Audrey van der Meer

About

Brain researcher and Professor of Neuropsychology at NTNU.

I hold an MSc in Human Movement Sciences (Psychology and Philosophy) from the Free University of Amsterdam (1988) and a PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Edinburgh (1992).

My present teaching concentrates on Biological and Developmental Psychology from bachelor to PhD level, with a main focus on the Master in Psychology - specialization Learning: brain, behaviour, and environment. I supervise many Master's and graduate students investigating the human brain from an Ecological Neuroscience perspective.

Together with my husband, Professor of Cognitive Psychology Ruud van der Weel, I am Director of the Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory at NTNU Trondheim. Here we investigate human development from a life-span perspective. A better understanding of the underlying principles that guide development, learning, and cognitive ageing will allow us to facilitate learning and prevent problems, especially in infants and toddlers between 0-3 years of age with their fast-developing brains that show a great deal of plasticity and enormous potential for learning.

Publications

2019

Van der Meer, Audrey; Van der Weel, Frederikus. (2019) The optical information for self-perception in development. Perception as Information Detection: Reflections on Gibson's ecological approach to visual perception..
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2017

Meer, Audrey van der. (2017) Babies exposed to stimulation get a brain boost. The Neuropsychotherapist.
Feature article
Meer, Audrey van der; Van der Weel, Frederikus. (2017) Only three fingers write, but the whole brain works: A high-density EEG study showing advantages of drawing over typing for learning. Frontiers in Psychology. volum 8 (MAY).
Academic article

2016

Agyei, Seth Bonsu; Van der Weel, Frederikus; Meer, Audrey van der. (2016) Development of visual motion perception for prospective control: Brain and behavioral studies in infants. Frontiers in Psychology. volum 7.
Academic article
Agyei, Seth Bonsu; Van der Weel, Frederikus; Meer, Audrey van der. (2016) Longitudinal study of preterm and full-term infants: High-density EEG analyses of cortical activity in response to visual motion. Neuropsychologia. volum 84.
Academic article
Meer, Audrey van der. (2016) Persepsjon av visuell bevegelse og prospektiv kontroll: Hjernestudier hos terminfødte og for tidlig fødte spedbarn. Psykologisk tidsskrift. volum 20 (1).
Academic article
Rasouli, Omid; Stensdotter, Ann-Katrin; Meer, Audrey van der. (2016) TauG-guidance of dynamic balance control during gait initiation in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Clinical Biomechanics. volum 37.
Academic article
Zotcheva, Ekaterina; Meer, Audrey van der. (2016) Persepsjon av visuell bevegelse og prospektiv kontroll: Hjerne- og atferdsstudier hos terminfødte og premature spedbarn. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. volum 53 (9).
Academic article

2015

Agyei, Seth Bonsu; Holth, Magnus; Van der Weel, Frederikus; Van der Meer, Audrey. (2015) Longitudinal study of perception of structured optic flow and random visual motion in infants using high-density EEG. Developmental Science. volum 18 (3).
Academic article
Vilhelmsen, Kenneth; Van der Weel, Frederikus; Van der Meer, Audrey. (2015) A high-density EEG study of differences between three high speeds of simulated forward motion from optic flow in adult participants. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. volum 9:146.
Academic article

2013

Holth, Magnus; Van der Meer, Audrey; Van der Weel, Frederikus. (2013) Combining findings from gaze and electroencephalography recordings to study timing in a visual tracking task. NeuroReport. volum 24 (17).
Academic article
Meer, Audrey Van der; Svantesson, Monica Therese; Van der Weel, Frederikus. (2013) Longitudinal study of looming in infants with high-density EEG. Developmental Neuroscience. volum 34 (6).
Academic article
Van der Meer, Audrey. (2013) Tidlig utvikling hos de minste barn i alderen 0-1 år. Barnas Barnehage 3: Kroppslighet i Barnehagen - Pedagogisk arbeid med kropp, bevegelse og helse (2. utgave).
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2012

