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Dr Tobias Loetscher

  • Senior Lecturer: Psychology School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy
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  • Cognition
  • Rehabilitation
  • Neuropsychology
  • Numerical processing
  • Laterality

I am investigating the neural mechanisms that control spatial attention in the healthy brain, and how these mechanisms are altered after brain damage. The long-term goal of my research is to develop effective treatments of attentional disorders such as spatial neglect.

I am co-directing the Cognitive Ageing and Impairment Neurosciences (CAIN) lab with Dr Hannah Keage. Have a look at our website to learn more about our current research www.cain.science.

You can find more information about my research on my Google Scholar and Researchgate sites.

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I am investigating the neural mechanisms that control spatial attention in the healthy brain, and how these mechanisms are altered after brain damage. The long-term goal of my research is to develop effective treatments of attentional disorders such as spatial neglect.

I am co-directing the Cognitive Ageing and Impairment Neurosciences (CAIN) lab with Dr Hannah Keage. Have a look at our website to learn more about our current research www.cain.science.

You can find more information about my research on my Google Scholar and Researchgate sites.

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Professional Associations

Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society

International Society for Neuropsychology

World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation

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Experience

Qualifications

  • Doctorate of Sciences (Neuroscience) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

  • Master of Science Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

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Research

Research themes

  • An age friendly world
  • Healthy futures

Research focus

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Sciences
  • Neurosciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences
  • Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
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Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

  • Visual exploration in dementia, NHMRC - Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowship, 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2021

  • Improving the diagnosis of impairments in spatial awareness among stroke patients, Brain Foundation - Annual Research Awards, 01/09/2016 - 31/03/2018

  • City of Unley Dementia Friendly Cities, City of Unley, 01/07/2016 - 30/06/2017

  • The brain, maths and space: Their interaction in health and disease, ARC - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, 25/08/2014 - 31/12/2015

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Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year Output
2019

Bradnam, L, Chen, CS, Callahan, R, Hoppe, S, Rosenich, E & Loetscher, T 2019, 'Visual compensation in cervical dystonia', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, vol. 41, no. 7, pp. 769-774.

5
2019

Chandrakumar, D, Keage, HA, Gutteridge, D, Dorrian, J, Banks, S & Loetscher, T 2019, 'Interactions between spatial attention and alertness in healthy adults: a meta-analysis', Cortex, vol. 119, pp. 61-73.

9
2019

Ghezzi, ES, Loetscher, T, Macnamara, A & Keage, HA 2019, 'The effects of risk magnitude training on mapping risks on space', Experimental Brain Research, vol. 237, no. 11, pp. 2789-2798.

2
2019

Loetscher, T, Potter, KJ, Wong, D & das Nair, R 2019, 'Cognitive rehabilitation for attention deficits following stroke', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2019, no. 11, pp. 1-61.

1
2019

Macnamara, A, Loetscher, T & Keage, HA 2019, 'Judging risk magnitude: walking to the left and base jumping to the right', Experimental Brain Research, vol. 237, no. 3, pp. 653-662.

2 2 1
2019

Michalski, SC, Szpak, A & Loetscher, T 2019, 'Using virtual environments to improve real-world motor skills in sports: a systematic review', Frontiers in Psychology, vol.10, article number 2159, pp. 1-9.

Open access
2019

Michalski, SC, Szpak, A, Saredakis, D, Ross, TJ, Billinghurst, M & Loetscher, T 2019, 'Getting your game on: using virtual reality to improve real table tennis skills', PLoS One, vol. 14, no. 9, article no. e0222351, pp. 1-14.

Open access
2018

Bradnam, L, Chen, C, Graetz, L & Loetscher, T 2018, 'Reduced vision-related quality of life in people living with dystonia', Disability and Rehabilitation, online, pp. 1-5.

1 3
2018

Gökaydin, D, Brugger, P & Loetscher, T 2018, 'Sequential effects in SNARC', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, article no. 10996, pp. 1-13.

Open access 2 2 5
2018

Hoppe, S, Loetscher, T, Morey, SA & Bulling, A 2018, 'Eye movements during everyday behavior predict personality traits', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 12, article no. 105, pp. 1-8.

Open access 15 10 1012
2018

Keage, H & Loetscher, T 2018, 'Estimating everyday risk: Subjective judgments are related to objective risk, mapping of numerical magnitudes and previous experience', PLoS One, vol. 13, no. 12, article no. 12, pp. 1-17.

