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Marc O. Ernst

Marc O. Ernst

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
18533
World Ranking
6563
National Ranking
552

Psychology

D-Index
45
Citations
18001
World Ranking
6529
National Ranking
308

Overview

Marc O. Ernst is affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany and focuses primarily on Neuroscience with an emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Sensory Systems. Their research additionally spans Social Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Color perception and design

Recent publications by Marc O. Ernst demonstrate a range of focus within experimental psychology and sensory integration. Selected papers include:

  • "Advances in Experimental Psychology", 2021, published in Open Psychology
  • "Multisensory correlation computations in the human brain identified by a time-resolved encoding model", 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • "Adapting visualizations and interfaces to the user", 2022, published in it - Information Technology
  • "Development of multisensory integration following prolonged early-onset visual deprivation", 2021, published in Current Biology
  • "Survey on Haptic Feedback through Sensory Illusions in Interactive Systems", 2024, published in ACM Computing Surveys

Marc O. Ernst has collaborated multiple times with several co-authors, including:

  • Irene Senna
  • Timo Oess
  • Heiko Neumann
  • Cesare Parise
  • Priscilla Balestrucci

The scientist's frequent publication venues cover a variety of platforms related to life sciences, cognitive studies, and information technology. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Journal of Vision
  • eLife
  • it - Information Technology

Marc O. Ernst's body of work manifests an interdisciplinary approach across neuroscience and psychological sciences related to sensory perception and cognitive processes. Their collaborations, publication venues, and research topics highlight a comprehensive engagement within these scientific domains.

Best Publications

  • Humans integrate visual and haptic information in a statistically optimal fashion.

    Marc O. Ernst;Marc O. Ernst;Martin S. Banks

  • Merging the senses into a robust percept

    Marc O. Ernst;Heinrich H. Bülthoff

  • Combining Sensory Information: Mandatory Fusion Within, but Not Between, Senses

    J. M. Hillis;M. O. Ernst;M. S. Banks;M. S. Landy

  • Experience can change the 'light-from-above' prior.

    Wendy J Adams;Erich W Graf;Marc O Ernst

  • The Rubber Hand Illusion: feeling of ownership and proprioceptive drift do not go hand in hand.

    Marieke Rohde;Massimiliano Di Luca;Marc O. Ernst

  • Learning to integrate arbitrary signals from vision and touch.

    Marc O. Ernst

  • The statistical determinants of adaptation rate in human reaching.

    Johannes Burge;Marc O. Ernst;Martin S. Banks

  • Focus cues affect perceived depth.

    Simon J. Watt;Kurt Akeley;Marc O. Ernst;Martin S. Banks

  • Touch can change visual slant perception

    Marc O. Ernst;Martin S. Banks;Heinrich H. Bülthoff

  • Optimal integration of shape information from vision and touch

    Hannah B. Helbig;Marc O. Ernst

  • Viewpoint Dependence in Visual and Haptic Object Recognition

    Fiona N. Newell;Marc O. Ernst;Bosco S. Tjan;Heinrich H. Bülthoff

  • A Bayesian view on multimodal cue integration

    Marc O. Ernst

  • Hand synergies: Integration of robotics and neuroscience for understanding the control of biological and artificial hands

    Marco Santello;Matteo Bianchi;Marco Gabiccini;Emiliano Ricciardi

  • Natural auditory scene statistics shapes human spatial hearing

    Cesare V. Parise;Katharina Knorre;Marc O. Ernst

  • Walking Straight into Circles

    Jan L. Souman;Ilja Frissen;Ilja Frissen;Manish N. Sreenivasa;Manish N. Sreenivasa;Marc O. Ernst

  • The combination of vision and touch depends on spatial proximity

    Sergei Gepshtein;Johannes Burge;Marc O. Ernst;Martin S. Banks

  • When Correlation Implies Causation in Multisensory Integration

    Cesare V. Parise;Cesare V. Parise;Cesare V. Parise;Charles Spence;Marc O. Ernst;Marc O. Ernst

  • Vision and touch are automatically integrated for the perception of sequences of events.

    Jean-Pierre Bresciani;Franziska Dammeier;Marc O. Ernst

  • Feeling what you hear: auditory signals can modulate tactile tap perception.

    Jean-Pierre Bresciani;Marc O. Ernst;Knut Drewing;Guillaume Bouyer

  • Haptic Communications

    E. Steinbach;S. Hirche;M. Ernst;F. Brandi

  • Recalibration of multisensory simultaneity: Cross-modal transfer coincides with a change in perceptual latency

    Massimiliano Di Luca;Tonja-Katrin Machulla;Marc O. Ernst

  • Perceived visual speed while walking: Adding to subtraction

    J. L. Souman;I. Frissen;Marc O. Ernst

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinrich H. Bülthoff
Heinrich H. Bülthoff Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Antonio Bicchi
Antonio Bicchi Italian Institute of Technology
Martin Buss
Martin Buss Technical University of Munich
Fiona N. Newell
Fiona N. Newell Trinity College Dublin
Emiliano Ricciardi
Emiliano Ricciardi IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
Vincent Hayward
Vincent Hayward Sorbonne University
Charles Spence
Charles Spence University of Oxford
Pietro Pietrini
Pietro Pietrini IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
Domenico Prattichizzo
Domenico Prattichizzo University of Siena

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