Dr. rer. nat. Anton L. Beer, Dipl.-Psych.

Courses

SS 2012

Psychologie

WS 2011/12

Research focus

• Visual, auditory, and multisensory motion analysis
• Crossmodal perceptual learning / crossmodal plasticity
• Visuo-spatial neglect
• Neural processing of spatial reference systems
• Semantic priming
• Behaviour analysis

Current projects

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Journal articles

• Batson, M. A., Beer, A. L., Seitz, A., & Watanabe, T. (2011). Spatial shifts of audio-visual interactions by perceptual learning are specific to the trained orientation and eye. Seeing and Perceiving, 24(6), 579-594. doi:10.1163/187847611X603738
• Beer, A. L., Plank, T., & Greenlee, M. W. (2011). Diffusion tensor imaging shows white matter tracts between human auditory and visual cortex. Experimental Brain Research, 213(2-3), 299-308. doi:10.1007/s00221-011-2715-y
• Beer, A. L., Batson, M. A., & Watanabe, T. (2011). Multisensory perceptual learning reshapes both fast and slow mechansisms of crossmodal processing. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 11(1), 1-12. doi:10.3758/s13415-010-0006-x
• Beer, A. L., Watanabe, T., Ni, R., Sasaki, Y., & Andersen, G. J. (2009). 3D surface perception from motion involves a temporal-parietal network. European Journal of Neuroscience, 30(4), 703-713. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06857.x
• Beer, A. L., & Watanabe, T. (2009). Specificity of auditory-guided visual perceptual learning suggests crossmodal plasticity in early visual cortex. Experimental Brain Research, 198(2-3), 353-361. doi:10.1007/s00221-009-1769-6
• Beer, A. L., Heckel, A. H., & Greenlee, M. W. (2008). A Motion Illusion Reveals Mechanisms of Perceptual Stabilization. PLoS One, 3(7):e2741. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002741
• Schicke, T., Muckli, L., Beer, A. L., Wibral, M., Singer, W., Goebel, R., Rösler, F., & Röder, B. (2006). Tight covariation of BOLD signal changes and slow ERPs in the parietal cortex in a parametric spatial imagery task with haptic acquisition. European Journal of Neuroscience, 23(7), 1910-1918. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04720.x
• Beer, A. L. (2005). Erfolge der angewandten Verhaltensanalyse - Beispiele aus den Vereinigten Staaten. Verhaltenstherapie und psychosoziale Praxis, 37(4), 769-783.
• Beer, A. L., & Röder, B. (2005). Attending to visual or auditory motion affects perception within and across modalities: an event-related potential study. European Journal of Neuroscience, 21(4), 1116-1130. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.03927.x
• Beer, A. L., & Röder, B. (2004). Unimodal and crossmodal effects of endogenous attention to visual and auditory motion. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 4(2), 230-240. doi:10.3758/cabn.4.2.230
• Beer, A. L., & Röder, B. (2004). Attention to motion enhances processing of both visual and auditory stimuli: an event-related potential study. Cognitive Brain Research, 18(2), 205-225. doi:10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2003.10.004
• Keller, I., Beer, A. L., & Kerkhoff, G. (2003). Optokinetische Stimulation bei visuellem Neglect. Neurologie und Rehabilitation, 9(6), 272-279.
• Beer, A. L. & Diehl, V. A. (2001). The Role of Short-Term Memory in Semantic Priming. The Journal of General Psychology, 128(39), 329-350. doi:10.1080/00221300109598915

Conference contributions

Talks

• Greenlee, M. W., Plank, T., & Beer, A. L. (2011, Jun). Multisensory integration: Evidence from structural and functional MRI. Munich Multisensory Perception Symposium, Munich, Germany.
• Beer, A. L., Batson, M. A., & Watanabe, T. (2008, Jul). Perceptual learning suggests crossmodal plasticity in adult humans at relatively early levels of processing. 9th Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF), Hamburg, Germany.
• Beer, A. L., Heckel, A., Winkler, J., & Greenlee, M. W. (2007, Aug). A retinal compensation mechanism for fixation instability as revealed by the peripheral drift illusion. 30th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Arezzo, Italy. Published abstract in Perception, 36(Supplement), 3.
• Beer, A. L. (2004, Mar). Erfolge der angewandten Verhaltensanalyse - Beispiele aus den Vereinigten Staaten. Kongress für Klinische Psychologie, Psychotherapie und Beratung, Berlin, Germany.
• Beer, A. L. (2001, Nov). Explorationstraining bei visuellem Neglect: Eine Pilotstudie zur Wirksamkeit eines visuellen Explorationstrainings mit langsamer optokinetischer Stimulation. Kongress für Angewandte Psychologie, Bonn, Germany.

