معرفی
Dr. Benjamin de Haas is a vision scientist and faculty member at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, within the Department of Psychology and Sports Science. He currently leads the ERC-funded Indivisual project and co-leads project C9 Factors influencing categorical face processing within the Collaborative Research Centre CRC/TRR 135. He is also a principal investigator in the NeurOscientific Workflow Assistance (NOWA) infrastructure project, dedicated to open, reproducible neuroscience.
Research Focus
Dr. de Haas pursues two intertwined questions:
- How do early and late stages of visual processing interact—from the initial registration of slanted edges to the recognition of faces?
- How and why do our perceptions differ from one person to the next?
To answer these questions his group combines psychophysics, high-resolution eye-tracking, functional and quantitative MRI, and computational modelling, with a strong emphasis on face perception, individual differences, and naturalistic viewing conditions.
Publications Overview
Across more than 20 publications since 2016, Dr. de Haas has advanced understanding of individual differences in face processing, gaze control, and visual salience. His work repeatedly appears in Journal of Vision, Nature Communications, PNAS, and NeuroImage, highlighting a sustained focus on eye-movement behaviour, cortical representations of faces and scenes, and methodological best practices in neuroimaging.
Current Supervision & Team
Dr. de Haas currently supervises two PhD students:
- Elaheh Akbarifathkouhi
- Hilal Nizamoglu
Together with Dr. Katharina Dobs (co-project leader) and affiliated post-docs and research technicians, the group forms the Indivisual laboratory at Giessen.
Contact & Resources
Email: Benjamin.de-Haas@psychol.uni-giessen.de
Department of Psychology and Sports Science
Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10F, 35394 Gießen, Germany
