The main focus of my research is on Perceptuo-Motor Coordination. With a background in physical education, human movement science, and psychology (see CV) I am interested in how people control their actions on the basis of perceptual information. This general research question is currently being studied in the Developmental Neuroscience Laboratorium in four main research areas:

• The Functional Significance of Early Infant Behaviour
• Prospective Control
• Early Detection of Brain Damage
• Postural Control

Representative recent publications:

• Van der Weel, F.R. & Van der Meer A.L.H. (2009). Seeing it coming: Infants' brain responses to looming danger. Naturwissenschaften,96, 1385-1391. (see PDF).
• Van der Meer, A.L.H., Ramstad, M. & Van der Weel, F.R. (2008). Choosing the shortest way to mum: Auditory guided rotation in 6‐ to 9‐month‐old infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 31, 207‐216 (see PDF).
• Van der Meer, A.L.H., Fallet, G., Van der Weel, F.R. (2008). Perception of structured optic flow and random visual motion in infants and adults: A high‐density EEG study. Experimental Brain Research, 186, 493‐502 (see PDF).
• Aanondsen, Ch.M., Van der Meer, A.L.H., Brubakk, A.‐M., Evensen, K.A.I., Skranes, J.S., Myhr, G. & Van der Weel, F.R. (2007). Differentiating prospective control information for catching in prematurely born VLBW, full‐term SGA, and full‐term AGA control adolescents. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 49, 112‐116 (see PDF).
• Van der Weel, F.R., Craig, C.M., Van der Meer, A.L.H. (2007). The rate of change of tau. In G.‐J. Pepping & M.A. Grealy (Eds.), Closing the Gap: The Scientific Writings of David N. Lee (pp. 305‐315). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (see PDF).
• Van der Meer, A.L.H., Holden, G. & Van der Weel, F.R. (2005). Coordination of sucking, swallowing, and breathing in healthy newborns. Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2 (2), 69‐72 (see PDF).