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Dr Constanze Hesse

Dipl.-Psych, Dr. rer. nat., FHEA

Senior Lecturer

Overview

Contact Details

Telephone: work +44 (0)1224 273215; work +44 (0)1224 274241
Email: c.hesse@abdn.ac.uk
Address: The University of Aberdeen School of Psychology William Guild Building Room T11 Kings College Old Aberdeen AB24 3FX

Other Profiles: ORCiD; Google Scholar; Personal Website

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal

MSc Psychological Studies Programme Coordinator
Member of the Postgraduate Committee
Member of Research Committee
Member of Senate

External

Associate Editor: British Journal of Psychology (since 2017)
Peer-reviewer for the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

Research

Research Overview

Neuroscience of perception and action
Reaching and Grasping
Clinical neuropsychology
Attention & Motor Control

Research Funding and Grants

2018-2021 Leverhulme Trust: Research Grant: "Handle with Care: Material Properties in Vision and Action Control" (PI; in collaboration with Prof Julie Harris)
2014-2016 Carnegie Trust: Larger Collaborative Grant: "Memory and motor performance: Studying human grasping movements" (PI; in collaboration with Dr Gavin Buckingham)
2013-2015 RS Macdonald Charitable Trust: funded project: "Residual visual-processing in hemianopia: The role of conscious vision in obstacle avoidance."
2009-2012 Postdoctoral research fellowship from the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft" (DFG): "Paralysed perception: Is the ventral stream involved in visuomotor control of hand movements"

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Lectures:

Level 3: Perception
Level 4/5: Current Topics in Psychology
Level 4: Neuropsychology of Vision & Action

Small Group teaching:

Level 3: Perception Tutorials
Level 3: Research practicals
Level 4: Critical Reviews

Publications

Publications

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Perceptual uncertainty and action consequences independently affect hand movements in a virtual environment
2020
Giesel, M., Nowakowska, A., Harris, J. M., Hesse, C.

Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 22307

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78378-z

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15552/1/Giesel_etal_SR_Perceptual_uncertainty_VOR.pdf

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Decision making in slow and rapid reaching: Sacrificing success to minimize effort
2020
Hesse, C., Kangur, K., Hunt, A. R.

Cognition, vol. 205, 104426

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104426

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Temporal-order judgement task suggests chronological action representations in motor experts and non-experts
2020
Harrison, R. E., Giesel, M., Hesse, C.

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 73, no. 11, pp. 1879-1890

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021820936982

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15247/2/Harrison_et_al_QJEP_TemporalOrderJudgement_AAM.pdf

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15247/1/Harrison_et_al_QJEP_TemporalOrderJudgementTask_VoR.pdf

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Grasping and perception are both affected by irrelevant information and secondary tasks: New evidence from the Garner paradigm
2020
Löhr-Limpens, M., Göhringer, F., Schenk, T., Hesse, C.

Psychological Research, vol. 84, pp. 1269-1283

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-019-01151-z

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13697/1/Loehr_Limpens_etal_2019_accepted.pdf

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Fearing the wurst: Robust approach bias towards non-vegetarian food images in a sample of young female vegetarian eaters
2020
Knight, H. C., Mowat, S., Hesse, C.

Appetite, vol. 149, 104617

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104617

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15774/1/Knight_etal_App_Fearing_the_wurst_AAM.pdf

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Individual differences in processing resources modulate bimanual interference in pointing
2020
Hesse, C., Koroknai, L., Billino, J.

Psychological Research, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 440-453

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-018-1050-3

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10796/2/Hesse_etal_PR_IndividualDifferencesInProcess_VOR.pdf

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Shared attention for action selection and action monitoring in goal-directed reaching
2020
Mahon, A., Bendžiūtė, S., Hesse, C., Hunt, A. R.

Psychological Research, vol. 84, pp. 313-326

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-018-1064-x

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10894/1/Shared_attention_for_action_selection_and_action_monitoring_in_goal_directed_reaching.pdf

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Grasping discriminates between object sizes less not more accurately than the perceptual system
2019
Göhringer, F., Löhr-Limpens, M., Hesse, C., Schenk, T.

