Center for Visual Cognition (CVC)
Center for Visual Cognition (CVC) is located at the Department of Psychology on the University of Copenhagen. The Center was founded in 1993. The research at CVC consists in experimental and theoretical studies in visual cognition. The experimental research is focused on visual attention, object recognition, formation and transformation of mental images, and perception of apparent movement. The theoretical work comprises a computational theory of selective attention in vision (Theory of Visual Attention, TVA) and a computational model of visual recognition (a Template-Matching Pandemonium, TMP).
The Center has been supported by major grants and has received a number of prizes including the Aristotle Prize in Psychology to Claus Bundesen in 2009, the Sapere Aude Prize (DFF-Young Elite Researcher Starting Grant) to Søren Kyllingsbæk in 2010 and to Thomas Habekost & Randi Starrfelt in 2012, and the Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize in Humanities and Social Science to Claus Bundesen in 2013.
Current projects
- Are you in control? The Cognitive Control and Arousal Project (CoCoA) (in Danish)
- On Track 2.0 and STEP IT: Interventions to Improve Cognitive Control and Well-being
- Attention, impulsivity and monoamines (AIM)
- Intentions, Selection, and Agency (ISA)
- The Danish High Risk and Resilience Study (VIA 7 og 11)
- Treatment Effects of Cognitive Therapy for OCD (TECTO)
Completed projects
Grants of more than 500.000 DKK
2018-2020: Project 1 grant from the Danish Council for Independent Research (Det Frie Forskningsråd, DKK 2.591.769) to Matthias Gondan.
2017-2020: Share of grant from Lundbeckfonden to the project Attention, impulsivity and monoamines with Ulrik Gether [PI], Thomas Habekost, Signe Vangkilde, Anders Petersen, et al. Total grant 9.997.185 DKK, CVC-share ca. 2.000.000 DKK.
2014-2015: MOBILEX Mobility stipend from Det Frie Forskningsråd to Iris Wiegand with the project Determinants of mental capacity: Individual differences, age-related changes, and neurodegenerative decline: 2.431.880 DKK.
2013-2017: Grant from the European Science Foundation to Marie Curie Initial Training Network: Individualized diagnostics and rehabilitation for attentional disorders. CVC-share of the total grant is 4.367.692 DKK (Claus Bundesen [Scientist-in-Charge for UCPH], Søren Kyllingsbæk, Thomas Habekost, Axel Larsen et al.).
2013-2017: Share of grant from the University of Copenhagen-2016 Centres of Excellence programme to the project Dynamical Systems: Mathematical modelling and statistical methodology for the social, health and natural sciences with Susanne Ditlevsen [PI], Søren Kyllingsbæk, Claus Bundesen, Thomas Habekost et al. Total grant 28.176.000 DKK, CVC-share ca. 5.000.000 DKK.
2013-2017: Share of grant from the University of Copenhagen-2016 Centres of Excellence programme to the project Attention to dopamine with Ulrik Gether [PI], Thomas Habekost [vice-PI], Signe Vangkilde, Søren Kyllingsbæk, Claus Bundesen, et al. Total grant 18.759.000 DKK, CVC-share 5.754.789 DKK.
2013-2015: Postdoc Grant from Det Frie Forskningsråd to Maria Nordfang: Memory in attention: How we search through memory and the visual field concurrently: 1.986.490 DKK.
The Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize 2013, including 750.000 DKK to support the research of Claus Bundesen.
2012-2015: Postdoc Grant from Det Frie Forskningsråd to Inge Wilms: Mester i opmærksomhed: Et studie i de underliggende mekanismer for kognitiv færdighedslæring og deres påvirkelighed: 2.500.000 DKK.
2012-2015: Grant from the Sapere Aude programme of Det Frie Forskningsråd (PI: Thomas Habekost; postdoc. Signe Vangkilde): The attentive mind: Towards a unified theory of visual selectivity and arousal: 8.637.068 DKK.
2012-2014: Fornyelsesfonden i samarbejde med BRAIN + (Inge Wilms): 6.821.486 DKK.
2010-2014: Grant from the Sapere Aude programme of Det Frie Forskningsråd (PI: Søren Kyllingsbæk; postdoc: Mads Dyrholm, Carsten S. Nielsen): Modeling visual cognition: Perception, attention, and short-term memory: 8.591.280 DKK.
2010-2014: Grant from Det Frie Forskningsråd for Kultur og Kommunikation (PI: Søren Kyllingsbæk; postdoc: Jens Christiansen): Intentional action, attention to objects, and working memory: 7.783.200 DKK.
2008-2013: Grant from the University of Copenhagen Programme of Excellence to the project Integrated visual attention research (Claus Bundesen [PI], Axel Larsen, Søren Kyllingsbæk, Thomas Habekost): 20.000.000 DKK.
