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Presentations (Selection)


Van Lier, R., Leeuwenberg, E., & Van der Helm, P. (1992). The perceptual complexity of pattern interpretations: 
Information + Concidence + virtuality. European Conference on Visual Perception, Pisa, Italy.

Van Lier, R., Van der Helm, P., & Leeuwenberg, E. (1993). Global and local completions in visual occlusion. 
European Conference on Visual Perception, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Van Lier, R., Van der Helm, P., & Leeuwenberg, E. (1994). Multiple completions in visual occlusion. 
Annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology. Sarasota, Florida (USA).

Van Lier, R. (1994). Recent developments within the Structural Information Theory. University of California, Berkeley, California (USA).

Van Lier, R. (1994). Perceived completions are not alone. Symposium on perception and cognition. Trieste, 
Italy.

Van Lier, R. (1994). Neueste Forschungsergebnisse und -vorschläge der Strukturellen Informationstheorie. Leipzig, Germany. (Invited talk)

Van Lier, R. (1994). Global and local aspects of visual occlusion. Workshop on the Structural Information Theory. Leipzig, Germany. (Invited talk)

Van Lier, R. (1995). Global and local aspects in visual completion. Leuven, Belgium. (Invited talk)

Van Lier, R., Leeuwenberg, E., Van der Helm, P. (1995) In support of structural hierarchy in visual shape. 
Symposium on phenomena and architectures of cognitive dynamics, Leipzig, Germany. (Invited talk)

Van Lier, R., & Wagemans J. (1996). Regularity, proximity and color assimilation. Workshop on Short-term 
storage and processing in human cognition: Dynamic characteristics and neural mechanisms. Leipzig, 
Germany. (Invited)

Van Lier, R., & Wagemans J. (1997). 'Perception' of non-visible object parts: A mental rotation study. 
Annual Meeting of the Belgian Psychological Society. Brussels, Belgium.

Van Lier, R., & Wagemans J. (1997). Regularity versus proximity: Color assimilation effects. Annual 
meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 
USA.

Van Lier, R., & Wagemans J. (1997). Global and local completions of self-occluded object parts. 
Pre-Psychonomics workshop on object perception and memory (OPAM). Philadelphia, USA.

Van Lier, R. (1997). Global and Local object completions. Bi-annual conference of the Netherlands Psychonomic Society. Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands.

Van Lier, R. (1997). Simplicity of visual shape: A structural information approach. Bi-annual conference of the Netherlands Psychonomic Society. Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands. (Invited, 'Award Lecture', bi-annual PhD thesis competition.)

Van Lier, R. (1998). Completion of self-occluded object parts. Symposium ‘Visual Perception of Structure’. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (Invited talk)

Van Lier, R. & Wagemans J. (1998). Physical connectedness versus representational unity. Cognitive Science meeting. Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Van Lier, R. (1999). Investigations at the edge of amodal completion. European Conference on Visual Perception, Trieste, Italy.

Van Lier, R. (2000). On the role of structural aspects in object perception. Joint NWO/NSC-Taiwan workshop on cognitive science.  Arnhem, The Netherlands. (Invited talk)

Van Lier, R. (2000). Effects of object-based transformations on imagined object views. European Conference on Visual Perception. Groningen, the Netherlands.

Van Lier, R. (2000). Toward an Integration of viewpoint dependent and viewpoint independent aspects in object perception. 
Workshop on Perceptual grouping and 3-D object Peception: Psychophysics and Bayesian modelling  (Invited talk).

Van Lier, R. (2000). Visual Perception: A Border-Crossing Enterprise. Nijmegen, The Netherlands 
(Invited, Award Lecture, yearly gathering of the NEU-Universities: Nijmegen, Twente, Leuven, Osnabrück, Münster, Dortmund)

Van Lier, R. (2001). A double neon colour illusion. Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands. (Biennial conference of the Dutch Psychonomic Society).

Van Lier, R. (2002). 2D image regularity versus 3D object regularity: effects of  symmetry and repetition in folded bands. European Conference on Visual Perception. Glasgow, UK.

Van Lier, R., Csatho, A., & Puts, M (2003). Comparing distortions induced by luminance gradients. European Conference on Visual Perception. Paris, France.

Van Lier, R., & Csatho, A. (2003). Dancing Shapes. Trieste Symposium on Perception and Cognition. Trieste, Italy.

Van Lier, R. (2004). Colour and Form. Lecture series in collaboration with Ch. de Weert at the new Bulgarian University (Summerschool Cognitive Science), Bulgary, Sofia. (Invited).