Vision, vol. 3, no. 3, 36

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.3390/vision3030036

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12650/1/vision_03_00036.pdf

Additional Links

https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5150/3/3/36

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Avoiding unseen obstacles: Subcortical vision is not sufficient to maintain normal obstacle avoidance behaviour during reaching
2018
Ross, A. I., Schenk, T., Billino, J., Macleod, M. J., Hesse, C.

Cortex, vol. 98, pp. 177-193

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2016.09.010

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9405/1/RossSchenkBillinoMacleodHesse2016_inPress.pdf
Do we have distinct systems for immediate and delayed actions? A selective review on the role of visual memory in action
2018
Schenk, T., Hesse, C.

Cortex, vol. 98, pp. 228-248

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2017.05.014

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10493/1/Schenk_Hesse_Review_Cortex2017_postprint.pdf
On the role of V1 in avoiding obstacles
2018
Hesse, C., Billino, J., Schenk, T.

Cortex, vol. 98, pp. 276-282

Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2017.11.004

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11438/1/Commentary_Hesse_Billino_Schenk_final.pdf
Visual feedback explains why propointing is better than antipointing in spatial neglect
2018
Utz, K. S., Hesse, C., Hintz, A., Grüneberger, D., Kulke, H., Roth, I., Klos, T., Kromichal, V., Melms, A., Schupp, W., Khol, D., Schenk, T.

Cortex, vol. 98, pp. 114-127

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2017.05.012

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10492/1/Utz_etal_Neglect_2017postprint.pdf
Violations of Weber's law tell us more about methodological challenges in sensorimotor research than about the neural correlates of visual behaviour
2017
Schenk, T., Utz, K. S., Hesse, C.

Vision Research, vol. 140, pp. 140-143

Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2017.05.017
Increased cognitive demands boost the spatial interference effect in bimanual pointing
2017
Stanciu, I., Biehl, S. C., Hesse, C.

Psychological Research, vol. 81, no. 3, pp. 582–595

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-016-0762-5

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8529/1/art_3A10.1007_2Fs00426_016_0762_5.pdf
Do visual illusions affect grasping? Considerable progress in a scientific debate
2017
Kopiske, K. K., Bruno, N., Hesse, C., Schenk, T., Franz, V. H.

Cortex, vol. 88, pp. 210–215

Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2016.10.012
Keeping Safe: Intra-individual Consistency in Obstacle Avoidance Behaviour Across Grasping and Locomotion Tasks
2017
Kangur, K., Billino, J., Hesse, C.

i-Perception, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-10

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669517690412

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8223/1/Keeping_Safe_Intra_individual.pdf
Visual information about object size and object position are retained differently in the visual brain: Evidence from grasping studies
2016
Hesse, C., Miller, L., Buckingham, G.

Neuropsychologia, vol. 91, pp. 531-543

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.09.016

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9329/1/Hesse_Miller_Buckingham_postprint.pdf
The functional subdivision of the visual brain: Is there a real illusion effect on action? A multi-lab replication study
2016
Kopiske, K. K., Bruno, N., Hesse, C., Schenk, T., Franz, V. H.

Cortex, vol. 79, pp. 130-152

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2016.03.020

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8738/1/kkopiske_160314_accepted.pdf
Pointing and antipointing in Müller-Lyer figures: Why illusion effects need to be scaled
2016
Hesse, C., Franz, V. H., Schenk, T.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 90-102

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000124

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5677/1/Illusion_effects_in_pointing_and_anti_pointing_accepted.pdf
The effect of gaze position on reaching movements in an obstacle avoidance task
2015
Ross, A. I., Schenk, T., Hesse, C.

PloS ONE, vol. 10, no. 12, e0144193

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144193

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5283/1/journal.pone.0144193.pdf
Biomechanical factors may explain why grasping violates Weber's law
2015
Utz, K. S., Hesse, C., Aschenneller, N., Schenk, T.

