Katja Fiehler

Short info

My research focuses on the interplay of perception and action. I’m interested in how different sensory information are used for space perception and goal-directed actions, comprising eye, hand, and body movements. I also investigate how humans predict the sensory outcome of their actions and how adapt their behavior to dynamically changing environments.

My long-term goal is to better understand how the human brain plans, controls, and adapts natural actions in complex environments. To this end, I combine psychophysics with motion tracking in real and virtual environments and apply EEG and fMRI to uncover the underlying neural processes.

Open Science

Eckert, A., Fuehrer, E., Schmitter, C., Straube, B., Fiehler, K., & Endres, D. (2024).
Modelling Sensory Attenuation as Bayesian Causal Inference across two Datasets.

Articles

Arikan, B. E., van Kemenade, B. M., Fiehler, K., Kircher, T., Drewing, K., & Straube, B. (2021).
Different contributions of efferent and reafferent feedback to sensorimotor temporal recalibration.
Scientific Reports, 11(1).

Arikan, B. E., Voudouris, D., Straube, B., & Fiehler, K. (2024).
Distinct role of central predictive mechanisms in tactile suppression
iScience, 27 (8), 110582.

Baltaretu, B. R., Schuetz, I., Võ, M. L. H., & Fiehler, K. (2024).
Scene semantics affects allocentric spatial coding for action in naturalistic (virtual) environments.
Scientific Reports, 14(1), 15549.

Baltaretu, B. R., Schuetz, I., Võ, M. L. H., & Fiehler, K. (2024).
Scene semantics affects allocentric spatial coding for action in naturalistic (virtual) environments.
Scientific Reports, 14(1), 15549.

Beyvers, M. C., Fraser, L. E., & Fiehler, K. (2022).
Linking Signal Relevancy and Intensity in Predictive Tactile Suppression.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 75.

Beyvers, M. C., Koch, I., & Fiehler, K. (2022).
Episodic Binding and Retrieval in Sequences of Discrete Movements – Evidence from Grasping Actions.
Journal of Cognition, 5(1), 41, 1-14.

Fiehler, K., & Karimpur, H. (2022).
Spatial coding for action across spatial scales.
Nature Reviews Psychology, 1-13.

Forster, P.-P., Karimpur, H., & Fiehler, K. (2022).
Demand characteristics challenge effects in embodiment and presence.
Scientific Reports, 12, 14084.

Forster, P.‑P., Karimpur, H., & Fiehler, K. (2022).
Why we should rethink our approach to embodiment and presence.
Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 3, Article 838369.

Fuehrer, E., Voudouris, D., Lezkan, A., Drewing, K., & Fiehler, K. (2022).
Tactile suppression stems from specific sensorimotor predictions.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(20), Article e2118445119.

Rothkopf, C., Bremmer, F., Fiehler, K., Dobs, K., & Triesch, J. (2023).
Models of vision need some action.
Behavioral Brain Science, 46:e405.

Schuetz, I. & Fiehler, K. (2022).
Eye tracking in virtual reality: Vive Pro Eye spatial accuracy, precision, and calibration reliability.
Journal of Eye Movement research, 15, 3.

Schuetz, I., & Fiehler, K. (2024).
Object Center of Mass Predicts Pointing Endpoints in Virtual Reality.
Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 5, 1402084.

Schuetz, I., Karimpur, H., & Fiehler, K. (2022).
vexptoolbox: A software toolbox for human behavior studies using the Vizard virtual reality platform.
Behavior Research Methods, 1-13.

Voudouris, D., & Fiehler, K. (2022).
The role of grasping demands on tactile suppression.
Human Movement Science, 83, 102957.

Voudouris, D., Schuetz, I., Schinke, T., & Fiehler, K. (2023).
Pupil dilation scales with movement distance of real but not of imagined reaching movements.
Journal of Neurophysiology.