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Research InterestsAssociate Professor Ricky Van Der Zwan | | (Position Details) | | Phone Please contact School/Unit | | | | School/Unit |
| Rural Clinical School | |
| | Broad Research Areas | |
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Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurology
Rural Health
Neurotrauma
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| Biomechanics
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Brain Sciences
Falls prevention
Parkinson's disease & Related Disorders
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| | | | Research Interests | |
| As Co-Director of the Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience and Behaviour I manage research projects across a range of areas. The core business of the Lab is Behavioural Neuroscience and we have active and productive projects investigating the neural mechanisms mediating gender perception, biological motion perceptions, and body language. We are investigating also the neuroscientific correlates of behavioural interventions in mediating the symptoms and progress of both Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. We run, off-site, projects on mental health and parenting. We have interests also in population health, particularly in telehealth (how to deliver quality health care to people in regional and remote locations).
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| | | | ILP Research Interests (Will supervise ILP students) |
| Biomedical Technology Assessment
Information Technology
Mental Health
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Psychology
Public Health
Research And Development
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| | | | Teaching Interests | |
| My teaching interests focus on neuroscience, particularly behavioural measures of neurological processing. I also teach research design and statistics. Other areas into which I provide research training are population health and rural health. | |
| | | | Society Memberships & Professional Activities | |
| Professional Activities
Membership of Professional Societies
Australian Society of Experimental Psychology (ASEP) Founding Member
Other Professional Activity
North Coast Cancer Institute Research Governance Committee
Priority Area Leader of the ARC Human Communication Science Network.
Community Activities
ABC Mid-North Coast Radio Morning Show, 2004-present.
ABC North Coast Radio Health Series, 2006-present.
Rural Mental Health Scholarships, SCU with Dr Anna Brooks, 2007.
Community Based Independent Learning Placements with Professor Jim Curran, UNSW Medical School, 2008 – present.
Science in the Bush, 2006-2008.
Invited Research Presentations
[14] van der Zwan R (2009) Gender encoding in the visual cortex. University of Hong Kong.
[13] van der Zwan R (2008) Common mechanisms for perceiving others in action: Human perception of the biological motions of animals. Southwestern Comparative Psychology Conference, Georgetown, Texas.
[12] van der Zwan R et al. (2008) Biological auditory cues affect perceptions of visual biological motion displays. Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision.
[11] van der Zwan R (2007) Common fate: Evidence for the integration of visual and auditory cues in the perception of biological motion. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland.
[10] van der Zwan R (2007) Should I stay or should I go? Jocyelyn Wale Seminar Series, James Cook University – Cairns.
[9] van der Zwan R (2006) Inter-sensory interactions: Perceptual integration of visual and auditory cues. Jocyelyn Wale Seminar Series, James Cook University – Singapore.
[8] van der Zwan R (2006) Intersensory interactions and perception. MARCS, University of Western Sydney
[7] van der Zwan R (2005) A tool for investigating the neural correlates of spatial neglect. Universita' degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
[6] van der Zwan R (2005) Psychophysical techniques for investigating the neural processes affected by stroke. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
[5] van der Zwan R (2005) What visual processing can tell us about the neural mechanisms of spatial neglect. Jocyelyn Wale Seminar Series, James Cook University – Singapore
[4] van der Zwan R (2003) On the History of Experimental Psychology in Australia. James Cook University Public Debate.
[3] van der Zwan R & Brooks A (2002) Getting the jitters: A new visual illusion shows the difference between standing still and moving is black and white. James Cook University Research Seminar Series.
[2] van der Zwan R (2000) The development of colour vision in humans and the perception of colour. Australian Museum Society
[1] van der Zwan R (1999) Mechanisms of global form perception. International Brain Research Organisation and The Centre for Visual Sciences, Australian National University.
Invited Public Lectures
[9] van der Zwan R (2009) Behavioural Finance: Human risk taking and risk estimation. Business Innovation Festival, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour.