Open access 2 2 3
2018

Nicholls, ME, Churches, O & Loetscher, T 2018, 'Perception of an ambiguous figure is affected by own-age social biases', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, article no. 12661, pp. 1-5.

Open access 248
2018

Tilley, E, Psaltis, PJ, Loetscher, T, Davis, DH, Harrison, SL, Kim, S & Keage, HA 2018, 'Meta-analysis of prevalence and risk factors for delirium after transcatheter aortic valve implantation', American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 122, no. 11, pp. 1917-1923.

Open access 3 13
2017

Dorrian, J, McLean, B, Banks, S & Loetscher, T 2017, 'Morningness/eveningness and the synchrony effect for spatial attention', Accident Analysis and Prevention, vol. 99, part B, pp. 401-405.

6 5 1
2017

Glen, K, Eston, R, Loetscher, T & Parfitt, G 2017, 'Exergaming: feels good despite working harder', PLoS One, vol. 12, no. 10, article no. e0186526, pp. 1-12.

Open access 6 5 12
2017

Grech, M, Stuart, T, Williams, L, Chen, C & Loetscher, T 2017, 'The mobility assessment course for the diagnosis of spatial neglect: Taking a step forward?', Frontiers in Neurology, vol. 8, no. OCT, article no. 563, pp. 1-8.

Open access 6
2017

Gökaydin, D, Brugger, P & Loetscher, T 2017, 'Sequential effects modulate spatial biases', Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, vol. 146, no. 10, pp. 1438-1447.

3 3 1
2017

Macnamara, A, Keage, HA & Loetscher, T 2017, 'Mapping of non-numerical domains on space: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Experimental Brain Research, vol. 236, no. 2, pp. 335-346.

18 14 4
2017

Veldsman, M, Loetscher, T, Wood, A & Brodtmann, A 2017, 'Reading on the right when there's nothing left? Probabilistic tractography reveals hemispheric asymmetry in pure alexia', Neurocase, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 201-209.

Open access 2
2016

Churches, O, Loetscher, T, Thomas, NA & Nicholls, ME 2016, 'Perceptual biases in the horizontal and vertical dimensions are driven by separate cognitive mechanisms', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 444-460.

7 6 1
2016

Keage, HA, Smith, A, Loetscher, T & Psaltis, P 2016, 'Cognitive outcomes of cardiovascular surgical procedures in the old: an important but neglected area', Heart Lung and Circulation, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 1148-1153.

Open access 3 3 1
2016

Killington, C, Barr, C, Loetscher, T & Bradnam, L V 2016, 'Variation in left posterior parietal-motor cortex interhemispheric facilitation following right parietal continuous theta-burst stimulation in healthy adults', Neuroscience, vol. 330, pp. 229-235.

1 5
2015

Loetscher, T, Chen, C, Wignall, S, Bulling, A, Hoppe, S, Churches, O, Thomas, NA, Nicholls, ME & Lee, A 2015, 'A study on the natural history of scanning behaviour in patients with visual field defects after stroke', BMC Neurology, vol. 15, article no. 64, pp. 1-4.

Open access 5 5 1
2015

Szpak, A, Loetscher, T, Bastian, J, Thomas, NA & Nicholls, ME 2015, 'Visual asymmetries for relative depth judgments in a three-dimensional space', Brain and Cognition, vol. 99, pp. 128-134.

2 2
2015

Szpsk, A, Nicholls, ME, Thomas, NA, Laham, SM & Loetscher, T 2015, '"No man is an island": effects of interpersonal proximity on spatial attention', Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 7, no. 1-4, pp. 45-54.

3 4 8
2015

Thomas, N, Castine, B, Loetscher, T & Nicholls, M 2015, 'Upper visual field distractors preferentially bias attention to the left', Cortex, vol. 64, pp. 179-193.

9 9
2014

Nicholls, ME, Loveless, KM, Thomas, NA, Loetscher, T & Churches, O 2014, 'Some participants may be better than others: sustained attention and motivation are higher early in semester', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 10-18.

12 9 43
2014

Nicholls, ME, Roden, S, Thomas, NA, Loetscher, T, Spence, CJ & Forte, JD 2014, 'Close to me: the effect of asymmetrical environments on spatial attention', Ergonomics: An International Journal of Research and Practice in Human Factors and Ergonomics, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 876-885.