Posters

• Beer, A. L., Bektashi, E., & Greenlee, M. (2011, Aug). The time-course of perceptual deterioration and perceptual learning. 34th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Toulouse, France.
• Beer, A. L., Plank, T., & Greenlee, M. W. (2011, Jun). Diffusion Tensor Imaging Reveals Structural Connectivity between Human Auditory and Visual Cortex. 17th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM).
• Beer, A. L., Plank, T., & Greenlee, M. W. (2011, Jun). White matter tracts between human auditory and visual cortex as revealed by diffusion tensor imaging. Munich Multisensory Perception Symposium, Munich, Germany.
• Frank, S. M., Reavis, E. A., Kohler, P. J., Beer, A. L., Tse, P. U., & Greenlee, M. W. (2011, May). The neural correlates of voluntary visual attention to shape, color, and location. 11th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, Florida.
• Beer, A. L., & Greenlee, M. W. (2010, Aug). Flicker-induced motion with static patterns results from low-level processing. 33rd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Lausanne, Switzerland. Published abstract in Perception, 39(Supplement), 84.
• Beer, A. L., & Greenlee, M. W. (2009, Aug). Temporal characteristics of flicker-induced motion with stationary patterns. 32nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Regensburg, Germany. Published abstract in Perception, 38(Supplement), 91.
• Beer, A. L., & Greenlee, M. W. (2008, Aug). Flicker-induced motion of stationary patterns. 31st European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Utrecht, The Netherlands. Published abstract in Perception, 37(Supplement), 153.
• Myers, N., Beer, A. L., & Greenlee, M. W. (2008, Jul). Interaural time differences affect visual perception with high spatial precision. 9th Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF), Hamburg, Germany.
• Batson, M. A., Beer, A. L., & Watanabe, T. (2007, May). Specificity of Crossmodal Links in Exogenous Covert Orienting. 7th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Sarasota, Florida. Published abstract in Journal of Vision, 7(9):877. doi:10.1167/7.9.877
• Batson, M. A., Beer, A. L., & Watanabe, T. (2006, May). Task-irrelevant perceptual learning of crossmodal links in exogenous covert orienting. 6th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Sarasota, Florida. Published abstract in Journal of Vision, 6(6):182. doi:10.1167/6.6.182
• Beer, A. L., & Watanabe, T. (2006, May). Modulation of visual perceptual learning by sounds. 6th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Sarasota, Florida. Published abstract in Journal of Vision, 6(6):173. doi:10.1167/6.6.173
• Beer, A. L., & Röder, B. (2005, May). Attending to visual or auditory motion affects perception within and across modalities: An event-related potential study. 5th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Sarasota, Florida. Published abstract in Journal of Vision, 5(8):885. doi:10.1167/5.8.885
• Beer, A. L., & Röder, B. (2004, Apr). Attending to Visual or Auditory Motion Affects Perception within and across Modalities: An Event-Related Potential Study. 11th Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
• Beer, A. L., & Röder, B. (2004, Apr). Visuelle oder auditive Aufmerksamkeit auf Bewegung verändert die Wahrnehmung innerhalb und quer über Modalitäten: Eine Studie mit ereigniskorrelierten Potenzialen. 46. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Gießen, Germany.
• Beer, A. L., & Röder, B. (2002, Aug). Unimodal and crossmodal effects of endogenous attention to visual and auditory motion. International Symposium on Assessing the Dynamics of Human Brain Functions, Marburg, Germany.
• Beer, A. L., & Röder, B. (2002, May). Unimodal and crossmodal effects of endogenous attention to visual and auditory motion. 3rd Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF), Genf, Switzerland.
• Beer, A. L., Keller, I. & Reinecker, H. (2000, Nov). Optokinetic training for visual neglect: A pilot study about the effectiveness of a visual scanning training with slow optokinetic stimulation. Conference on Action and Visuo-Spatial Attention - Neurobiological Bases and Disorders, Königswinter, Germany.
• Beer, A. L., Keller, I., & Reinecker, H. (2000, Sep). Optokinetic training for visual neglect: A pilot study about the effectiveness of a visual scanning training with slow optokinetic stimulation. Euro Conference on Neglect, Como, Italy.