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Dr Joost C. Dessing

School Of Psychology
Dr Joost Dessing

Dr Joost C. Dessing

School Of Psychology

Movement coordination, with a focus on eye-hand coordination in interceptive tasks like catching (both fundamental [behavioural neuroscience] and applied [sports]). Since recently, I also started working on human-robot coordination, with a focus on manufacturing environments.

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  • j.dessing@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5650
  • @JoostDessing

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

  • Behavioural neuroscience
  • The neural basis of manual interception Sports science
  • Interceptive actions by goalkeepers (using a virtual reality simulator)

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Discovery Channel, Canada NI Science Festival: stands BBC, Interview for John Toal Show

Research students

PhD area Deciphering free kicks
Name Theofilos Valkanidis
Years of study 2017- present
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD area Optimising human-robot coordination through mutual action understanding
Name Roisin Devlin
Years of study 2019- present
Country Northern Ireland

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area Spatial eye-hand coordination for interception
Name Sinead Reid
Years of study 2013-2017
Country Northern Ireland
Current position  Trainee Clinical Psychologist 

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