We study how activity of groups of neurons results into behaviour. We investigate how perception, action and cognition can be explained in terms of electrical activity in networks of communicating neurons. Our goal is to study these processes from the level of single neurons to large scale brain networks. To cover all these different levels of neural processing we rely on neurophysiological methods like neural recordings, imaging and behavioural measurements. Findings are translated into clinical applications with a focus on new technologies for visually impaired persons and Parkinson patients.
Visual Neuroscience
Research group information
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Principal Investigator
- Prof. dr. Richard van Wezel (Principal Investigator)
PhD candidates
- Bas van Gorp
- Janne Heijs
- Silvana Huertas Penen
- Matthijs Hulsebos
- Emilie Klaver
- Marjolein Klop
- Max Sterling
- Ajša Džindo
Research Support Staff
- 2023 - Interreg Parkinson vibrating socks
- 2020 - INTENSE (NWO-Crossover) Innovative neurotechnology for society
- 2020 - PROHEALTH (EFRO) development of wearable sensor for orthostatic hypentsion
- 2019 - PROMPT wearable technologies for Parkinson patients
- 2018 - NESTOR (TTW/NWO), neuronal stimulation for recovery of visual function
- Cocks, H., Oostenveld, R., Tabor, M., Savenco, E., van Setten, A., Cameron, I. van Wezel, R. (2023). fNIRS is sensitive to leg activity in the primary motor cortex after systemic artifact correction. NeuroImage, 119880.
- Klop, M., de Heus, R.A.A., Maier, A.B., van Alphen, A., Floor-Westerdijk, M.J., Bronkhorst, M., Melis, R.J.F., Meskers, C.G.M., Claassen, J.A.H.R., van Wezel, R.J.A. (2023). Capturing postural blood pressure dynamics with near-infrared spectroscopy-measured cerebral oxygenation. Geroscience, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-023-00791-9
- Ottink, L., Buimer, H., Raalte, B., Doeller, C.F., van der Geest, Th.M., van Wezel, R.J.A. (2022). Cognitive map formation supported by auditory, haptic, and multimodal information in persons with blindness. Neuroscience & Biobehavioural Reviews, 104797.
- Kogo, N., Kern, F., Nowotny, Th., van Ee, R., van Wezel, R.J.A., Aihara, T. (2021). Dynamics of a mutual inhibition between pyramidal neurons compared to human perceptual competition. Journal of Neuroscience, 41 (6), 1251-1264.
- De Ruyter van Steveninck, J., van Gestel, T., Koenders, P., van der Ham, G., Vereecken, F., Güclü, U., van Gerven, M., Güclütürk, Y., and van Wezel, R.J.A. (2021). Real-world indoor mobility with simulated prosthetic vision: the benefits and feasibility of contour-based scene simplification at different phosphene resolutions. Journal of Vision, 22 (2), 1-1.
Publication lists
Contact information
024-3653276
6500GL NIJMEGEN
Postal address
Postbus 90106500GL NIJMEGEN
Contact person
Prof. R.J.A. van Wezel (Richard)