Van Lier, R. (2004). Interpretations of visual patterns. Utrecht. The Netherlands (Invited talk).

Van Lier, R., Wit, T., & Koning, A. (2004). Effects of (mis-)alignment of physical and illusory contours. European Conference on Visual Perception. Budapest, Hungary.

Van Lier, R. (2005). From images to interpretation. CWI, Amsterdam. The Netherlands (Invited talk).

Van Lier, R., Wit, T., & Koning, A. (2005). (Con-)fusing contours. European Conference on Visual Perception. La Coruna, Spain

Van Lier, R. (2005). Filling in "les compléments amodeaux". Michotte symposium, Leuven,  Belgium  (Invited talk).

Van Lier, R., & Vergeer, M. (2006). Catching patches. Best illusion of the year competition. Sarasota, Florida, (USA).

Van Lier, R., & Vergeer, M.  (2006). Catching patches: Filling-in between edges. European Conference on Visual Perception. St. Petersburg, Russia.

Van Lier, R. (2006). Illusions & Interpretations. Dag van de Perceptie, TNO, Soesterberg. The Netherlands.

Van Lier, R & Vergeer, M. (2007). Filling in the afterimage after the image. European Conference on Visual Perception. Arezzo, Italy.

Van Lier, R & Vergeer, M. (2008). Filling in the afterimage after the image. Best illusion of the year competition. Naples, Florida, (USA).

Van Lier, R., Vergeer, M., & Anstis  (2008). Mixing in the afterimage colors. European Conference on Visual Perception. Utrecht, The Netherlands. 

Van Lier, R. (2009). Morphing morphing faces. European Conference on Visual Perception. Regensburg, Germany.

Van Lier, R. (2010). Edges of Filling-in. Symposium on Perception and Cognition. Trieste, Italy.

Van Lier, R. (2010). Filling in the gaps. Nijmegen-Koln meeting on retinal diseases (Invited talk).

Van Lier, R. (2011). Illusory vision: modal versus amodal. Day of Perception. Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 

Van Lier, R. (2011). Illusory vision. University of Leuven. Leuven, Belgium (Invited talk).

Van Lier, R., & Koning, A. (2011). The more-or-less morphing face illusion. Best illusion of the year competition. Naples, Florida, (USA). 

Van Lier, R. & Hazenberg, S.J. (2011) . Afterimage watercolors. European Conference on Visual Perception. Toulouse, France.

Van  Lier, R. (2012). Illusory Vision. Utrecht University, Utrecht the Netherlands (invited talk)

Van Lier, R. (2012). Filling-in Vision. Symposium "Experimental methods in perceptual Organization"at TEAP  2012. Mannheim, Germany (Invited talk)

Van Lier  (2012). Visual illusions. Symposium "Wahrnemung - a public outreach event". Kaiserslautern, Germany (Invited talk)

Van Lier, R., & Koning, A. (2012). The dynamics of fading and afterimages in contemporary art. Visual Science of Art Conference, Alghero, Italy.

Van Lier, R. (2012). Gestalt influences in modal and amodal completion.  European Conference on Visual Perception. Alghero, Italy.

Van Lier, R. (2013). Perception and Awareness. Conference of the Dutch Ophthalmology PhD-Students. Nijmegen (“DOPS lecture 2013”, Invited talk).

Van Lier, R. (2013). Illusory Vision: Filling in of colors and forms. Yearly conference of the Applied Vision Association (AVA). Manchester, UK (Keynote lecture, Invited).

Van Lier, R. (2013). Filling in Vision. Lecture at EPFL, Lausanne, Switserland (Invited talk).

Van Lier, R. (2013). Filling in Illusions. Presentation at Workshop Illusions & Delusions, The Barn, Lingelrode Germany (Invited talk).

Van Lier, R., Uglu, U., & Koning (2013). Appreciation of afterimages in contemporary art: an eye movement study. European Conference on Visual Perception. Bremen, Germany.

Van Lier, R (2014).  Filling-in Visual appearances. Lecture at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (Invited talk)

Van Lier,  R. (2014). Amodal completion: A conceptual playground between perception and cognition. European Conference on Visual Perception, Belgrade, Serbia

Van Lier, R., & Koning, A. (2014). The influence of auditory tonality on the judged beauty of paintings. Visual Science of Art Conference, Belgrade, Serbia

Van Lier, R. (2015). Filling in illusory appearances. Tokyo symposium on optical illusion 2015. Tokyo, Japan. (Invited talk)

Van Lier, R. (2016). Filling in images. Workshop on mental imagery. Antwerpen. Belgium (Invited talk)

Van Lier, R. (2016). On the edge of amodal completion. Psychonomics; Symposium contribution. Granada. Spain. 