Click on the individual researcher below to see their publications:
In Denmark
- Associate Professor Jesper Andreasen, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen. Pharmacological and animal studies of attention.
- Director Frank Humle, Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Copenhagen. Attentional deficits after brain damage.
- Professor Birte Glenthøj, Senior Researcher Birgitte Fagerlund, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen. Studies of adults with ADHD.
- Professor Ulrik Gether, Associate Professor David Woldbye. Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen. Pharmacological and animal studies of dopamine and attention.
- Professor Susanne Ditlevsen, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Dynamical Systems.
Furthermore, CVC is in close collaboration with Professor MSO in clinical neuropsychology, Randi Starrfelt, coordinator of StarrLab.
Abroad
- Associate Professor Céline Gillebert, Oxford University, UK and University of Leuven, Belgium.
- Associate Professor Magdalena Chechlacz, University of Birmingham, UK.
- Dean of Research, Professor Ian Robertson, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
- Professor Gustavo Deco, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain.
- Professor Hermann Müller, Dr. Kathrin Finke, Dr. Peter Bublak, Ludwig Maximillians University, Munich, Germany and Universitäts Klinikum Jena, Germany. Patient based studies of attention.
- Professor Jochen Braun, Otto-von-Gericke Universität, Magdeburg, Germany.
- Professor Kerstin J. Plessen, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland.
- Professor Trevor Robbins, Cambridge University, UK. Studies of neuropharmacology, attention, and impulsivity.
- Professor Werner X. Schneider, Bielefelt University, Germany.
- Senior Researcher Jennifer T. Coull, Aix-Marseielle Université, France.
and Associated Partners including SIEMENS, Psychology Press, and The Stroke Association, UK.
The Center for Visual Cognition contributes to teaching at the Department of Psychology:
On the bachelor programme
- All education (grundfag and valgfag) at the BA-level in Cognitive Psychology
- Supervision of BA theses (Cognitive Psychology)
- Teaching of Statistics
- "Forskningsaktivitet som valgfag" (research electives) at 5 or 10 ECTS
On the master programme
- All types of teaching and supervision in Cognitive Psychology
- "Forskningspraktik" (trainee period) at CVC or with collaborators
- "Forskningsaktivitet som valgfag" (research electives) at 5 or 10 ECTS
Master thesis
Participate in our research
Interested students at BA and MA levels are welcome to participate in the projects as volunteer assistants.
Interested? Contact signe.vangkilde@psy.ku.dk or thomas.habekost@psy.ku.dk
International students
Are you an international student interested in visiting CVC? Please send an email to Signe Vangkilde or Thomas Habekost describing the particular reasons for choosing our lab, and your thoughts about how you might participate during your visit. General requests without specific reference to our ongoing projects may not receive a response.
If you want to participate in our research, you must create an account on our booking-site (SONA). Please, follow the link:
CVC Booking-site
Furthermore, you can follow us on Facebook to get updates about research studies, that you can participate in.
We have lab meetings every Friday afternoon, a tradition that has been kept over 15 years. Here researchers at the center take turns presenting their current projects or we invite external speakers for new input. Practical matters, especially concerning lab equipment and social events, are also coordinated at these meetings. Interested students are welcome to participate.
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Offices: 4th floor
Experimental rooms: 5th floor
NB. If you are to participate in an experiment, go to the top floor (5th) and await a research assistant.
Contact to the center have to go through the coordinators:
Professor Signe Vangkilde
Department of Psychology
University of Copenhagen
Øster Farimagsgade 2A (3.4.413a)
DK-1353 Copenhagen K
E-mail: signe.vangkilde@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 48 85
Professor Thomas Habekost
Department of Psychology
University of Copenhagen
Øster Farimagsgade 2A (3.4.413b)
DK-1353 Copenhagen K
E-mail: thomas.habekost@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 48 60
International students
Are you an international student interested in visiting our center? Please send an e-mail to Signe Vangkilde or Thomas Habekost describing the particular reasons for choosing our lab, and your thoughts about how you might participate during your visit. General requests without specific reference to our ongoing projects may not receive a response.
Researchers
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anders Petersen | Associate Professor | +4535324884 | |
| Signe Allerup Vangkilde | Professor, Head of Studies | +4535324885 | |
| Steven Blurton | Associate Professor | ||
| Søren Kyllingsbæk | Professor | +4535324861 | |
| Thomas Habekost | Professor | +4535324860 |
Contact
Signe Vangkilde
Professor
E-mail
Tel. +45 35 32 48 85
Thomas Habekost
Professor
E-mail
Tel. +45 35 32 48 60