Vision Research, vol. 111, no. Part A, pp. 22-30

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2015.03.021

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/6038/1/Utz_etal_2015_postprint.pdf
Line-bisectioning and obstacle avoidance: evidence for separate strategies
2014
Ross, A. I., Schenk, T., Hesse, C.

Acta Psychologica, vol. 151, pp. 74-82

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.05.019
Delayed action does not always require the ventral stream: A study on a patient with visual form agnosia
2014
Hesse, C., Schenk, T.

Cortex, vol. 54, pp. 77-91

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2014.02.011

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5683/1/Hesse_Schenk_2014_posting_accepted.pdf
Pointing in visual periphery: is DF’s dorsal stream intact?
2014
Hesse, C., Ball, K., Schenk, T.

PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 3, e91420

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091420

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3161/1/Hesse_Ball_Schenk_2014.pdf
Why do the eyes prefer the index finger?: Simultaneous recording of eye and hand movements during precision grasping
2013
Cavina-Pratesi, C., Hesse, C.

Journal of Vision, vol. 13, no. 5, 15

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1167/13.5.15
Findings from the Garner-paradigm do not support the "how" versus "what" distinction in the visual brain
2013
Hesse, C., Schenk, T.

Behavioural Brain Research, vol. 239, pp. 164-171

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2012.11.007
Attention is needed for action control: Further evidence from grasping
2012
Hesse, C., Schenk, T., Deubel, H.

Vision Research, vol. 71, pp. 37-43

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2012.08.014
Pathways involved in human conscious vision contribute to obstacle-avoidance behaviour
2012
Hesse, C., Lane, A. R., Aimola, L., Schenk, T.

European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 2383–2390

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08131.x
Contact points during mutidigit grasping of geometric objects
2012
Gilster, R., Hesse, C., Deubel, H.

Experimental Brain Research, vol. 217, no. 1, pp. 137-151

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2980-9
Visuomotor performance based on peripheral vision is impaired in visual form agnosic patient DF
2012
Hesse, C., Ball, K., Schenk, T.

Neuropsychologia, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 90-97

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.11.002
Efficient grasping requires attentional resources
2011
Hesse, C., Deubel, H.

Vision Research, vol. 51, no. 11, pp. 1223-1231

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2011.03.014
Letter posting and orientation matching: Two equivalent tasks in action and perception?
2011
Hesse, C., Franz, V. H., Schenk, T.

Seeing and Perceiving, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 151-172

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1163/187847511X570105
Grasping remembered objects: exponential decay of visual memory
2010
Hesse, C., Franz, V. H.

Vision Research, vol. 50, no. 24, pp. 2642-2650

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2010.07.026
Advance planning in sequential pick-and-place tasks
2010
Hesse, C., Deubel, H.

Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 104, no. 1, pp. 508-516

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00097.2010
Bimanual movement control is moderated by fixation strategies
2010
Hesse, C., Deubel, H.

Experimental Brain Research, vol. 202, no. 4, pp. 837-850

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-010-2189-3
Effects of altered transport paths and intermediate movement goals on human grasp kinematics
2010
Hesse, C., Deubel, H.

Experimental Brain Research, vol. 201, no. 1, pp. 93-109

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-009-2070-4
Review of 'Sensorimotor control of grasping: physiology and pathophysiology' by D.A. Nowak and J. Hermsdoerfer (Eds.)
2009
Hesse, C.

Perception, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 1735-1736

Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
Changes in grasping kinematics due to different startpostures of the hand
2009
Hesse, C., Deubel, H.

Human Movement Science, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 415-436

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2009.03.001
Corrective processes in grasping after perturbations of object size
2009
Hesse, C., Franz, V. H.

Journal of Motor Behavior, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 253-273

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.3200/JMBR.41.3.253-273
Memory mechanisms in grasping
2009
Hesse, C., Franz, V. H.

