Research
- Förderung schulisch-außerschulischer MINT-Kooperation mit Genderschwerpunkt (FösaMINT)
Publications
Journal articles
Beer, A.L., Becker, M., Frank, S.M., & Greenlee, M.W. (2023). Vestibular and visual brain areas in the medial cortex of the human cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology, 129, 948-962. doi:10.1152/jn.00431.2022
Föcker, J., Beer, A.L., Bavelier, D. (2023). Evidence of target enhancement and distractor suppression in early visual areas. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 85, 734-758. doi:10.3758/s13414-023-02673-w
Strotzer, Q.D., Kohl, Z., Anthofer, J.M., Faltermeier, R., Schmidt, N.O., Torka, E., Greenlee, M.W., Fellner, C., Schlaier, J.R., & Beer, A.L. (2022). Structural connectivity patterns of side effects induced by subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease. Brain Connectivity, 12(4), 374-384. doi: 10.1089/brain.2021.0051
De Castro, V., Smith, A., Beer, A., Vayssiere, N., Héjja-Brichard, Y., Audurier, P., Cottereau, B.R., & Durand, J.-B. (2021). Connectivity of the cingulate sulcus visual area (CSv) in macaque monkeys. Cerebral Cortex, 31, 1347-1364. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa301
Plank, T., Benkowitsch, E.M.A., Beer, A.L., Brandl, S., Malania, M., Frank, S.M., Jägle, H., & Greenlee, M.W. (2021). Cortical thickness related to compensatory viewing strategies in patients with macular degeneration. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15, 718737. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.718737
Beer, A.L., Plank, T. & Greenlee, M.W. (2020). Aging and central Vision loss: Relationship between the cortical macro-structure and micro-structure. Neuroimage, 212, 116670. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116670
Strotzer, Q.D., Anthofer, J.M., Faltermeier, R., Brawanski, A.T., Torka, E., Waldthaler, J.A., Kohl, Z., Fellner, C., Beer, A.L., & Schlaier, J.R. (2019). Deep brain stimulation: Connectivity profile for bradykinesia alleviation. Annals of Neurology, 85, 852-864. doi: 10.1002/ana.25475
Föcker, J., Cole, D., Beer, A.L., & Bavelier, D. (2018). Neural bases of enhanced attentional control: Lessons from action video game players. Brain and Behavior, 8(7), e01019. doi: 10.1002/brb3.1019
Smith, A.T., Beer, A.L., Furlan, M., & Mars, R.B. (2018). Connectivity of the cingulate sulcus visual area (CSv) in the human cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 28(2), 713-725. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhx002
Spray, A., Beer, A.L., Bentall, R.P., Slumming, V., & Meyer, G. (2018). Microstructure of the superior tmporal gyrus and hallucination proneness - a multi-compartment diffusion imaging study. Neuroimage: Clinical, 20, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.06.027
Spray, A., Beer, A.L., Bentall, R.P., Slumming, V., & Meyer, G. (2018). Relationship between hallucination proneness and musical aptitude is mediated by microstructure in callosum. Schizophrenia Research, 197, 579-580. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.11.024
Wirth, A.M., Frank, S.M., Greenlee, M.W., & Beer, A.L. (2018). White matter connectivity of the visual-vestibular cortex examined by diffusion-weighted imaging. Brain Connectivity, 8(4), 235-244. doi: 10.1089/brain.2017.0544
Schlaier, J.R., Beer, A.L., Faltermeier, R., Fellner, C., Steib, K., Lange, M., Greenlee, M.W., Brawanski, A.T., & Anthofer, J.M. (2017). Probabilistic versus deterministic fiber tracking and the influence of different seed regions to delineate cerebellar-thalamic fibers in deep brain stimulation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 45(12), 1623-1633. doi: 10.1111/ejn.13575
Prins, D., Plank, T., Baseler, H.A., Gouws, A.D., Beer, A., Morland, A.B., Greenlee, M.W., & Cornelissen, F.W. (2016). Surface-based analyses of anatomical properties of the visual cortex in macular degeneration. PLoS One, 11(1), e0146684. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00005
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., 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., 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., & 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., 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., 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. Journal of General Psychology, 128(39), 329-350. doi: 10.1080/00221300109598915
Book Chapters
Beer, A.L. (2016). Nicotine and cognition: Effects of nicotine on attention and memory systems in humans. In V. Preedy (ed.), The neuropathology of drug addictions and substance misuse. Amsterdam: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800213-1.00027-4
Presentations
Conference contributions
Talks
Banerjee, S., Greenlee, M.W., & Beer, A.L. (2022, Sep). Anterior and posterior thalamo-cortical vestibular pathways in humans revealed by diffusion-based tractography. EBRAINS Workshop, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Tsushima, Y., Hine, K., Teramoto, M., Taniyama, Y., Nakauchi, S., Volberg, G., & Beer, A.L. (2022, Aug/Sep). Carry-over effects of global and local processing on donation behaviour. 22nd Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Lille, France.