[8] van der Zwan R (2009) The neural basis for depression: Not a mental illness, just an illness. Life Line Coffs Harbour & The Rotary Mental Health Foundation Mental Illness Forum, Coffs Harbour.
[7] van der Zwan R (2009) Understanding the neural correlates of depression. Kempsey Mental Health Forum.
[6] van der Zwan R (2009) The neural substrates of happiness and depression. District 9670 Health Conference, Forster NSW.
[5] van der Zwan R (2008) The Human Brain: Understanding the neural correlates of depression and other mental health disorders. Coffs Harbour Rotary Club.
[4] van der Zwan R (2008) Behavioural Neuroscience: Tools for understanding neural processes. Singleton Rotary Club.
[3] van der Zwan R (2008) The Human Brain For Beginners: Understanding the neural correlates of depression. The Port Macquarie-Hastings Suicide Prevention Network, Wauchope.
[2] van der Zwan R (2007) Understanding the adolescent brain. Mid North Coast Youth Workers Forum Annual Conference, Crescent Head.
[1] van der Zwan R (2007) What’s going on upstairs: Neural development in the adolescent brain. Northern Rivers Social Development Council Youth Conference, Ballina.
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| | | | Funding Sources | |
| $20 000 In-home monitoring of neuromotor function in Parkinson’s disease. (with Professor Stephen Lord, Associate Professor George Mellick, Dr Stuart Smith). Parkinson’s NSW
$20 000 1-2-3 Magic: An evaluation of efficacy. (with Dr Anna Brooks and Erin Bailey). Collaborative Research Grant with Industry partner contributing $10 000. | |
| | | | Other Postgraduate Research | |
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Name of Candidate Topic
Geoff Turnbell PhD Huntington’s disease
Desiree Kozlowski PhD Parkinson’s disease
Rosemaria Flaherty PhD Vicarious Trauma
Lynn Davies PhD Seclusion
Coralia MacHatch PhD Gender Perception
Shaun Halovic PhD(UWS) Biological Motion Perception
Russell Reid PhD Biological Motion Perception
Rohan Borschmann DPsych Sun Protection Behaviours
Anna Brooks PhD Symmetry Perception
Greg Woodbury PhD Computational Modelling of Cortical Development
Timothy Ikin MSc Comparative Psychology
William Landers PhD Visual Perception | |
| | | | Key works/Publications | |
| Refereed Publications, Refereed Chapters, and Refereed Proceedings (full papers – peer reviewed)
[27] Flick B, Spencer H, & van der Zwan R (2009) Operant conditioning of the spectacled flying fox (pteropus conspicillatus). Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society – Australia, in press.
[26] van der Zwan R, MacHatch C, Troje NF, Blanke O, & Brooks A (2009) Gender Bending: Auditory cues affect visual judgements of gender in biological motion displays. Experimental Brain Research, in press.
[25] Reid R, Brooks A, Blair D, & van der Zwan R (2009) SNAP! Recognising implicit actions in static point-light displays. Perception, in press..
[24] Blanke O, Mercier M, Brooks A, & van der Zwan R (2008) Visual Neuropsychology. In M. Binder, N. Hirokawa, & U. Windhorst (Eds.). Including: Mercier M, Brooks A, van der Zwan R, & Blanke O, Akinetopsia; Brooks A, Mercier M, van der Zwan R, & Blanke O, Balint’s Syndrome; Blanke O, Mercier M, Brooks A, & van der Zwan R, Prosopagnosia; Brooks A, Mercier M, van der Zwan R, & Blanke O, Optic Ataxia; van der Zwan R, Brooks A, Mercier M, & Blanke O, Visual Neglect. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Heidelberg: Springer.
[23] Brooks A, Schouten B, Troje NF, Verfaillie K, Blanke O, & van der Zwan R (2008) Correlated changes in perceptions of the gender and the orientation of ambiguous biological motion figures. Current Biology, 18, R728-729.
[22] Brooks A, Petreska B, Billard A, Spierer L, Clark S, Blanke O, & van der Zwan R (2007) Ears, eyes and bodies: audiovisual processing of biological motion cues. Neuropsychologia, 45, 523-530.
