in a project in which the use of a Virtual Reality Serious Game for measuring and training cognitive abilities in children with congenital heart disease is investigated.

Affiliation: Honours project for my bachelor of medicine

Background: BSc Neuropsychology

Project: I am developing a new cognitive model for visuospatial neglect (machine learning).

Affiliation: Master Student at Utrecht University

Background: BSc Psychology, currently MSc Neuropsychology

Project: I am currently working on my thesis, which aims to investigate the relation between stroke patients’ cognitive and social functions, and their capacities on return to work. It involves an exploratory data analysis which makes use of Neuropsychological test results and those of the Melba method.          

Affiliation: Master student Utrecht University.

Background: Bachelor Pedagogical Sciences, master Neuropsychology and master Youth 0-21, Society and Policy

Project: I am currently contributing to a project in which the efficacy and feasibility of a VR-based Serious Game will be evaluated for assessing/training cognitive functions in children with
congenital heart disease.

Affiliation: Master student Utrecht University.

Background: BSc Psychology, currently MSc in Neuropsychology

Project: The aim of my internship project is to investigate eye tracking and searching behaviour in an Augmented Reality game.

Affiliation: Master student Utrecht University.

Background: BSc Psychology, currently MSc Neuropsychology

Project: As part of my research internship, I am currently involved in a project aimed to investigate eye tracking and search behavior in neglect patients as well as the healthy population using an Augmented Reality (AR) game.

Affiliation: Master student Utrecht University.

Background: information science, innovation sciences, philosophy

Project: I’m interested in the practical use of technology and how to implement it. That’s why I’m excited to start my thesis in the field of neuroscience and hopefully help with the development of serious games.

Affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Utrecht University and Department of Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University

Background: B.Sc. Artificial Intelligence

I am a master student of Artificial Intelligence working on my master thesis supervised by Jeffrey Harris and Stefan van der Stigchel. For my master thesis project I am working with Jeffrey on his research into objectively measuring the experience of presence in virtual reality, which is defined as “the feeling of being inside of a virtual environment”. My bachelor thesis also covered the subject of presence so I am glad to be able to continue my research in this endlessly fascinating topic.

Affiliation: Master student Neuropsychology at Utrecht University

Background: BSc psychology, currently MSc Neuropsychology

I am currently as an intern involved in the NIBS project, the aim of this project is to determine if the addition of tACS to standard treatment is beneficial in treating patients with neglect.

Background: Msc Neuroscience & Cognition

Currently working on a project to determine whether neglect training complemented with NIBS treatment in chronic stroke patients suffering from neglect, improves neglect-related symptoms to a larger extent compared to neglect training with sham stimulation.

Affiliation: Master Student at Utrecht University

Background: Neuropsychology

Currently I am contributing to the NIBS project, which studies non-invasive brain stimulation as an innovative treatment for chronic neglect patients. I focus on the effects of a computerized version of the Visual Scanning Training.

Affiliation: Master Student at Utrecht University

Background: MSc Neuropsychology, MSc Neuroscience & Cognition

I am currently involved in a research to find out whether the addition of tACS to a visual scanning training is beneficial in the treatment of neglect patients in the chronic phase following stroke.

Affiliation: Master Student at Utrecht University

Background: Neuropsychology

I am working on a brain stimulation project in patients with neglect.

Affiliation: Master Student at Utrecht University

Background: MSc Neuroscience & Cognition, MSc Neuropsychology

Project: Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) as an innovative treatment in chronic neglect patients whereby my thesis will focus on the effect of initial neglect severity on treatment effect.