Spencer, Lynn-Mari Olsen; Van der Meer, Audrey. (2012) TauG-guidance of dynamic balance control during gait initiation across adulthood. Gait & Posture. volum 36 (3).
Academic article
Van der Meer, Audrey; Svantesson, Monica Therese; Van der Weel, Frederikus. (2012) Longitudinal study of looming in infants with high-density EEG. Developmental Neuroscience. volum 34 (6).
Academic article

2011

Van der Meer, Audrey; van der Weel, Frederikus. (2011) Auditory guided arm and whole body movements in young infants. Advances in Sound Localization.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2009

Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; van der Meer, Audrey. (2009) A longitudinal study of prospective control in catching by full-term and preterm infants. Experimental Brain Research. volum 194 (2).
Academic article
Weel, Frederikus van der; van der Meer, Audrey. (2009) Seeing it coming: infants' brain responses to looming danger. Die Naturwissenschaften. volum 96 (12).
Academic article

2008

Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; Farstad, Hanne; van der Meer, Audrey. (2008) Preterm infants' timing strategies to optical collisions. Early Human Development. volum 84.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey. (2008) Coordination of sucking, swallowing, and breathing in healthy full-term and near-term infants. Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. volum 21.
Abstract
van der Meer, Audrey; Fallet, Gjertrud; Weel, Frederikus van der. (2008) Perception of structured optic flow and random visual motion in infants and adults: a high-density EEG study. Experimental Brain Research. volum 186 (3).
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey; Ramstad, Marte; Weel, Frederikus van der. (2008) Choosing the shortest way to mum: Auditory guided rotation in 6- to 9-month-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development. volum 31 (2).
Academic article

2007

Aanondsen, Chris Margaret; van der Meer, Audrey; Brubakk, Ann-Mari; Evensen, Kari Anne Indredavik; Skranes, Jon; Myhr, Gunnar; Weel, Frederikus van der. (2007) Differentiating prospective control information for catching in at-risk and control adolescents. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. volum 49.
Academic article
Austad, Hanne; van der Meer, Audrey. (2007) Prospective dynamic balance control in healthy children and adults. Experimental Brain Research. volum 181 (2).
Academic article
Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; van der Meer, Audrey. (2007) Infants' timing strategies to optical collisions: A longitudinal study. Infant Behavior and Development. volum 30.
Academic article
Weel, Frederikus van der; Craig, Cathy M.; van der Meer, Audrey. (2007) The rate of change of tau. Closing the Gap: The Scientific Writings of David N. Lee.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2006

van der Meer, Audrey; Husby, Åsmund. (2006) Handedness as a major determinant of functional cradling bias. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition. volum 11 (3).
Academic article

2005

van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der. (2005) The continuous development of arm movements in neonates. Bilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy: The structure underlying functions and the evidence based rehabilitation.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2002

van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der. (2002) Considering perception in action: Implications for treatment. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. volum 44.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey. (2002) The fetus and newborn considered as water-babies. Nutrition and Health. volum 16 (1).
Academic article

2000

Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; van der Meer, Audrey. (2000) Timing strategies used in defensive blinking to optical collisions in 5- to 7-month-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development. volum 23.
Academic article

1999

van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der. (1999) Development of perception in action in healthy and at-risk children. Acta Paediatrica. volum 429.
Academic article

1997

van der Meer, Audrey. (1997) Keeping the arm in the limelight: advanced visual control of arm movements in neonates. European journal of paediatric neurology. volum 4.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey. (1997) Visual guidance of passing under a barrier. Early development & parenting. volum 6.
Academic article

1996

van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der; Lee, David. (1996) Lifting weights in neonates: Developing visual control of reaching. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. volum 37.
Academic article
Weel, Frederikus van der; van der Meer, Audrey; Lee, D.N.. (1996) Measuring dysfunction of basic movement control in cerebral palsy. Human Movement Science. volum 15.
Academic article
Weel, Frederikus van der; van der Meer, Audrey; Lee, David. (1996) Measuring dysfunction of basic movement control in cerebral palsy. Human Movement Science. volum 15.
Academic article