[21] Brooks A, van der Zwan R, & Holden J (2003) Perceptions of illusory motion from single presentations of a form stimulus. Vision Research, 43, 2387-2392.
[20] Woodbury G, Gibson W, van der Zwan R (2002) A correlational model for the conjoint development of retinotopic maps and ocular dominance columns in mammalian visual cortex. Vision Research, 42, 2295-2310.
[19] Brooks A & van der Zwan R (2002) The role of on- and off-channels in symmetry perception. Perception, 31, 1061-1072.
[18] Peterhans E, van der Zwan R, Heider B, & Heitger F (2002) Figure-ground segregation and brightness perception at illusory countours: A neuronal model. In JL VanHemmen, JD Cowan, & E Domany (eds). Models of neural networks IV: Early vision and Attention. Springer Verlag: New York, pp 217-245.
[17] Brooks A, Predebon J, & van der Zwan R (2001) Perceptual strategies to improve skin cancer discriminations in naïve observers. Public Health, 115, 139-145.
[16] Smith S, Wenderoth P, & van der Zwan R (2001) Orientation processing mechanisms revealed by the plaid tilt illusions. Vision Research, 41, 493-504.
[15] Joung W, Latimer C, van der Zwan R (2000) Tilt aftereffects generated by bilaterally symmetrical patterns. Spatial Vision. 13, 107-128.
[14] van der Zwan R, Badcock DR, & Parkin B (1999) Global Form Perception: Interactions between luminance and texture information. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, 27, 268-270.
[13] van der Zwan R, Leo E, Latimer C, & Joung W (1998) Possible neural correlates of axis-of-symmetry orientation processing. Current Biology, 8, 889-892.
[12] Baumann R, van der Zwan R, & Peterhans E (1997) Figure-ground segregation at contours: A neural mechanism in the visual cortex of the alert monkey. European Journal of Neuroscience, 9, 1290-1303.
[11] van der Zwan R & Wenderoth P (1995) Mechanisms of purely subjective contour tilt aftereffects. Vision Research, 35, 2547-2557.
[10] van der Zwan R & Wenderoth P (1994) Psychophysical evidence for area V2 involvement in the reduction of subjective contour tilt aftereffects by binocular rivalry. Visual Neuroscience, 11, 823-830.
[9] Wenderoth P, Alais D, Burke D, & van der Zwan R (1994) The role of blobs in determining the perception of drifting plaids and their motion aftereffects. Perception, 34, 1163-1169.
[8] Wenderoth P, van der Zwan R, & Williams M (1993) Direct evidence for competition between local and global mechanisms of two-dimensional orientation illusions. Perception, 22, 273-286.
[7] van der Zwan R, Wenderoth P, & Alais D (1993) Reduction of a pattern-induced motion aftereffect by binocular rivalry suggests involvement of extrastriate mechanisms. Visual Neuroscience, 10, 703-709.
[6] Wenderoth P, & van der Zwan R (1991) Local and global mechanisms of one and two dimensional orientation illusions. Perception and Psychophysics, 50, 321-332.
[5] Wenderoth P, Criss G, & van der Zwan R (1990) Determinants of subjective contour Bourdon illusions and “unbending” effects. Perception and Psychophysics, 48, 497-508.
[4] Wenderoth P, van der Zwan R, & Johnstone S (1989) Mechanisms of orientation illusions. In D Vickers and PL Smith (eds) Human Information Processing: Measures, Mechanisms and Models. North Holland: Elsevier, pp. 83-106.
[3] Wenderoth P, Johnstone S, & van der Zwan R (1989) Two dimensional tilt illusion induced by orthogonal plaid patterns: Effects of plaid motion, orientation, spatial separation, and spatial frequency. Perception, 18, 25-38.
[2] Wenderoth P, & van der Zwan R (1989) The effects of exposure duration and surrounding frames on direct and indirect tilt aftereffects and illusions. Perception and Psychophysics, 46, 338-344.
[1] Wenderoth P, & van der Zwan R (1989) Orientation illusions induced by briefly flashed plaids. Perception, 18, 715-728.