9 9 2
2014

Rashidi-Ranjbar, N, Goudarzvand, M, Jahanqiri, S, Brugger, P & Loetscher, T 2014, 'No horizontal numerical mapping in a culture with mixed-reading habits', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 8, article no. 72, pp. 1-5.

Open access 17 16 1
2014

Szpak, A, Loetscher, T, Churches, O, Thomas, NA, Spence, C & Nicholls, ME 2014, 'Keeping your distance: attentional withdrawal in individuals who show physiological signs of social discomfort', Neuropsychologia, vol. 70, pp. 462-467.

10 12 1
2014

Thomas, NA, Loetscher, T & Nicholls, ME 2014, 'Asymmetries in attention as revealed by fixations and saccades', Experimental Brain Research, vol. 232, no. 10 pp. 3253-3267.

4 4
2014

Thomas, NA, Wignall, SJ, Loetscher, T & Nicholls, ME 2014, 'Searching the expressive face: evidence for both the right hemisphere and valence-specific hypotheses', Emotion, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 962-977.

14 12
2014

Towse, JN, Loetscher, T & Brugger, P 2014, 'Not all numbers are equal: preferences and biases among children and adults when generating random sequences', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 5, article no. 19, pp. 1-7.

Open access 4 4 2
2013

Leggett, NC, Thomas, NA, Loetscher, T & Nicholls, ME 2013, 'The life of p: 'just significant' results are on the rise', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 66, no. 12, pp. 2303-2309.

34 30 89
2013

Loetscher, T & Lincoln, NB 2013, 'Cognitive rehabilitation for attention deficits following stroke', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2013, no. 5, article no. CD002842, pp. 1-55.

Open access 56 23 15
2013

Nicholls, ME, Thomas, NA & Loetscher, T 2013, 'An online means of testing asymmetries in seating preference reveals a bias for airplanes and theatres', Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 725-731.

3 3 45
2013

Nicholls, ME, Thomas, NA, Loetscher, T & Grimshaw, GM 2013, 'The Flinders Handedness survey (FLANDERS): a brief measure of skilled hand preference', Cortex, vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 2914-2926.

109 101 1
2013

Thornton, T, Loetscher, T, Yates, MJ & Nicholls, ME 2013, 'The highs and lows of the interaction between word meaning and space', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 964-973.

21 22 1
2012

Badawy, R, Loetscher, T, Macdonell, R & Brodtmann, A 2012, 'Cortical excitability and neurology: insights into the pathophysiology', Functional Neurology, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 131-145.

36 34
2012

Lenggenhager, B, Loetscher, T, Kavan, N, Pallich, G, Brodtmann, A, Nicholls, ME & Brugger, P 2012, 'Paradoxical extension into the contralesional hemispace in spatial neglect', Cortex, vol. 48, no. 10, pp. 1320-1328.

10 10
2012

Loetscher, T, Nicholls, ME, Brodtmann, A, Thomas, NA & Brugger, P 2012, 'Disentangling input and output-related components of spatial neglect', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 6, article no. 176, pp. 1-11.

Open access 8 8
2012

Nicholls, M, Thomas, N, Loetscher, T, Wignall, S, Yates, MJ, Forte, JD & Spence, CJ 2012, 'The relationship between vertical stimulation and horizontal attentional asymmetries', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 2384-2396.

10 10
2012

Thomas, NA, Loetscher, T & Nicholls, MES 2012, 'Central fixations with rightward deviations: saccadic eye movements on the landmark task', Experimental Brain Research, vol. 220, no. 1, pp. 29-39.

16 16
2012

Thomas, NA, Loetscher, T, Clode, D & Nicholls, ME 2012, 'Right-wing politicians prefer the emotional left', PLoS One, vol. 7, no. 5.

Open access 8 7 57
2012

Yates, MJ, Loetscher, T & Nicholls, ME 2012, 'A generalized magnitude system for space, time and quantity? A cautionary note', Journal of Vision, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1-7.

Open access 28 26 3
2011

Nicholls, M, Lew, M, Loetscher, T & Yates, M 2011, 'The importance of response-type to the relationship between temporal order and numerical magnitude', Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 1604-1613.

