News

17th December 2017
The public opening ceremony for the "Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research Center for Machine Learning" (ZML) will take place in the Aula of the campus Sontheim on 22nd January 2018.

7th November 2017
The symposium
What about the Cinderella of Psychology? Motor perspectives on human cognitive processing
with Daniel Braun, David Franklin, Mathias Hegele, Luc Selen, and myself as speakers has been accepted at TeaP 2018. See you in Marburg!

26th October 2017
2-year funding for establishing an "Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research Center for Machine Learning" (ZML) has been awarded by the BMBF to W. Schramm, N. Stache, and myself.
We are looking for three PhD students in the field of machine learning (official job posting in German).

21st June 2017
My MD student's Davids paper
Minimizing endpoint variability through reinforcement learning during reaching movements involving shoulder, elbow and wrist.
co-authored by J. Klein and J. Diedrichsen
has been accepted for publication in PLoS ONE. link

1st January 2017
I have been elected deputy director of the UniTyLab.

11th January 2016
I have accepted the position of Professor for Psychology in Computer Science at Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences and will be responsible for the newly started Psychology & Computer Science track of the Applied Informatics BSc program from summer semester 2016 onwards. I'm totally thrilled and look forward to my new tasks, opportunities, and responsibilities! :)

21st December 2015
I will give the talk
Implicit factors dominate visuomotor binding
at the TeaP conference in March 2016.

2nd November 2015
My paper
Temporal evolution of spatial computations for visuomotor control
co-authored by D.W Franklin, S. Franklin, and J. Diedrichsen
has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Neuroscience. link

20th September 2015
My paper
Reaching with the sixth sense: vestibular contributions to voluntary motor control in the human right parietal cortex
co-authored by J.-P. Bresciani, H.H. Bülthoff, and A. Thielscher
has been accepted for publication in NeuroImage. link
Now, all papers from the Tübingen sensorimotor TMS series are out!

28th July 2015
My commentary
The Detection Continuum for Motor Control Comprises Preparation and Adjustments
to
Movement Adjustments have Short Latencies Because there is no Need to Detect Anything
by Jeroen B.J. Smeets, Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes, and Eli Brenner
is available online in Motor Control. link

8th May 2015
My paper
Processing reafferent and exafferent visual information for action and perception
co-authored by J. Diedrichsen
has been accepted for publication in Journal of Vision. link

28th December 2014
I am starting as Postdoctoral Fellow at F.Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd in January 2015. I will work on Functional Imaging Biomarkers in Neuroscience in the Department Pharma Research & Early Development.
Exciting times ahead!

14th March 2014
A dedicated binding mechanism for the visual control of movement in the news:

UCL press release
University of Cambridge press release
external media coverage

13th February 2014
My paper
A dedicated binding mechanism for the visual control of movement
co-authored by D.W. Franklin, P. Zatka-Haas, and J. Diedrichsen
has been accepted for publication in Current Biology. link

16th September 2013
My paper
A key region in the human parietal cortex for processing proprioceptive hand feedback during reaching movements
co-authored by A. Thielscher, A. Peer, H.H. Bülthoff, and J.-P. Bresciani
has been accepted for publication in NeuroImage. link