Books and Chapters
[6] van der Zwan R & Brooks A (Eds.) Cases in cognitive neuropsychology. Palgrave Macmillan. Due for publication August 2009.
[5] van der Zwan R, Keane S, & Blair D (2006) Simon. In T Whelan (ed.) Cases in Psychology. Thomson: Melbourne. pp. 2 – 8.
[4] Brooks A, van der Zwan R, & Blanke O (2006) Brain Damaged-induced dog phobia. In T Whelan (ed.) Cases in Psychology. Thomson: Melbourne. pp. 1 – 4.
[3] Latimer, C.R., Joung, W., van der Zwan, R., & Beh, H. (1999). Modelling experiential and task effects on attentional processes in symmetry detection. In W. Becker., & T. Mergner (Eds.) Current oculomotor research: Physiological and psychological aspects New York: Plenum. pp. 309-312.
[2] Latimer CR, Joung W, van der Zwan R, & Beh H (1999) Modelling experiential and task effects on attentional process in symmetry direction. In W Becker & T Mergner (eds) Current oculomotor research: Physiological and psychological aspects. New York: Plenum, pp. 309-312.
[1] van der Zwan, R (1997) Possible neural correlates of symmetry perception. Progress in Connectionist-Based Information Systems: Proceedings of the 1997 international Conference on Neural Information Processing and Intelligent Information Systems, N Kasabov, R Kozma, K Ko, R O’Shea, G Coghill, and T Gedeon (eds). Singapore: Springer Verlag. 1, pp. 63-66.
Fully Refereed Proceedings
[9] Gould G, McLean A, & van der Zwan R (2009) Give Up the Smokes - A Smoking Cessation Program for Indigenous Australians. In P Leko (ed.) Proceedings of the 10th National Rural Health Alliance Conference, in press.
[8] Capararo A, Davey G, Brooks A, Clara E, & van der Zwan R (2008) Interhemispheric differences in the processing of biological motion cues. In M Katsikitis (ed.) Psychology Leading Change. Melbourne: Australian Psychological Society, in press.
[7] Bartsch L, Brooks A, Cottrell D, van der Zwan R (2007) Auditory biological motion processing: The eyes alone don’t have it. In M Katsikitis (ed.) Psychology making an impact. Melbourne: Australian Psychological Society, pp. 7-11.
[6] Brooks A, Clara E, McHatch C, Capararo A, & van der Zwan R (2007) Interhemispheric differences in the processing of biological motion cues. In M Katsikitis (ed.) Psychology making an impact. Melbourne: Australian Psychological Society, pp. 37-41.
[5] Davies L, Andrews D, & van der Zwan R (2007) Understanding seclusion and its use in regional and rural Australia. In M Katsikitis (ed.) Psychology making an impact. Melbourne: Australian Psychological Society, pp. 123-127.
[4] Reid R, Brooks A, Blanke O, & van der Zwan R (2007) Local and Global Cues are Incorporated into Perceptions of Biological Motion. In M Katsikitis (ed.) Psychology making an impact. Melbourne: Australian Psychological Society, pp. 337 – 341.
[3] van der Zwan R, Whittle H, & Brooks A (2007) Concern about the use of the New Ecological Paradigm Scale on Australian Populations. In M Katsikitis (ed.) Psychology making an impact. Melbourne: Australian Psychological Society, pp. 411-414.
[2] Smith V & van der Zwan R (2006) Low-Level Luminance Mechanisms and the Two-Stage Perception of Biological Motion In M Katsikitis (ed.) Psychology Bridging the Tasman: Science, culture, and practice. Melbourne: Australian Psychological Society, pp. 380 - 385.
[1] van der Zwan R, Daini R, Smith S, Brooks A, Reid R (2005) Spatial Neglect: A new technique for examining the neural correlates of visual processes involved in neglect. In M Katsikitis (ed.) Proceedings of the 40th Australian Psychological Society Conference. Melbourne: Australian Psychological Society. pp. 357-361.
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