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.
Competencies
- Balance
- Biological psychology
- Cerebral Palsy
- Child neuropsychology
- Children's early development
- Cognitive psychology
- Developmental coordination disorder
- Developmental psychology
- EEG
- Early Diagnosis
- Infant
- Neuropsychology
- Other subjects within psychology
- Perception
- Premature children
- Prospective control
- Timing
Publications
2019
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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