Dr Tobias Loetscher

Senior Lecturer: Psychology School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy

Magill Campus (H2-33)
tel +61 8 830 24098
fax +61 8 830 24377

email Tobias.Loetscher@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

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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Research

Research themes

An age friendly world
Healthy futures

Research focus

Psychology
Cognitive Sciences
Neurosciences
Medical and Health Sciences
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Research

Outputs

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
2020	Rosenich, E, Shaki, S & Loetscher, T 2020, 'Unstable world: recent experience affects spatial perception', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, online, pp. 1-7.
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. 1 1 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. 2
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 1
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 19 17 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 5 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 7 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 1 1 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. 19 16 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. 8 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. 11 10
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. 15 12 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. 10 10 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 13 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. 5 5
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. 36 31 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 58 27 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. 123 108 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. 23 24 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. 37 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. 12 12
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. 17 17
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 27 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. 8 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 108 102 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 25
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 16 14
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 31
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 122 114

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

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Alborz University of Medical Sciences	IRAN
Ariel University	ISRAEL
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

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
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
Member Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society (ACNS)	2017
Member International Society for Neuropsychology	2017
Member World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation	2017

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Exploring eye movements as a predictor of mild cognitive impairments	Current
Exploring factors modulating the aftereffects of virtual reality	Current
Identifying social cognitive functioning declines in the ageing	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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