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Overview

Martin Rolfs is a researcher affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany, specializing in the field of neuroscience with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience. Their research covers a wide range of topics primarily related to visual perception and processing mechanisms, as well as neural dynamics and brain function.

The scientist's work explores mechanisms underlying visual attention, gaze tracking, and assistive technology, with substantial contributions to understanding how brain activity supports visual and behavioral processes. Their research also intersects with human-computer interaction and ophthalmology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to studying perception and cognition.

Among the main topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Gaze tracking and assistive technology
  • Visual attention and saliency detection
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Retinal development and disorders

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Martin Rolfs include:

  • "Coupling perception to action through incidental sensory consequences of motor behaviour" (2022) published in Nature Reviews Psychology
  • "Memory for action: a functional view of selection in visual working memory" (2020) published in Visual Cognition
  • "Foveal vision anticipates defining features of eye movement targets" (2022) published in eLife
  • "The peripheral sensitivity profile at the saccade target reshapes during saccade preparation" (2021) published in Cortex
  • "Intra-saccadic motion streaks as cues to linking object locations across saccades" (2020) published in Journal of Vision

Martin Rolfs frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors with whom they have published multiple papers, including:

  • Sven Ohl
  • Richard Schweitzer
  • Lisa M. Kroell
  • Jan-Nikolas Klanke
  • Nicolas Roth

Their research has appeared in well-known academic venues, reflecting a broad engagement with key journals in vision science and neuroscience. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Vision
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Cognition
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist's research output spans over 145 publications in neuroscience, with a strong focus on cognitive neuroscience. Additional subfield interests include human-computer interaction, computer vision and pattern recognition, ophthalmology, and social psychology.

Best Publications

  • Length, frequency, and predictability effects of words on eye movements in reading

    Reinhold Kliegl;Ellen Grabner;Martin Rolfs;Ralf Engbert

  • Microsaccades: Small steps on a long way

    Martin Rolfs;Martin Rolfs

  • Visual stability based on remapping of attention pointers

    Patrick Cavanagh;Patrick Cavanagh;Amelia R. Hunt;Amelia R. Hunt;Arash Afraz;Arash Afraz;Martin Rolfs

  • Predictive remapping of attention across eye movements

    Martin Rolfs;Martin Rolfs;Donatas Jonikaitis;Heiner Deubel;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Toward a model of microsaccade generation: The case of microsaccadic inhibition

    Martin Rolfs;Reinhold Kliegl;Ralf Engbert

  • Rapid simultaneous enhancement of visual sensitivity and perceived contrast during saccade preparation.

    Martin Rolfs;Marisa Carrasco

  • Visual Adaptation of the Perception of Causality

    Martin Rolfs;Michael Dambacher;Michael Dambacher;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Twin surrogates to test for complex synchronisation

    Marco Thiel;Maria Carmen Romano;Jürgen Kurths;Martin Rolfs

  • Allocation of attention across saccades

    Donatas Jonikaitis;Martin Szinte;Martin Szinte;Martin Rolfs;Martin Rolfs;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Post-saccadic location judgments reveal remapping of saccade targets to non-foveal locations

    Thérèse Collins;Martin Rolfs;Heiner Deubel;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Crossmodal coupling of oculomotor control and spatial attention in vision and audition

    Martin Rolfs;Ralf Engbert;Reinhold Kliegl

  • Shortening and prolongation of saccade latencies following microsaccades

    Martin Rolfs;Jochen Laubrock;Reinhold Kliegl

  • The reference frame of the tilt aftereffect.

    Tomas Knapen;Martin Rolfs;Mark Wexler;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Attention in Active Vision: A Perspective on Perceptual Continuity Across Saccades

    Martin Rolfs

  • The reference frame of the motion aftereffect is retinotopic

    Tomas Knapen;Martin Rolfs;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Microsaccades are an index of covert attention: commentary on Horowitz, Fine, Fencsik, Yurgenson, and Wolfe (2007).

    Jochen Laubrock;Ralf Engbert;Martin Rolfs;Reinhold Kliegl

  • Event-Related Potentials Reveal Rapid Verification of Predicted Visual Input

    Michael Dambacher;Michael Dambacher;Martin Rolfs;Martin Rolfs;Kristin Göllner;Reinhold Kliegl

  • Microsaccade Orientation Supports Attentional Enhancement Opposite a Peripheral Cue Commentary on Tse, Sheinberg, and Logothetis (2003)

    Martin Rolfs;Ralf Engbert;Reinhold Kliegl

  • When do microsaccades follow spatial attention

    Jochen Laubrock;Reinhold Kliegl;Martin Rolfs;Martin Rolfs;Ralf Engbert

  • Coupling perception to action through incidental sensory consequences of motor behaviour

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  • Adaptive deployment of spatial and feature-based attention before saccades.

    Alex L. White;Martin Rolfs;Marisa Carrasco;Marisa Carrasco

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Cavanagh
Patrick Cavanagh York University
Reinhold Kliegl
Reinhold Kliegl University of Potsdam
Marisa Carrasco
Marisa Carrasco New York University
Heiner Deubel
Heiner Deubel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jürgen Kurths
Jürgen Kurths Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers
Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers Utrecht University
W. Pieter Medendorp
W. Pieter Medendorp Radboud University
Stefan Van der Stigchel
Stefan Van der Stigchel Utrecht University
Sohee Park
Sohee Park Vanderbilt University
Deborah A. Kashy
Deborah A. Kashy Michigan State University

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