1995

van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der. (1995) Move yourself, baby! Perceptuo-motor development from a continuous perspective. The self in infancy: Theory and research.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der; Lee, David. (1995) The functional significance of arm movements in neonates. Science. volum 267.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der; Lee, David; Laing, Ian; Lin, Jean-Pierre. (1995) Development of prospective control of catching moving objects in preterm at-risk infants. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. volum 37.
Academic article

1994

van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der; Lee, David. (1994) Prospective control in catching by infants. Perception. volum 23.
Academic article

1991

Weel, Frederikus van der; van der Meer, Audrey; Lee, David. (1991) Effect of task on movement control in cerebral palsy: Implications for assessment and control. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. volum 33.
Academic article

Journal publications

Meer, Audrey van der. (2017) Babies exposed to stimulation get a brain boost. The Neuropsychotherapist.
Feature article
Meer, Audrey van der; Van der Weel, Frederikus. (2017) Only three fingers write, but the whole brain works: A high-density EEG study showing advantages of drawing over typing for learning. Frontiers in Psychology. volum 8 (MAY).
Academic article
Agyei, Seth Bonsu; Van der Weel, Frederikus; Meer, Audrey van der. (2016) Development of visual motion perception for prospective control: Brain and behavioral studies in infants. Frontiers in Psychology. volum 7.
Academic article
Agyei, Seth Bonsu; Van der Weel, Frederikus; Meer, Audrey van der. (2016) Longitudinal study of preterm and full-term infants: High-density EEG analyses of cortical activity in response to visual motion. Neuropsychologia. volum 84.
Academic article
Meer, Audrey van der. (2016) Persepsjon av visuell bevegelse og prospektiv kontroll: Hjernestudier hos terminfødte og for tidlig fødte spedbarn. Psykologisk tidsskrift. volum 20 (1).
Academic article
Rasouli, Omid; Stensdotter, Ann-Katrin; Meer, Audrey van der. (2016) TauG-guidance of dynamic balance control during gait initiation in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Clinical Biomechanics. volum 37.
Academic article
Zotcheva, Ekaterina; Meer, Audrey van der. (2016) Persepsjon av visuell bevegelse og prospektiv kontroll: Hjerne- og atferdsstudier hos terminfødte og premature spedbarn. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. volum 53 (9).
Academic article
Agyei, Seth Bonsu; Holth, Magnus; Van der Weel, Frederikus; Van der Meer, Audrey. (2015) Longitudinal study of perception of structured optic flow and random visual motion in infants using high-density EEG. Developmental Science. volum 18 (3).
Academic article
Vilhelmsen, Kenneth; Van der Weel, Frederikus; Van der Meer, Audrey. (2015) A high-density EEG study of differences between three high speeds of simulated forward motion from optic flow in adult participants. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. volum 9:146.
Academic article
Holth, Magnus; Van der Meer, Audrey; Van der Weel, Frederikus. (2013) Combining findings from gaze and electroencephalography recordings to study timing in a visual tracking task. NeuroReport. volum 24 (17).
Academic article
Meer, Audrey Van der; Svantesson, Monica Therese; Van der Weel, Frederikus. (2013) Longitudinal study of looming in infants with high-density EEG. Developmental Neuroscience. volum 34 (6).
Academic article
Spencer, Lynn-Mari Olsen; Van der Meer, Audrey. (2012) TauG-guidance of dynamic balance control during gait initiation across adulthood. Gait & Posture. volum 36 (3).
Academic article
Van der Meer, Audrey; Svantesson, Monica Therese; Van der Weel, Frederikus. (2012) Longitudinal study of looming in infants with high-density EEG. Developmental Neuroscience. volum 34 (6).
Academic article
Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; van der Meer, Audrey. (2009) A longitudinal study of prospective control in catching by full-term and preterm infants. Experimental Brain Research. volum 194 (2).
Academic article
Weel, Frederikus van der; van der Meer, Audrey. (2009) Seeing it coming: infants' brain responses to looming danger. Die Naturwissenschaften. volum 96 (12).
Academic article
Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; Farstad, Hanne; van der Meer, Audrey. (2008) Preterm infants' timing strategies to optical collisions. Early Human Development. volum 84.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey. (2008) Coordination of sucking, swallowing, and breathing in healthy full-term and near-term infants. Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. volum 21.
Abstract
van der Meer, Audrey; Fallet, Gjertrud; Weel, Frederikus van der. (2008) Perception of structured optic flow and random visual motion in infants and adults: a high-density EEG study. Experimental Brain Research. volum 186 (3).