A few published/refereed conference abstracts (as from 2005)

- De Weert, Ch.M.M., Koning, A, & Van Lier, R. (2005). Context effects in assimilation and contrast. 
 
Perception, 34S, 100B 
- De Wit, T.C.J., Schlooz, W. A. J. M., Hulstijn, W., & van Lier, R. (2005).
Visual completion in children  with  pervasive developmental  disorder: Effects of shape complexity.  Journal of Vision, 5(8), 296a 
- De Wit, T., Bauer, M., Oostenveld, R., Fries, P. & Van Lier, R. (2005) Contextual influences in amodal completion: Evidence from    magnetic brain responses. Perception, 34S, 165. 
- Koning, A. & Van Lier, R. (2005) In search for segmentation. 
Journal of Vision, 5(8), 957a. 
- Lommertzen, J, Meulenbroek, R. Van Lier, R., & Bekkering, H. (2005).
Constant effects of the rod-and-frame  illusion on delayed    
  perceptuomotor tasks.  Perception, 34S, 244. 
- Van Lier, R., De Wit, T.C.J., & Koning, A (2005) (Con-)fusing contours.  Perception, 34S, 166A. 
- Vergeer, M., & Van Lier, R. (2005). Flash-induced fading: Dependence on colour and shape similarity.  Perception, 34S, 210
- De Wit, T.C.J., Vrins, S., & Dejonckheere, P., Van Lier, R. (2006). Form perception of partly occluded shapes  in infants. 
  Perception, 35S,  92. 
- Lommertzen, J., Meulenbroek, R., & Van Lier, R. (2006). Grasping completions: Towards a new paradigm. Perception, 35S, 150. 
- VanLier, R., & Vergeer, M. (2006). Catching Patches: Filling-in between edges. Perception, 35S,  47. 
- Vergeer, M.L.T., Von Schmid, J.C.M., & Van Lier, R. (2006). Change Blindness: Effects of changing the  location of change. 
  Perception,  35S, 162. 
- Vrins, S.,  De Wit, T.C.J., & Van Lier, R. (2006).Amodal completion of natural objects: Effects of material properties. 
Perception, 35S,  107.
- De Wit, T.C.J., Van Lier, R., Swinkels, S., & Buitelaar, J. (2007).
Visual Scanning in children with autic spectrum disorder: The role of  symmetry. Perception, 36S, 139. 
- Van Lier, R., & Vergeer, M.L.T. (2007). Filling in the afterimage after the image. Perception, 36S, 200-201. 
- Vrins, S., Van Lier, R., & De Wit, T.C.J. (2007). Do eye-movements anticipate the most likely outcome of conditional events?   Perception, 36S, 32. 
- Vergeer, M.L.T., & Van Lier, R. (2007). Breaking down the Benary Cross. Perception, 36S, 83. 
- Vergeer, M.L.T., & Van Lier, R. (2007). Similarity in orientation triggers the unseen to be seen during dichoptic suppression.
Journal of   Vision 7(9): 804, 804a.
- Anstis, S., Vergeer, M., & Van Lier, R. (2008).
Color averaging linked to contours, textures and orientation. 
  Journal of Vision, 8(6):1102, 1102a. 
- Vergeer, M., Anstis, S., & Van Lier, R. (2008). Spatial averaging of afterimages between contours. Journal of Vision, 8(6):589, 589a. 
- Van Lier, R., Vergeer, M., & Anstis, S.  (2008). Mixing in the afterimage colors. Perception, 37S, 84. 
- Vergeer, M.L.T., & Van Lier, R. (2008).
Feature-selective inhibition during binocular rivalry. Perception, 37S, 142-143.
- Van Lier R. (2009). Morphing morphing faces. Perception, 38S, 80- Van Lier R. (2009). Morphing morphing faces. Perception, 38S, 80.  
- Atsma, J., Koning, A., & Van Lier, R. (2011). Tracking bouncing balls: Default linear motion extrapolation.
Perception, 40S, 90.
Hazenberg, S.J., Jongsma, M., Koning, A., & Van Lier, R. (2011).
Differential effects of learning in amodal completion.  
  Perception, 40S, 125.   
Ter Horst, A.C., Van Lier, R., & Steenbergen, B. (2011). Action simulation in peripersonal space. Perception 40S, 225. 
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Van Lier R., & Hazenberg, S.J. (2011). Afterimage watercolours. Perception, 40S, 200.   
Vrins, S., Koning, A., Atsma, J., & Van Lier, R. (2011).  Moving in the same direction: Allocation of attention to occluded targets.
  Perception, 40S, 108.  
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Van Lier, R. (2012) Gestalt inuences in modal and amodal lling-in. Perception 41S, 2.
- Loing, A., van Lier, R., Koning, A., & De Lange, F.,  (2012). Neural activity in category-selective regions is modulated by both  subjective and physical disappearance. Perception 41S, 132.  
- Hazenberg, S., Jongsma, M., Koning, A., & Van Lier, R. (2012).  Eects of learning in amodal completion: an EEG study. Perception 41S,  216.
- Van Lier, R., & Koning, A., (2012) The dynamics of fading and afterimages in contemporary art. VSAC  abstract.

