Stefan van der Stigchel is a professor in Cognitive Psychology at the department of Experimental Psychology at Utrecht University and principal investigator of the research group AttentionLab. For his research on visual attention, he received a VENI and VIDI NWO grant, and recently an ERC Consolidator Grant and VICI NWO grant. Stefan is author of the popular science book Zo werkt aandacht, which was published as the english How Attention Works in Januari 2019. His second book Concentratie was released in the Netherlands in November 2018 and published by MIT Press in 2020. A third book, Grip op je aandacht, was published in 2020. His books have further been translated in Russian, Korean and Chinese.
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In ‘Grip op je aandacht’ (Dutch) Stefan shares 49 tips to achieve optimal concentration. What are the basics? What is ‘flow’ and how do you get there? The book covers all ins and outs and do’s and dont’s with regards to concentration. A practical guide (with exercises) on why scrolling through your phone does not…
In the popular science book ‘Concentration’, Stefan explains how concentration works. He further provides tips and tricks to deal with a world of beeping smartphones, channel surfing, live-tweeting, pop-up ads, and other distractions. ‘Concentration’ is the English translation of ‘Concentratie’ (nov. 2018) that was published by MIT Press in April 2020.
Stefan’s Zo werkt aandacht, published in May 2016, is a popular science book on visual attention. In February 2019, its English translation, How Attention Works, was published by MIT Press. Visit bookshop Request lecture about this topic Reviews for ‘Zo werkt aandacht’ “In an approachable way, van der Stigchel explains the workings of attention and the…
AttentionLab, is the research group headed by Stefan Van der Stigchel. It is part of the Department of Experimental Psychology of Utrecht University. The aim of AttentionLab is to study ‘attention’ and ‘visual awareness’ in their broadest terms in the healthy population but also in a clinical setting. In AttentionLab, attention and visual awareness is studied using various methods, such as obstacle avoidance, eye movement recordings, lesion overlap and flash suppression. These functions are studied in various patient populations, like hemianopia, visual neglect and Korsakoff’s syndrome. The aim is to provide a rich interaction between experimental psychology and neuropsychology with the ultimate goal to solve the puzzle about how we create a perception of our world. The research conducted by AttentionLab is supported by NWO and ERC.
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