Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen 
Fachbereich 06, Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie
Otto-Behaghel-Strasse 10F
35394 Giessen

Campus: Building F1, Room 304
Phone: +49(0)641 / 99-26108
Fax: +49(0)641 / 99-26119
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Education

Dissertation, 2007, University of Trento.

Laurea in Psychology, 2004, Università Vita-Salute San-Raffaele (Milan)

Research Interests

Visual Perception
Eye Movements



Most Recent Publications

Articles

Chen, J.,Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (in press). Attention is allocated closely ahead of the target during smooth pursuit eye movements: evidence from EEG frequency tagging. Journal of Neurophysiology, nofissue, frompage-topage.

Valsecchi, M., Koenderink, van Doorn, A., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2018). Prediction shapes peripheral appearance. Journal of Vision, 18, (13):21.

Valsecchi, M., Koenderink, van Doorn, A., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2018). Prediction shapes peripheral appearance. Journal of Vision, 18, (13):21.

Schiller, F., Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2018). An evaluation of different measures of color saturation. Vision Research, 151, 117-134.

Valsecchi, M., Stucchi, N.A., & Scocchia, L. (2018). Repulsive serial effects in visual numerosity judgments. Perception, 47, 780-788.

Valsecchi, M., Billino, J., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2018). Healthy aging is associated with decreased risk-taking in motor decision-making. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44(1), 154-167.

Toscani, M., Gegenfurtner, K.R., & Valsecchi, M. (2017). Foveal to peripheral extrapolation of brightness within objects. Journal of Vision, 17(9): 14.

Chen, J.,Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2017). Attention is allocated closely ahead of the target during smooth pursuit eye movements: evidence from EEG frequency tagging. Neuropsychologia, 102, 206-216.

Chen, J.,Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2017). Enhanced brain responses to color during smooth pursuit eye movements. Journal of Neurophysiology, 118, 749-754.

Toscani, M., Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2017). Lightness perception for matte and glossy complex shapes. Vision Research, 131, 82-95.

Koenderink, J., Valsecchi, M., van Doorn, A., Wagemans, J. , & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2017). Eidolons: Novel Stimuli for Vision Research. Journal of Vision, 17(2): 7.

Chen, J.,Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2016). Role of motor execution in the ocular tracking of self-generated movements. Journal of Neurophysiology, 116, 2586-2593.

Chen, J.,Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2016). LRP predicts smooth pursuit eye movement onset during the ocular tracking of self-generated movements. Journal of Neurophysiology, 116, 18-29.

Valsecchi, M., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2016). Dynamic Re-calibration of Perceived Size in Fovea and Periphery through Predictable Size Changes. Current Biology, 26, 59-63.


A complete list of publications and the reprints of the papers are available here.