Open access 17 17 1
2011

Nicholls, ME, Forte, JD, Loetscher, T, Orr, CA, Yates, MJ & Bradshaw, JL 2011, 'Near, yet so far: The effect of pictorial cues on spatial attention', Brain and Cognition, vol. 76, no. 3, pp. 349-352.

7 5
2010

Brugger, P, Schubiger, M & Loetscher, T 2010, 'Leftward bias in number space is modulated by magical ideation', Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 119-123.

6 6
2010

Loetscher, T, Bockisch, C, Nicholls, M & Brugger, P 2010, 'Eye position predicts what number you have in mind', Current Biology, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 264-265.

Open access 104 100 36
2010

Loetscher, T, Nicholls, M, Towse, J, Bradshaw, J & Brugger, P 2010, 'Lucky numbers: spatial neglect affects physical, but not representational, choices in a lotto task', Cortex, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 685-690.

Open access 25 24
2010

Nicholls, M, Chapman, H, Loetscher, T & Grimshaw, G 2010, 'The relationship between hand preference, hand performance, and general cognitive ability', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 585-592.

36 31
2010

Nicholls, M, Loetscher, T & Rademacher, M 2010, 'Miss to the Right: The Effect of Attentional Asymmetries on Goal-Kicking', PLoS One, vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 1-6.

Open access 15 13
2009

Loetscher, T & Brugger, P 2009, 'Random number generation in neglect patients reveals enhanced response stereotypy, but no neglect in number space', Neuropsychologia, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 276-279.

33 30
2008

Loetscher, T, Bockisch, C & Brugger, P 2008, 'Looking for the answer: The mind's eye in number space', Neuroscience, vol. 151, no. 3, pp. 725-729.

41 40
2008

Loetscher, T, Schwarz, U, Schubiger, M & Brugger, P 2008, 'Head turns bias the brain's internal random generator', Current Biology, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 60-62.

Open access 118 111

Conferences

Year Output
2015

Hoppe, S, Morey, S, Loetscher, T & Bulling, A 2015, 'Recognition of curiosity using eye movement analysis', UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ACM, pp. 185-188.

9 6

Reports

Year Output
2019

Hull, MJ, Hill, A, Rosso, E, Keage, H, Loetscher, T & Smith, AE 2019, Reflecting on the development and implementation of a collaborative intergenerational dementia education project, forget me not, Hawker Publications, UK.

2019

Smith, AE, Loetscher, T & Keage, H 2019, The CIty of Unley Council: dementia friendly communities, University of South Australia, Australia.

2018

Smith, AE, Loetscher, T, Keage, H, Milte, R, Ratcliffe, J & Baker, J 2018, The City of Unley Council: forget me not evaluation, Report to City of Unley.

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Organisation Country
Alborz University of Medical Sciences IRAN
Aston University UNITED KINGDOM
Austin Health AUSTRALIA
Flinders Medical Centre AUSTRALIA
Flinders University AUSTRALIA
Florey Neuroscience Institute AUSTRALIA
Guide Dogs SA/NT AUSTRALIA
La Trobe University AUSTRALIA
Lancaster University UNITED KINGDOM
Max Planck Institute for Informatics GERMANY
Max Planck Society GERMANY
Monash University AUSTRALIA
University College London UNITED KINGDOM
University Hospital SWITZERLAND
University Hospital of Zurich SWITZERLAND
University of Adelaide AUSTRALIA
University of Auckland NEW ZEALAND
University of Melbourne AUSTRALIA
University of Nottingham UNITED KINGDOM
University of Oxford UNITED KINGDOM
University of South Australia AUSTRALIA
University of Stuttgart GERMANY
University of Trento ITALY
University of Zurich SWITZERLAND
Victoria University of Wellington NEW ZEALAND
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Editorial Board Member

Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)

2018

Academic Excellence, Academic Excellence Research (individual)

Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, University of South Australia

2017

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Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society (ACNS)

2017

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International Society for Neuropsychology

2017

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World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation

2017
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Exploring eye movements as a predictor of mild cognitive impairments Current
Exploring factors modulating the aftereffects of virtual reality Current
Neglect of the left-side world: the brains response to fatigue Current
Reducing apathy: a virtual reality intervention in residential aged care Current
The association between cerebrovascular regulation and cognitive decline in late-life Current
Unilateral spatial neglect in adults post stroke Current
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