Neuropsychologia, vol. 47, no. 6, pp. 1532-1545

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.08.012
Visual illusions, delayed grasping, and memory: no shift from dorsal to ventral control
2009
Franz, V. H., Hesse, C., Kollath, S.

Neuropsychologia, vol. 47, no. 6, pp. 1518-1531

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.08.029
Fixation locations when grasping partly occluded objects
2008
de Grave, D. D. J., Hesse, C., Brouwer, A., Franz, V. H.

Journal of Vision, vol. 8, no. 7, 5

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1167/8.7.5
Planning movements well in advance
2008
Hesse, C., deGrave, D. D. J., Franz, V. H., Brenner, E., Smeets, J. B. J.

Cognitive Neuropsychology, vol. 25, no. 7-8, pp. 985-995

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1080/02643290701862399

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Perceptual uncertainty and action consequences independently affect hand movements in a virtual environment

Decision making in slow and rapid reaching: Sacrificing success to minimize effort

Temporal-order judgement task suggests chronological action representations in motor experts and non-experts

Grasping and perception are both affected by irrelevant information and secondary tasks: New evidence from the Garner paradigm

Fearing the wurst: Robust approach bias towards non-vegetarian food images in a sample of young female vegetarian eaters

Individual differences in processing resources modulate bimanual interference in pointing

Shared attention for action selection and action monitoring in goal-directed reaching

Grasping discriminates between object sizes less not more accurately than the perceptual system

Avoiding unseen obstacles: Subcortical vision is not sufficient to maintain normal obstacle avoidance behaviour during reaching

Do we have distinct systems for immediate and delayed actions? A selective review on the role of visual memory in action

On the role of V1 in avoiding obstacles

Visual feedback explains why propointing is better than antipointing in spatial neglect

Violations of Weber's law tell us more about methodological challenges in sensorimotor research than about the neural correlates of visual behaviour

Increased cognitive demands boost the spatial interference effect in bimanual pointing

Do visual illusions affect grasping? Considerable progress in a scientific debate

Keeping Safe: Intra-individual Consistency in Obstacle Avoidance Behaviour Across Grasping and Locomotion Tasks

Visual information about object size and object position are retained differently in the visual brain: Evidence from grasping studies

The functional subdivision of the visual brain: Is there a real illusion effect on action? A multi-lab replication study

Pointing and antipointing in Müller-Lyer figures: Why illusion effects need to be scaled

The effect of gaze position on reaching movements in an obstacle avoidance task

Biomechanical factors may explain why grasping violates Weber's law

Line-bisectioning and obstacle avoidance: evidence for separate strategies

Delayed action does not always require the ventral stream: A study on a patient with visual form agnosia

Pointing in visual periphery: is DF’s dorsal stream intact?

Why do the eyes prefer the index finger?: Simultaneous recording of eye and hand movements during precision grasping

Findings from the Garner-paradigm do not support the "how" versus "what" distinction in the visual brain

Attention is needed for action control: Further evidence from grasping

Pathways involved in human conscious vision contribute to obstacle-avoidance behaviour

Contact points during mutidigit grasping of geometric objects

Visuomotor performance based on peripheral vision is impaired in visual form agnosic patient DF

Efficient grasping requires attentional resources

Letter posting and orientation matching: Two equivalent tasks in action and perception?

Grasping remembered objects: exponential decay of visual memory

Advance planning in sequential pick-and-place tasks

Bimanual movement control is moderated by fixation strategies

Effects of altered transport paths and intermediate movement goals on human grasp kinematics

Review of 'Sensorimotor control of grasping: physiology and pathophysiology' by D.A. Nowak and J. Hermsdoerfer (Eds.)

Changes in grasping kinematics due to different startpostures of the hand

Corrective processes in grasping after perturbations of object size

Memory mechanisms in grasping

Visual illusions, delayed grasping, and memory: no shift from dorsal to ventral control

Fixation locations when grasping partly occluded objects

Planning movements well in advance