Consultancy
Assessing cognitive functioning and cognitive skills.
Evaluating functional neuroimaging data.
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Dr. Francois R. Foerster
Experimental Psychologist & Cognitive Neuroscientist
Royal Military Academy, Brussels
Center for Research in Cognition and Neuroscience, ULB, Brussels
...because everything we do and perceive is inherently bound to time.
My overarching goal is to provide a more complete understanding of how people process and integrate temporal information into
their perceptual and decision-making processes to generate behaviors.
This includes people's ability to predict and anticipate, implicitly (through statistical learning) or explicity (throught attention), sensory inputs.
These closely relate to the ability to segregate vs. integrate sensory information over time, leading to various perceptual illusions and the minimal perception of time (simultaneity).
In turn, I also study how people are able to behave on time - efficient action often requires accurate planning in time.
In this aim, I am equipped of a large variety of techniques such as EEG, virtual reality, psychophysics, kinematics, eye-tracking, pupillometry and computational modeling.
If you are as curious as I am, do not hesitate to contact me for a collaboration or an internship.
Center for Research in Cognition and Neuroscience, ULB, Brussels
...because everything we do and perceive is inherently bound to time.
My overarching goal is to provide a more complete understanding of how people process and integrate temporal information into their perceptual and decision-making processes to generate behaviors.
This includes people's ability to predict and anticipate, implicitly (through statistical learning) or explicity (throught attention), sensory inputs. These closely relate to the ability to segregate vs. integrate sensory information over time, leading to various perceptual illusions and the minimal perception of time (simultaneity). In turn, I also study how people are able to behave on time - efficient action often requires accurate planning in time. In this aim, I am equipped of a large variety of techniques such as EEG, virtual reality, psychophysics, kinematics, eye-tracking, pupillometry and computational modeling.
If you are as curious as I am, do not hesitate to contact me for a collaboration or an internship.
Ongoing projects
Learning behaviors through verbal versus nonverbal instructions
Foerster, R. F., Bourguignon, N., Bream, S., Lo Bue, S.
Implicit and explicit discrimination of time, a cross-cultural Study
Pech, G,*. Foerster, R. F.*, Chouaa, C., Cleeremans, A., Caspar, E.
The geometry of human embodied decision-making
Foerster, R. F., Sridhar, V., Cleeremans, A., Couzin, I, Reina, A.
Temporal preparation and optical flow in schizophrenia
Peng, C., Foerster, R. F., Joos, E., Giersch., A.
Publications
On the role of temporal processing in perception and action.
Spatial but not temporal orienting of attention enhances the temporal acuity of human peripheral vision
Communications Psychology (2025)
Foerster, F. R., Giersch, A., Cleeremans, A.
Temporal acuity of vision decreases with eccentricity and is associated with schizotypy
Scientific Reports (2025)
Foerster, F. R., Giersch, A., Agalliu, P., Cleeremans, A.
Self and time in individuals with schizophrenia: A motor component?
Schirophrenia Research (2024)
Foerster, F. R., Joos, E., Martin, B., Coull, J. T., Giersch, A.
Enhanced temporal resolution of vision in action video game players
NeuroImage (2023)
Foerster, F. R., Chidharom, M., Giersch, A.
Neurocognitive evidence of enhanced implicit temporal processing in video game players
Communications Biology (2022)
Foerster, F. R., Chidharom, M., Bonnefond, A., Giersch, A.
Volatility of subliminal haptic feedback alters the feeling of control in schizophrenia
Journal of Abnormal Psychology (2021)
Foerster, F. R. et al.
On the role of linguistic and memory processing on praxis.
Tool use acquisition induces a multifunctional interference effect during object processing: evidence from the sensorimotor mu rhythm
Experimental Brain Research (2023)
Foerster, F. R.
Tool use and function knowledge shape visual object processing
Biological Psychology (2021)
Foerster, F. R. & Goslin, J.
Labels strengthen motor learning of new tools
Cortex (2020)
Foerster, F. R., Borghi, A. M., & Goslin, J.
On the role of non-verbal communication in human-robot interaction.
Impact of iris size and eyelids coupling on the estimation of the gaze direction of a robotic talking head by human viewers
Humanoids (2015)
Foerster, F. R., Bailly, G. and Elisei, F.
About collaborations.
Food for thought: Reinforced learning and recall of physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) and numerical calorie content in an associative learning task
Appetite (2024)
Cutello, C. A., Foerster, R., Dens, N.
Measuring optimism bias among military personnel
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour (2021)
Cutello, C. A., Walsh, C., Foerster, F. R., Hanoch, Y., Hellier, E.
Research tools
Electroencephalography [EEG]
EEG is an easy, cheap and mobile tool for discovering the biological roots of human behaviors.
Virtual Reality [VR]
Extended reality platforms render lab research closer to ecological situations, but also enhance the user's engagement with the task at hand.
Eye-tracking [ET]
The way we move our eyes can reveal a lot about who we are, and even more on how our brain works! My recent research links eye movements with brain functioning and behaviors.
Behavior assessment
How fast, precise, and accurate can you be? My research has always had a soft spot for behavior analysis.
Assessing cognitive functioning and cognitive skills.
Background
Researcher (2024-now)
- Royal Military Academy, Brussels [Belgium]
Postdoctoral Researcher (2022-2024)
- Center for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles [Belgium]
Supervisor: Prof. Axel Cleeremans
Postdoctoral Researcher (2019-2022)
- UMR 1329 STEP, University of Strasbourg [France]
Supervisor: Prof. MD Anne Giersch
PhD in Psychology (2016-2019)
- School of Psychology, University of Plymouth [UK]
Supervisors: Prof. Jeremy Goslin & Prof. Angelo Cangelosi
MSc in Cognitive Science (2014-2015)
- Grenoble Institute of Technology [France]
Supervisor: Prof. Gérard Bailly
MSc in Cognitive Psychology (2013-2014)
- Grenoble-Alpes University [France]
Supervisor: Prof. Stéphane Rousset
BSc in Psychology (2010-2013) - University of Strasbourg [France]
High-school degree in engineering sciences (2008-2010) - Altkirch [France]
Electrician diploma (2006-2008) - Altkirch [France]