- Koning, A.,  & Van Lier, R., (2012). Listening to paintings. VSAC abstract. 
- Chotsrisuparat, C., Koning, A., & Van Lier R, (2013), Saccades cause compression of time perception in the tunnel
  effect. Perception 42S, 181
- Hazenberg, S., & Van Lier, R. (2013) Extending the watercolour illusion: differential effects of real colours versus
  afterimage colours. Perception 42S, 110
- Koning, A., & Van Lier, R. (2013) Effects of music on visual art: an eye movement study. Perception 42S, 103
- Leenders, M. P., Koning, A., & Van Lier R. (2013) Active control enhances anticipatory motion extrapolation
  during multiple object tracking. Perception 42S, 50
- McCoy, B., & Van Lier, R. (2013) Teasing apart the effects of synesthetic congruency on temporal order
  judgements. Perception 42S, 1
- Van Lier, R., Guclu, U., & Koning, A. (2013) Appreciation of afterimages in contemporary art: an eye movement
  study. Perception 42S, 104
- Yun, X., Hazenberg, S., & Van Lier, R., & Qiu J. (2013) Neural correlates of local and global characteristics in the
  Fraser illusion. Perception 42S, 97
- Van Lier, R. & Ekroll, V. (2014). Amodal completion: Michotte’s legacy and new directions fifty years after
 ‘Les compléments amodaux’ Perception, 43, S113
- Van Lier,  R. (2014). Amodal completion: A conceptual playground between perception and cognition
   Perception, 43, S114
- Chotsrisuparat, C.,  Koning, A. & Van Lier, R. (2014). Auditory rhythms influence perceived time durations of
  a tunnelling object Perception, 43, S149
- Güçlütürk, Y., Jacobs, R., & Van Lier, R.  (2014). Perceptual complexity and liking of fractal-like statistical
  geometric patterns Perception, 43, S158
- Koning, A., Leenders, M., Wolk, C. &Van Lier, R. (2014).  Interactive object tracking modulates attentional
  distribution Perception, 43, S29
- Hazenberg, S. & Van Lier, R.  (2014). Disentangling the influence of prior knowledge and perceptual processes
  on amodalcompletion using electrophysiological measurements. Perception, 43, S47
- Yun, X., Hazenberg, S., Jacobs, R, Qiu, J. & Van Lier, R. (2014). Disentangling effects of percepts and stimuli
  in Fraser-like displays: an explorative EEG Perception, 43, S82
- Jacobs, R., Y Güçlütürk, Y. & Van Lier, R. (2014). Devaluation of distractors limited to evaluations after
  incorrect target localization Perception, 43, S82
- Güçlütürk, Y., Jacobs, R. & Van Lier R.,  (2015) Differential effects of task anticipation on liking of familiar
  surfaces. Perception, 44
- Jacobs, R., Güçlütürk, Y.,  & Van Lier, R., (2015) What you need is what you like knowing target and
  distractor categories is sufficient for distractor devaluation. Perception, 44
- Frielink-Loing, A., Koning, A., & Van Lier, R. (2015) Anisotropic versus isotropic distribution of attention in
   object tracking: disentangling influences of overt and covert attention. Perception, 44
- Chotsrisuparat, C., Van Lier, R., & Koning, A. (2015). Auditory rhythms influence perceived distance of an
   occluded moving object (2015). Perception, 44
- Yun, X., Hazenberg , S.J., & Van Lier, R. (2015) The interference effect of color in amodal completion.
   Perception, 44













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