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey; Ramstad, Marte; Weel, Frederikus van der. (2008) Choosing the shortest way to mum: Auditory guided rotation in 6- to 9-month-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development. volum 31 (2).
Academic article
Aanondsen, Chris Margaret; van der Meer, Audrey; Brubakk, Ann-Mari; Evensen, Kari Anne Indredavik; Skranes, Jon; Myhr, Gunnar; Weel, Frederikus van der. (2007) Differentiating prospective control information for catching in at-risk and control adolescents. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. volum 49.
Academic article
Austad, Hanne; van der Meer, Audrey. (2007) Prospective dynamic balance control in healthy children and adults. Experimental Brain Research. volum 181 (2).
Academic article
Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; van der Meer, Audrey. (2007) Infants' timing strategies to optical collisions: A longitudinal study. Infant Behavior and Development. volum 30.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey; Husby, Åsmund. (2006) Handedness as a major determinant of functional cradling bias. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition. volum 11 (3).
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der. (2002) Considering perception in action: Implications for treatment. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. volum 44.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey. (2002) The fetus and newborn considered as water-babies. Nutrition and Health. volum 16 (1).
Academic article
Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; van der Meer, Audrey. (2000) Timing strategies used in defensive blinking to optical collisions in 5- to 7-month-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development. volum 23.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der. (1999) Development of perception in action in healthy and at-risk children. Acta Paediatrica. volum 429.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey. (1997) Keeping the arm in the limelight: advanced visual control of arm movements in neonates. European journal of paediatric neurology. volum 4.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey. (1997) Visual guidance of passing under a barrier. Early development & parenting. volum 6.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der; Lee, David. (1996) Lifting weights in neonates: Developing visual control of reaching. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. volum 37.
Academic article
Weel, Frederikus van der; van der Meer, Audrey; Lee, D.N.. (1996) Measuring dysfunction of basic movement control in cerebral palsy. Human Movement Science. volum 15.
Academic article
Weel, Frederikus van der; van der Meer, Audrey; Lee, David. (1996) Measuring dysfunction of basic movement control in cerebral palsy. Human Movement Science. volum 15.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der; Lee, David. (1995) The functional significance of arm movements in neonates. Science. volum 267.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der; Lee, David; Laing, Ian; Lin, Jean-Pierre. (1995) Development of prospective control of catching moving objects in preterm at-risk infants. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. volum 37.
Academic article
van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der; Lee, David. (1994) Prospective control in catching by infants. Perception. volum 23.
Academic article
Weel, Frederikus van der; van der Meer, Audrey; Lee, David. (1991) Effect of task on movement control in cerebral palsy: Implications for assessment and control. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. volum 33.
Academic article

Part of book/report

Van der Meer, Audrey; Van der Weel, Frederikus. (2019) The optical information for self-perception in development. Perception as Information Detection: Reflections on Gibson's ecological approach to visual perception..
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Van der Meer, Audrey. (2013) Tidlig utvikling hos de minste barn i alderen 0-1 år. Barnas Barnehage 3: Kroppslighet i Barnehagen - Pedagogisk arbeid med kropp, bevegelse og helse (2. utgave).
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Van der Meer, Audrey; van der Weel, Frederikus. (2011) Auditory guided arm and whole body movements in young infants. Advances in Sound Localization.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Weel, Frederikus van der; Craig, Cathy M.; van der Meer, Audrey. (2007) The rate of change of tau. Closing the Gap: The Scientific Writings of David N. Lee.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der. (2005) The continuous development of arm movements in neonates. Bilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy: The structure underlying functions and the evidence based rehabilitation.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
van der Meer, Audrey; Weel, Frederikus van der. (1995) Move yourself, baby! Perceptuo-motor development from a continuous perspective. The self in infancy: Theory and research.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

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