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H. Chris Dijkerman

H. Chris Dijkerman

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Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
9420
World Ranking
6392
National Ranking
179

Psychology

D-Index
47
Citations
9406
World Ranking
6160
National Ranking
288

Overview

H. Chris Dijkerman is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has a research focus spanning neuroscience, psychology, and medicine. Their extensive work encompasses cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and neurology. The primary areas of study include tactile and sensory interactions, action observation and synchronization, multisensory perception and integration, body image and dysmorphia studies, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, visual perception and processing mechanisms, and eating disorders and behaviors.

The scientist has published frequently in notable venues such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports, Journal of Neuropsychology, Acta Psychologica, and Trends in Cognitive Sciences. These journals have served as platforms for disseminating research findings related to sensory processes, affective touch, visual perception, and pain, among other topics.

Recent publications demonstrate the breadth of their work. Key papers include:

  • "Somatosensation in the Brain: A Theoretical Re-evaluation and a New Model" (2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences)
  • "Affective touch perception and longing for touch during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • "Affective touch experiences across the lifespan: Development of the Tactile Biography questionnaire and the mediating role of attachment style" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Neural basis of affective touch and pain: A novel model suggests possible targets for pain amelioration" (2021, Journal of Neuropsychology)
  • "Intracranial Recordings Reveal Unique Shape and Timing of Responses in Human Visual Cortex during Illusory Visual Events" (2020, Current Biology)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Dijkerman's research activity. Frequent co-authors include Anouk Keizer, Larissa L. Meijer, Manja M. Engel, Birgit Hasenack, and Carla Ruis, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement within the fields of neuroscience and psychology.

The research topics addressed often center on how sensory input is processed and integrated neurologically and psychologically. This involves investigating affective touch mechanisms, the neural basis of pain and sensation, and cognitive models related to perception. The work also extends to the development of tools such as questionnaires to better understand tactile experiences and their psychological correlates throughout the lifespan.

Best Publications

  • Somatosensory processes subserving perception and action

    H. Chris Dijkerman;Edward H. F. de Haan

  • Somatosensory processing subserving perception and action: Dissociations, interactions, and integration

    H. Chris Dijkerman;Edward H. F. de Haan

  • Shared representations for working memory and mental imagery in early visual cortex

    Anke Marit Albers;Peter Kok;Ivan Toni;H. Chris Dijkerman

  • The rubber hand illusion in action

    M.P.M. Kammers;F. de Vignemont;L. Verhagen;L. Verhagen;H.C. Dijkerman

  • Mental practice with motor imagery in stroke recovery: randomized controlled trial of efficacy.

    Magdalena Ietswaart;Marie Johnston;H. Chris Dijkerman;Sara Joice

  • Does motor imagery training improve hand function in chronic stroke patients? A pilot study

    H. C. Dijkerman;Magdalena Ietswaart;Marie Johnston;R. S. MacWalter

  • Grasping the past. delay can improve visuomotor performance.

    A.D Milner;H.C Dijkerman;L Pisella;R.D McIntosh

  • A paradoxical improvement of misreaching in optic ataxia: new evidence for two separate neural systems for visual localization

    A. D. Milner;Y. Paulignan;H. C. Dijkerman;F. Michel

  • A Virtual Reality Full Body Illusion Improves Body Image Disturbance in Anorexia Nervosa

    Anouk Keizer;Annemarie van Elburg;Rossa Helms;H. Chris Dijkerman;H. Chris Dijkerman

  • Distinct roles for alpha- and beta-band oscillations during mental simulation of goal-directed actions.

    Loek Brinkman;Arjen Stolk;H. Chris Dijkerman;Floris P. de Lange

  • Parieto-Frontal Connectivity during Visually Guided Grasping

    M.J. Grol;M.J. Grol;J. Majdandzic;K.E. Stephan;L. Verhagen

  • Delayed reaching and grasping in patients with optic ataxia.

    A.D. Milner;H.C. Dijkerman;R.D. McIntosh;Y. Rossetti

  • Visually guided reaching: bilateral posterior parietal lesions cause a switch from fast visuomotor to slow cognitive control

    Y Rossetti;P Revol;Robert McIntosh;L Pisella

  • Too fat to fit through the door: first evidence for disturbed body-scaled action in anorexia nervosa during locomotion.

    Anouk Keizer;Monique A. M. Smeets;H. Chris Dijkerman;H. Chris Dijkerman;Siarhei A. Uzunbajakau

  • Is this hand for real? attenuation of the rubber hand illusion by transcranial magnetic stimulation over the inferior parietal lobule

    Marjolein P. M. Kammers;Lennart Verhagen;H. Chris Dijkerman;Hinze Hogendoorn

  • Does the experience of ownership over a rubber hand change body size perception in anorexia nervosa patients

    Anouk Keizer;Monique A.M. Smeets;Albert Postma;Albert Postma;Annemarie van Elburg

  • Affective touch modulates the rubber hand illusion

    Haike E. van Stralen;Martine J.E. van Zandvoort;Sylco S. Hoppenbrouwers;Lidewij M.G. Vissers

  • Perceptuo-Motor Interactions during Prehension Movements

    L. Verhagen;H.C. Dijkerman;M.J. Grol;I. Toni

  • A long-lasting improvement of somatosensory function after prism adaptation, a case study

    H.C. Dijkerman;M. Webeling;J.M. ter Wal;E. Groet

  • Grasping Spatial Relationships: Failure to Demonstrate Allocentric Visual Coding in a Patient with Visual Form Agnosia

    H.Chris Dijkerman;A.David Milner;David P. Carey

Frequent Co-Authors

A. David Milner
A. David Milner Durham University
Stefan Van der Stigchel
Stefan Van der Stigchel Utrecht University
Robert D. McIntosh
Robert D. McIntosh University of Edinburgh
Edward H.F. de Haan
Edward H.F. de Haan Radboud University
Albert Postma
Albert Postma Utrecht University
Raymond van Ee
Raymond van Ee Radboud University
Frans S.S. Leijten
Frans S.S. Leijten Utrecht University
Ivan Toni
Ivan Toni Radboud University
Floris P. de Lange
Floris P. de Lange Radboud University
Marie Johnston
Marie Johnston University of Aberdeen

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