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A. J. Van Opstal

A. J. Van Opstal

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Neuroscience

D-Index
54
Citations
11014
World Ranking
4909
National Ranking
147

Overview

A. J. Van Opstal is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and has a research portfolio predominantly in the field of neuroscience. Their work covers multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, speech and hearing, experimental and cognitive psychology, signal processing, and neurology.

The main research topics in their body of work encompass hearing loss and rehabilitation, noise effects and management, visual perception and processing mechanisms, neural dynamics and brain function, multisensory perception and integration, vestibular and auditory disorders, and motor control and adaptation.

Van Opstal's recent publications include:

  • Spatial Hearing by Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users With Temporal Fine-Structure Processing (2020, Frontiers in Neurology)
  • Speed-accuracy tradeoffs influence the main sequence of saccadic eye movements (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • Modelling 3D saccade generation by feedforward optimal control (2021, PLoS Computational Biology)
  • Towards personalized and optimized fitting of cochlear implants (2023, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • Neural encoding of instantaneous kinematics of eye-head gaze shifts in monkey superior Colliculus (2023, Communications Biology)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Marc M. van Wanrooij
  • Elisabeth Noordanus
  • Akhil John
  • Alexandre Bernardino
  • Arezoo Alizadeh

Van Opstal has published regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, and the Journal of Neurophysiology. Of these, bioRxiv hosts the greatest number of their publications, followed by Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Neuroscience.

The scope of Van Opstal's work largely intersects with auditory and visual neuroscience, focusing on mechanisms of sensory processing and adaptation, often involving sophisticated modeling of motor control and sensory integration. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates cognitive and experimental psychology with clinical aspects related to hearing disorders and rehabilitation strategies.

Best Publications

  • Relearning sound localization with new ears.

    P.M. Hofman;J.G.A. van Riswick;A.J. van Opstal

  • Spatial and temporal factors determine auditory-visual interactions in human saccadic eye movements

    M. A. Frens;A. J. Van Opstal;R. F. Van Der Willigen

  • Book review: dynamic patterns: The self-organization of brain and behavior by, j. a. scott kelso, cambridge, ma : the mit press, 1995, hardbound, 334 pages, $49.95. isbn 0-262-11200-0

    A. J. van Opstal

  • Collicular ensemble coding of saccades based on vector summation

    J.A.M. Van Gisbergen;A.J. Van Opstal;A.A.M. Tax

  • Human eye-head coordination in two dimensions under different sensorimotor conditions.

    H. H. L. M. Goossens;A. J. Van Opstal

  • A spatial hearing deficit in early-blind humans.

    M. P. Zwiers;A. J. Van Opstal;J. R. M. Cruysberg

  • Spectro-temporal factors in two-dimensional human sound localization

    Paul M. Hofman;A. John Van Opstal

  • Contribution of Head Shadow and Pinna Cues to Chronic Monaural Sound Localization

    Marc M. Van Wanrooij;A. John Van Opstal

  • Scatter in the metrics of saccades and properties of the collicular motor map.

    A.J. van Opstal;J.A.M. van Gisbergen

  • Auditory-Visual Interactions Subserving Goal-Directed Saccades in a Complex Scene

    B. D. Corneil;M. Van Wanrooij;D. P. Munoz;A. J. Van Opstal

  • Transfer of short-term adaptation in human saccadic eye movements.

    M. A. Frens;A. J. van Opstal

  • Remapping of neural activity in the motor colliculus: a neural network study.

    K.P. Krommenhoek;A.J. Van Opstal;C.C.A.M. Gielen;J.A.M. Van Gisbergen

  • Skewness of saccadic velocity profiles: a unifying parameter for normal and slow saccades

    A.J. Van Opstal;J.A.M. Van Gisbergen

  • Visual-auditory interactions modulate saccade-related activity in monkey superior colliculus

    Maarten A Frens;Maarten A Frens;A.John Van Opstal

  • Relearning Sound Localization with a New Ear

    Marc M. Van Wanrooij;A. John Van Opstal

  • INFLUENCE OF EYE POSITION ON ACTIVITY IN MONKEY SUPERIOR COLLICULUS

    A. J. Van Opstal;K. Hepp;Y. Suzuki;V. Henn

  • Plasticity in human sound localization induced by compressed spatial vision

    Marcel P. Zwiers;A. John Van Opstal;Gary D. Paige

  • Blink-Perturbed Saccades in Monkey. II. Superior Colliculus Activity

    H.H.L.M. Goossens;H.H.L.M. Goossens;A. J. Van Opstal

  • Experimental test of two models for the generation of oblique saccades

    J. A. M. van Gisbergen;A. J. van Opstal;J. J. M. Schoenmakers

  • Stimulus intensity modifies saccadic reaction time and visual response latency in the superior colliculus

    A. H. Bell;M. A. Meredith;A. J. Van Opstal;D. P. Munoz

  • Dynamic ensemble coding of saccades in the monkey superior colliculus.

    H.H.L.M. Goossens;A. J. Van Opstal

  • Monkey Superior Colliculus Activity During Short-Term Saccadic Adaptation

    M.A. Frens;A.J. Van Opstal

  • Two- rather than three-dimensional representation of saccades in monkey superior colliculus

    AJ van Opstal;K Hepp;BJ Hess;D Straumann

  • A nonlinear model for collicular spatial interactions underlying the metrical properties of electrically elicited saccades.

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Frequent Co-Authors

J. A. M. Van Gisbergen
J. A. M. Van Gisbergen Radboud University
Marcel P. Zwiers
Marcel P. Zwiers Radboud University
Volker Henn
Volker Henn University of Zurich
Dominik Straumann
Dominik Straumann University of Zurich
Douglas P. Munoz
Douglas P. Munoz Queen's University
Elia Formisano
Elia Formisano Maastricht University
Brian D. Corneil
Brian D. Corneil University of Western Ontario
Rainer Goebel
Rainer Goebel Maastricht University
David L. Sparks
David L. Sparks Baylor College of Medicine
Jos J. Eggermont
Jos J. Eggermont University of Calgary

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