CURRICULUM VITAE

Jeroen J.A. van Boxtel

Contact Info:   Name: Jeroen van Boxtel Tel: +1 626-395-8961 E-mail: J.J.A.vanBoxtel host:gmail com
Languages:   Dutch Mother-tongue English Fluent French Fluent German Basic

Current Position

Monash University, Australia Associate Professor
Frontiers in Consciousness Research Associate Editor
 

Publications

Thesis

On the visual system's architecture underlying binocular rivalry and motion perception. (2008): ISBN: 978-90-393-4731-7

Articles

  1. van Boxtel. J.J.A., Dapretto, M., Lu, H.
    Intact recognition, but attenuated adaptation, for biological motion in youth with autism spectrum disorder.
    Autism Research (accepted, 2015)
  2. van Boxtel, J.J.A., Lu, H.
    Joints and their relations as critical features in action discrimination: evidence from a classification image method.
    Journal of Vision 15(1):15.1.20 (2015)
  3. van Boxtel, J.J.A., Lu, H.
    A biological motion toolbox for reading, displaying, and manipulating motion capture data in research settings
    Journal of Vision 13(12): 7, 1-16 (2013)
  4. Wu, E.X, Gilani S.O., van Boxtel J.J.A. Amihai, I., Chua, F.K. & Yen, S.C.
    Parallel programming of saccades during natural scene viewing: Evidence from eye movement positions.
    Journal of Vision 13(12):17, 1-14 (2013)
  5. Tsuchiya, N.*, van Boxtel, J.J.A.*
    Introduction to research topic: attention and consciousness in different senses
    Frontiers in Psychology 4:204 pp. 1-4 (2013)
  6. van Boxtel, J.J.A., Lu, H.
    Impaired global, and compensatory local, biological motion processing in people with high levels of autistic traits
    Frontiers in Psychology 4:209 pp. 1-10 (2013)
  7. van Boxtel, J.J.A., Lu, L.
    A predictive coding perspective on autism spectrum disorders [peer-reviewed commentary]
    Frontiers in Psychology 4:19, pp. 1-3 (2013)
  8. van Boxtel, J.J.A., Lu, L.
    Signature movements lead to efficient search for threatening actions
    PLoS One 7(5):e37085 (2012)
  9. van Boxtel, J.J.A., Koch, C.
    Visual rivalry without spatial conflict
    Psychological Science 23(4):410-418 (2012)
  10. van Boxtel, J.J.A., Lu, H.
    Visual search by action category
    Journal of Vision 11(7) article 19 (2011)
  11. van Boxtel, J.J.A.*, Tsuchiya, N.* & Koch, C.
    Consciousness and Attention: On sufficiency and necessity
    Frontiers in Psychology 1:217 pp. 1-13 (2010)   * = equal contribution
  12. Tsuchiya, N., &   van Boxtel J.J.A.
    Is recurrent processing necessary and/or sufficient for consciousness? [Commentary]
    Cognitive Neuroscience 1(3):230-31 (2010)
  13. van Boxtel J.J.A., Tsuchiya, N., & Koch, C.
    Opposing effects of attention and consciousness on afterimages
    Proc. Nat. Acac. Sci. USA 107(19):8883-8 (2010)
  14. Brascamp JW, van Boxtel JJ, Knapen T, & Blake R.
    A Dissociation of Attention and Awareness in Phase-sensitive but Not Phase-insensitive Visual Channels
    Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 22(10) 2326-2344 (2010)
  15. Alais, D, van Boxtel, JJ, Parker, A, & van Ee, R.
    Attending to auditory signals slows visual alternations in binocular rivalry
    Vision Research 2010 50(10):929-935
  16. Raymond van Ee, Jeroen J.A. van Boxtel, Amanda L. Parker, & David Alais
    Multisensory congruency as a mechanism for attentional control over perceptual selection
    Journal of Neuroscience 2009 29(37):11641-11649
  17. J.J.A. van Boxtel, Knapen, T., C.J. Erkelens,& van Ee, R.
    Removal of monocular interactions equates rivalry behavior for monocular, binocular, and stimulus rivalries.
    Journal of Vision 2008, 8(15):13, 1-17 (Or look at the Journal of Vision)
  18. van Boxtel, J.J.A., Alais, D., & van Ee, R.
    Retinotopic and non-retinotopic stimulus encoding in binocular rivalry and the involvement of feedback.
    Journal of Vision 2008, 8(5):17, 1-10. (Or look at the Journal of Vision web-site)
  19. van Boxtel, J.J.A., Alais, D., Erkelens, C.J., & van Ee, R.
    The role of temporally course form processing in binocular rivalry.
    PLoS ONE 2008 3(1):e1429
  20. van Boxtel JJ van Ee, R., & Erkelens, CJ.
    Dichoptic masking and Binocular rivalry share common perceptual dynamics.
    Journal of Vision 2007 7(14):3, 1-11 (Or look at the Journal of Vision web-site)
  21. Knapen, T.H.J., Kanai, R. , Brascamp, J.W., van Boxtel J.J.A. & van Ee, R.
    Distance in feature space determines exclusivity in visual rivalry.
    Vision Research 2007 47(26):3269-3275
  22. van Boxtel JJ, Erkelens, CJ.
    A single motion system suffices for global-motion perception.
    Vision Research 2006 Dec;46(28): 4634-45
  23. van Boxtel, JJ, van Ee R, & Erkelens, CJ.
    A single system explains human speed perception.
    J. Cogn. Neurosc. 2006, 18(11):1808-1819
  24. Wexler M, van Boxtel JJ.
    Depth perception by the active observer.
    Trends Cogn Sci. 2005 Sep;9(9):431-8.
  25. van Boxtel JJ, Wexler M, Droulez J.
    Perception of plane orientation from self-generated and passively observed optic flow.
    J Vis. 2003;3(5):318-32. (Or look at the Journal of Vision web-site)

