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

Courses

 SS 2013

Psychologie

Experimental & Clinical Neurosciences

 WS 2012/13

Experimental & Clinical Neurosciences

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

• Beer, A.L., Plank, T., Meyer, G., & Greenlee, M.W. (2013). Combined diffusion-weighted and functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals a temporal-occipital network involved in auditory-visual object processing. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 7, 5. doi:10.3389/fnint.2013.00005
• Beer, A.L., Vartak, D., & Greenlee, M.W. (2013). Nicotine facilitates memory consolidation in perceptual learning. Neuropharmacology, 64, 443-451. doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.06.019
• 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(see demonstration movie)
• 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

• Beer, A.L., Vartak, D., & Greenlee, M.W. (2013, Mar). Nicotine facilitates memory consolidation in perceptual learning. 55. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Wien, Austria.
• Beer, A.L., Plank, T., Symeonidou, E.-R., Meyer, G., & Greenlee, M.W. (2012, Jun). Combining fiber tracking and functional brain imaging for revealing brain networks involved in auditory-visual integration in humans. 13th Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF), Oxford, UK.
• 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), 3-4.
• 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., Vartak, D., & Greenlee, M.W. (2012, Sep). Nicotine facilitates memory consolidation in perceptual learning. 35th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Alghero, Italy.  Published abstract in Perception, 41(Supplement), 173-174.
• Vartak, D., Beer, A.L., & Greenlee, M.W. (2012, Aug). Nicotine facilitates memory consolidation in perceptual learning. Amsterdam Memory Slam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Beer, A.L., Bektashi, E., & Greenlee, M.W. (2011, Aug). The time-course of perceptual deterioration and perceptual learning. 34th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Toulouse, France. Published abstract in Perception, 40(Supplement), 125.
• 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. Published abstract in Journal of Vision, 11(11), 177. doi:10.1167/11.11.177
• 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), 139.
• 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.