Becker, M., Frank, S.M., Beer, A.L., & Greenlee, M.W. (2022, Jul). Functional connectivity of visual and vestibular cortical regions. Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF), Ulm, Germany.
Plank, T., Benkowitsch, E.M.A., Beer, A.L., Brandl, S., Malania, M., Frank, S.M., Jägle, H., & Greenlee, M.W. (2022, Jul). Cortical thickness related to compensatory viewing strategies in patients with central vision loss. 13th International Low Vision Conference by the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation, Dublin, Ireland.
Beer, A.L. , Becker, M., Frank, S.M., & Greenlee, M.W. (2022, Jul). Vestibular and visual brain areas in the medial cortex of the human brain. Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF), Ulm, Germany.
Spray, A., Beer, A., & Meyer, G. (2017, Sep). Micro-structure of the superior temporal gyrus and hallucination proneness - a multi-compartment diffusion imaging study. 6th European Conference on Schizophrenia Research, Berlin, Germany.
Beer, A.L. (2017, Jun). Group comparison with diffusion imaging and application to brain plasticity. Educational Course at the Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Vancouver, Canada.
Beer, A.L. (2016, Jun). Group comparison with diffusion imaging and application to brain plasticity. Educational Course at the Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Geneva, Switzerland.
Beer, A.L., Wirth, A., Frank, S., & Greenlee M.W. (2015, Aug). White matter connections of the vestibular and visual-vestibular insular cortex.38th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Beer, A.L. (2014, Jul). Multisensory brain networks as revealed by functional MRI and fiber tracking based on diffusion-weighted MRI. Asian Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV), Takamatsu, Japan.
Beer, A.L., Plank, T., Meyer, G., & Greenlee, M.W. (2013, Aug). Combined functional and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging reveals temporal-occipital Network involved in auditory-visual object perception. 36. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Bremen, Germany. Published abstract in Perception, 42(Supplement), 239.
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.
Poster
Beer, A.L., Becker, M., Frank, S.M., & Greenlee, M.W. (2021, Aug). Vestibular and visual brain areas in the medial cortex of the human brain. 43rd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Internet.
Beer, A.L., & Greenlee, M.W. (2021, Aug). Functional connectivity of cortical visual-vestibular hub regions. 43rd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Internet.
Hine, K., Tsushima, Y., Volberg, G., & Beer, A. (2021, Aug). Imaginary temporal distance affected the amount of a donation, but not universal. 43rd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP).
Schlaier, J.R., Beer, A.L., Faltermeier, R., Fellner, C., Schmidt, N.O., & Anthofer, J. (2020, Mar). Comparison of different fibertracking techniques to delineate the dentate-rubro-thalamic tract. 64th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN), Baden-Baden, Germany (meeting cancelled). Published abstract in Clinical Neurophysiology, 131(4), e182-e183.
Beer, A.L., Becker, M., Frank, S.M., & Greenlee, M.W. (2019, Oct). Structural connectivity patterns of visual-vestibular brain areas PIVC and PIC. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, USA.
Becker, M., Frank, S.M., Beer, A.L., & Greenlee, M.W. (2019, Aug). Structural connectivity patterns of visual-vestibular brain areas PIVC and PIC. 42nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Leuven, Belgium. Published abstract in Perception, 48(Supplement), 152-153.
Weiss, F., Otto, A., Beer, A., Greenlee, M.W., & Volberg, G. (2017, Aug). Microstructure of V4 and visual word form area (VWFA) in synesthetes. 40th European Conference on Visual Perception, Berlin, Germany.
Beer, A.L., Wirth, A., Frank, S., & Greenlee, M.W. (2017, Jun). A surface-based diffusion MRI Approach for comparing white matter connections of human PIVC and PIC. Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Vancouver, Canada.
Föcker, J., Kraus, T., Beer, A., & Bavelier, D. (2017, Mar). Functional connectivity during task preparation and target processing in action video game players and non-action game players. TeaP 2017 - 59th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Dresden, Germany.
Beer, A.L., Plank, T., & Greenlee, M.W. (2016, Jun). Changes in cortical microstructure due to aging and sensory deprivation as revealed by DTI. Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Geneva, Switzerland.
Wirth, A.M., Frank, S.M., Beer, A.L., & Greenlee, M.W. (2015, Jun). White matter connections of the vestibular and visual-vestibular insular cortex. 16th International Multisensory Research Forum, Pisa, Italy.
Beer, A.L., Go, S.-Y., Plank, T., & Greenlee, M.W. (2015, May). Age-related changes in gray matter microstructure of patients with macular dystrophies and healthy controls as revealed by DTI. Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, Florida. Published abstract in Journal of Vision, 15(12), 987. doi:10.1167/15.12.987
Beer, A.L., Stegbauer, M., Kavaklıoğlu, T., Plank, T., & Greenlee, M.W. (2014, Jun). Topographic comparison of sensory fiber tracks in patients with macular dystrophy and controls. 20th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Hamburg, Germany.
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 (OHBM), Québec, Canada.
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:10.1167/5.8.885Beer, 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.