Organized Symposia

Dissociations between top-down attention and visual awareness. Symposium co-organized with N. Tsuchiya at VSS (speakers: N. Tsuchiya, J.J.A. van Boxtel, T. Watanabe, J. Voss, and A. Maier)


Editorial

Attention and Awareness in different senses. Special Topic co-organized with N. Tsuchiya, in Frontiers in Consciousness Research


Conference Abstracts

  • J.J.A. van Boxtel and A.V. Panfilov (2001). Spiral Breakup in an Array of Coupled Cells. The Role of Gap Junctional Conductance. XXXIVth International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • J.J.A. van Boxtel, M. Wexler (2003) The consequences of head motor signals for the perception of 3-D surfaces. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2003) PERCEPTION 32: 62-62 Suppl.
  • J.J.A. van Boxtel, C.J. Erkelens (2004) A single population of velocity detectors can account for the adaptation differences to fast and slow motion (ECVP 2004) PERCEPTION 33: 158-158 Suppl.
  • J.J.A.van Boxtel, C.J.Erkelens (2005) Global-motion perception is governed by a single motion system (ECVP 2005) PERCEPTION 34: 228-228 Suppl. S 2005
  • J.J.A. van Boxtel, Kamphuisen, A. P., van Ee, R., & Erkelens, C. J. (2006). The occurrence of binocular rivalry and dichoptic masking depends on temporal aspects of stimulation [Abstract VSS]. Journal of Vision,6(6), 850a, http://journalofvision.org/6/6/850/, doi:10.1167/6.6.850.
  • J.J.A. van Boxtel, Knapen, T., van Ee, R., & Erkelens, C. J. (2006). Exploring the parameter space of stimulus rivalry. PERCEPTION 35: 32-32 Suppl.
  • J.J.A. van Boxtel, Knapen, T., van Ee, R., & Erkelens, C. J. (2007). Identical rivalry dynamics for monocular, stimulus and binocular rivalry. [Abstract VSS].
  • R. van Ee, Parker, A.L., van Boxtel, J.J.A., & Alais, D.M. (2007). Voluntary control over visual rivalry can be enhanced by sound that is consistent with scene interpretation. ECVP 2007
  • D. Alais, Parker, A.L., van Boxtel, J.J.A., Paffen, C. & van Ee, R. (2007). Attending to auditory signals slows binocular rivalry. ECVP 2007
  • J.J.A. van Boxtel, van Ee, R. & Erkelens, C.J.. (2007). Binocular rivalry for temporally modulated stimuli depends on a form-based parsing mechanism. ECVP 2007
  • R van Ee, Parker, A., van Boxtel, J.J.A. & Alais, D. (2007) Voluntary control over visual rivalry is enhanced by sound that is consistent with scene interpretation. Neuroscience 126.10
  • T. Knapen, van Boxtel J., & van Ee, R. (2007) Neural circuitry of segregation and binding in perceptual rivalry. Neuroscience 201.10
  • J.J.A. van Boxtel, van Ee, R. & Erkelens, C.J. (2007) Binocular rivalry depends on temporally coarse form processing. Neuroscience 716.5
  • J J A van Boxtel, C J Erkelens, R van Ee. (2008) Binocular rivalry from asynchronously flickering images: the temporal limit depends on trial duration and attention Perception 37 Supplement
  • J W Brascamp, J J A van Boxtel, & T H J Knapen. (2008) Invisible images can leave stronger afterimages than visible images Perception 37 Supplement
  • T Knapen & J van Boxtel. (2008) Stereopsis contingent on binocular rivalry suppression phase Perception 37 Supplement
  • van Boxtel, J. J. A., & Koch, C. (2009). Afterimage duration and its modulation by attention and consciousness. Journal of Vision, 9(8):121, 121a, http://journalofvision.org/9/8/121/, doi:10.1167/9.8.121.
  • van Boxtel, J. J. A., & Koch, C. (2009). Attention and consciousness have different effects on afterimage formation. Workshop: Scientific Studies for Consciousness (SSC), Nagoya, Japan
  • van Boxtel, J. J. A., & Koch, C. (2009). Non-retinotopic rivalry in an object-centered reference frame. ECVP 2009
  • van Boxtel, J.J.A. & Koch, C. (2009) Attention and consciousness have different effects on afterimage formation. Society for Neuroscience
  • Brascamp, J.W. van Boxtel J..J.A., Knapen, T. & Blake, R. (2010) Correlated effects of attention and awareness on contrast threshold elevation but not on afterimage formation. VSS
  • van Boxtel, J.J.A. & Koch, C. (2010) Boundary Information And Filling-In In Afterimage Perception. VSS
  • van Boxtel, J.J.A. (2010) Opposing effects of attention and awareness on afterimages. VSS (symposium)
  • van Boxtel, J.J.A. & Koch, C. (2010) Attention, surface and boundary signals in the perception of afterimages. ASSC 14
  • Lu, H., & van Boxtel, J. (2011). Find the punch: Signature movement in perceiving an action category. Invited talk at workshop on Psychology of Face and Gesture Recognition, FG 2011. Santa Barbara, California.
  • van Boxtel, J.J.A. & Lu, H. (2011) Beat them to the punch: rapid recognition of boxers among walkers with a “punch detector”. VSS 2011
  • Su, J., van Boxtel, J.J.A., Lu, H.(2012) “What” and “when” in action prediction. VSS
  • Wu, E.X.W., Gilani, S.O., van Boxtel, J.J.A., Amihai, I., Chua, F.K., & Yen, S.-C. (2012) Optimization of Fixations during Scene Viewing. VSS
  • van Boxtel, J.J.A., & Lu, H. (2012) Position-specific and position-invariant action adaptation correlates with Autism Spectrum Quotient. VSS

