Dr. Wladimir Kirsch

Research Interests

Relationships between perception and action

Sensorimotor learning

Sensorimotor control

Interoceptive awareness

Attention and Perception

Publications

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Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (in press). On the Origin of the Ponzo Illusion: An Attentional Account. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2023). Human perception of spatial frequency varies with stimulus orientation and location in the visual field. Scientific Reports, 13, 17656. https://rdcu.be/doMEC

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2023). Changes in body perception following virtual object manipulation are accompanied by changes of the internal reference scale. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 7137. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34311-8

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2023). On the origin of the Helmholtz’s square illusion: an attentional account. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. https://rdcu.be/dbF8Q

Kirsch W. (2023). On the interplay between time and space perception in discontinuous stimulus displays. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 85, 2406–2421. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02678-5

Kirsch, W., & Kunde, W. (2023). On the Role of Interoception in Body and Object Perception: A Multisensory-Integration Account. Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, 18(2), 321–339. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221096138

Kirsch, W. (2022). On the origin of the Roelofs and induced Roelofs effects. Visual Cognition, 30(7), 480–489. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2022.2092572

Kirsch, W., & Kunde, W. (2022). Perceptual changes after learning of an arbitrary mapping between vision and hand movements. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 11427. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15579-8

Kirsch (2021). On the relevance of task instructions for the influence of action on perception. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 83,  2625–2633.   https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/s13414-021-02309-x.pdf

Kirsch, W., Kitzmann, T., & Kunde, W. (2021). Action affects perception through modulation of attention. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 83, 2320–2330. pdf. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-021-02277-2

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2021). On the origin of the Ebbinghaus illusion: The role of figural extent and spatial frequency of stimuli.  Vision Research, 188, 193-201.  https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1dWr19jMU1CBl

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2021). The size of attentional focus modulates the perception of object location. Vision Research, 179, 1-8. pdf.

Kirsch, W., Kunde, W., & Herbort, O. (2021). Impact of proprioception on the perceived size and distance of external objects in a virtual action task. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 28, 1191–1201.  https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/s13423-021-01915-y. pdf

Klaffehn, A. L., Sellmann, F. B., Kirsch, W., Kunde, W., & Pfister, R. (2021). Temporal binding as multisensory integration: Manipulating perceptual certainty of actions and their effects. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-021-02314-0

Kirsch, W., Pfister, R., & Kunde, W. (2020). On why objects appear smaller in the visual periphery. Psychological Science, 31(1), 88-96. pdf.

Liesner, M., Kirsch, W., & Kunde, W. (2020).  The interplay of predictive and postdictive components of experienced selfhood. Consciousness and Cognition, 77, 102850.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2019.102850. pdf.

Liesner, M., Kirsch, W., Pfister, R., & Kunde, W. (2020). Spatial action–effect binding depends on type of action–effect transformation. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82(5), 2531-2543. pdf. doi: 10.3758/s13414-020-02013-2

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2019). On perceptual biases in virtual object manipulation: Signal reliability and action relevance matter. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 81(8), 2881-2889. pdf.

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W (2019). Impact of action planning on visual and body perception in a virtual grasping task. Experimental Brain Research, 237(9), 2431-2445. pdf.

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2019). Multisensory integration in virtual interactions with distant objects. Scientific Reports, 9, 17362. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53921-9. pdf.

Herbort, O., Kirsch, W., & Kunde, W. (2019). Grasp planning for object manipulation without simulation of the object manipulation action. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45(2), 237-254. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000602

Kirsch, W., Kunde, W., & Herbort, O. (2019). Intentional binding is unrelated to action intention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45(3), 378-385. pdf.

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2018). The paddle effect in the Pong task is not due to blocking ability of the observer. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 44(11), 1799-1804.

Kirsch, W.,  Heitling, B., & Kunde, W. (2018). Changes in the size of attentional focus modulate the apparent object's size. Vision Research, 153, 82-90. pdf.