Talks

  1. UCLA Cognitive Forum (2013): Internal and external factors in the perception of biological motion
  2. ESCoP Summer School on Dynamics of Consciousness (20th - 28th July 2012) in Zakopane - Kiry, Poland: The relationship between attention and consciousness
  3. UCLA Cognitive Forum (2011): High-level influences on visual perception
  4. ASSC 14 (2010): Attention, surface and boundary signals in the perception of afterimages
  5. UCLA (2010): Opposing effects of attention and awareness on afterimage perception (but not on adaptation)
  6. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Naples, FA, USA. Opposing effects of attention and awareness on afterimages VSS 2010 (symposium)
  7. European conference on visual perception, Regensburg, Germany (Aug 2009) Non-retinotopic rivalry in an object-centered reference frame
  8. Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Naples, FA, USA (May 2009) Afterimage duration and its modulation by attention and consciousness
  9. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA (Okt 2007) The maintenance of binocular rivalry depends on temporally coarse form processing
  10. Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, Paris, France (Okt 2007) The maintenance of binocular rivalry depends on temporally coarse form processing
  11. European conference on visual perception, Arezzo, Italy (2007) Binocular rivalry for temporally modulated stimuli depends on a form-based parsing mechanism.
  12. Helmholtz Institute, Bergen, The Netherlands (June 2007) Form-based temporal parsing dictates binocular conflict resolution
  13. Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2005) Adaptation to fast and slow motion: model and experimental results.
  14. Helmholtz Institute, Bergen, The Netherlands (July 2005) How many motion systems does the brain possess? Global motion perception
  15. École des Hautes Études en Sciences Socials (EHESS), Paris, France (2003) La perception à partir du movement: le rôle de la copie efferente [In French. English title: Structure-from-motion perception: the role of the efference copy].
  16. Collège de France, Paris, France (2001) The influence of active exploration on perception

Summerschools/Workshops

participant

fMRI course (SPM), Paris-Orsay, France, 2002. Given by Jean-Baptiste Poline.

European Summer School for Visual Neuroscience, Rauischholzhausen Castle, Germany, September 3-15, 2006

Scientific Studies for Consciousness (SSC), Nagoya, Japan, 2009

Probabilistic Models of Cognition, Los Angeles, July, 2011

speaker

ESCoP Summer School on Dynamics of Consciousness (20th - 28th July 2012) in Zakopane - Kiry, Poland.


Grants

Trajectum grant (2001) — 0.4 kfl.
Leonardo da Vinci Grant (2001) — 1.0 kfl.
VSB-Beurs (2002-2003) — 2.0 k€
Talentenprogramma (2002-2003) — 11.0 k€
Fully sponsored visit to European Summer School for Visual Neuroscience (2006)
Sponsored printing of thesis by J.E. Jurriaanse Stichting (2008)
Rubicon grant (2008-2010)
Odysseus Grant (2013-2018) — 911.0 k€