Kirsch, W., Herbort, O., Ullrich, B., & Kunde, W. (2017). On the origin of body-related influences on visual perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43(6), 1222-1237.

Kirsch, W., Pfister, R., & Kunde, W. (2016). Spatial action-effect binding. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 78(1), 133-142. doi: 10.3758/s13414-015-0997-z

Kirsch, W., Ullrich, B., & Kunde, W. (2016). Are Effects of Action on Perception Real? Evidence from Transformed Movements. PLoS ONE 11(12):  e0167993. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167993

Kirsch, W. (2015). Impact of action planning on spatial perception: attention matters. Acta Psychologica, 156, 22-31.

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2015). Perceptual and behavioral adjustments after action inhibition. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 22, 1235-1242. pdf.

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2015). Arm movement as a cue for the estimation of visual location. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 121(1), 149-162. pdf.

Kirsch, W., Königstein, E., & Kunde, W. (2014). Action feedback affects the perception of action-related objects beyond actual action success. Frontiers in Movement Science and Sport Psychology. 5:17. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00017

Kirsch, W., Königstein, E., & Kunde, W. (2014). Hitting ability and perception of object's size: Evidence for a negative relation. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 76, 1752-1764. pdf.

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2014). Impact of planned movement direction on judgments of visual locations. Psychological Research, 78, 705-720.

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2013). Moving further moves things further away in visual perception: Position-based movement planning affects distance judgement. Experimental Brain Research, 226(3), 431-440.

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2013). Visual near space is scaled to parameters of current action plans. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 39(5), 1313-1325.

Kirsch, W. & Kunde, W. (2012). Impact of hand orientation on bimanual finger coordination in an eight-finger tapping task. Human Movement Science, 31(6), 1399-408.

Kirsch, W. & Hennighausen, E. (2012). Electrophysiological indicators of visuomotor planning: delay-dependent changes. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 115(1), 69-89. pdf.

Kirsch, W., Herbort, O., Butz, M.V., & Kunde W. (2012). Influence of Motor Planning on Distance Perception within the Peripersonal space. PLoS ONE 7(4): e34880. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034880 pdf.

Kirsch, W. & Hoffmann, J. (2012). Stimulus dependent modulation of perceptual and motor learning in a serial reaction time task. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 8(2), 155-164.

Kirsch, W. & Hoffmann, J. (2011). Impact of instruction on the acquisition of sequence knowledge in a sensorimotor task. Acta Psychologica 138, 85-91.

Kirsch, W. & Hennighausen, E. (2011). Kinematic markers of distance specific control in linear hand movements. Journal of Motor Behavior, 43 (3), 253-262.

Kirsch, W. & Hoffmann, J. (2010). Asymmetrical intermanual transfer of learning in a sensorimotor task. Exp Brain Res, 202(4), 927-34.

Kirsch, W., Sebald, A. & Hoffmann, J. (2010). RT patterns and chunks in SRT tasks: a reply to Jiménez (2008). Psychol Res, 74(3), 352-8.

Kirsch, W. & Henninghausen, E. (2010). ERP Correlates of Linear Hand Movements: Distance Dependent Changes. Clin Neurophysiol, 121(8), 1285-92.

Kirsch, W., Henninghausen, E. & Rösler, F. (2010). ERP correlates of linear hand movements in a motor reproduction task. Psychophysiol, 47(3), 486-500.

Kirsch, W., Henninghausen, E. & Rösler, F. (2009). Dissociating cognitive and motor interference effects on kinesthetic short-term memory. Psychological Research, 73(3), 380-9.

Pollatos, O., Kirsch, W. & Schandry, R. (2005). On the relationship between interoceptive awareness, emotional experience and brain processess. Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 25(3), 948-62.

Pollatos, O., Kirsch, W. & Schandry, R. (2005). Brain structures involved in interoceptive awareness and cardioafferent signal processing: a dipole source localization study. Hum. Brain Mapp, 26(1), 54-64.