Research Foci
Experimenting, methodology, modelling, development of theories
Evolution and development of the brain (and the body)
I search for basic answers to why… the brain has a folded ("walnut") shape, the forebrain has a contralateral organization, the heart and inner organs develop so asymmetrically
Evolution and Paleontology of echinoderms
Echinoderms (sea lilies, sea stars, brittle stars, sea cucumbers, echinoids) are a fascinating group of marine animals. They are closely related to vertebrates (such as ourselves). They come in an astonishing variety of forms and have an extremely rich fossil record. I am developing a new theory, i.e., that their pentamerous shape (and radial symmetry) is derived from a hexamery.
Motor Control, Vision and Pain
The first project in this theme was eye-hand control (PhD thesis). I still work on biological motion perception and the interaction with motor control. Also I am involved with modeling efforts.
Biomechanics
I started with biomechanics of fish feeding and biarticular muscles. Whereas neuroscience tends to ignore biomechanics, biomechanics ignores motor control and perception. Doing both opens fascinating perspectives.
CV
Academic Education
Positions
- Technical Employee, Movement Science Sportwissenschaft, Westf. Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Leader of Motionlab "OpenLab", Sport Science, University of Münster
- PostDoc, Prof. Dr. M. Lappe, Experimental Psychology, University of Münster
- PostDoc am BMBF-Projekt "Chronic Back Pain", Experimental Psychology, University of Münster
- PostDoc, PD. Dr. M. Lappe, Neurobiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Graduate student with Dr. J.B.J. Smeets & Dr. E. Brenner, Physiology, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Grant (VSB) biarticular muscles, with Prof. R.McN. Alexander, Biology, University of Leeds (UK)
- Guest lecturer with Prof. D.A. Rosenbaum, Psychology, PennState University
External Functions
Projects
- Evolution and Movement ()
Own Resources Project - Chronic back pain and sensory-motor control: towards a model based diagnostic toolbox – Chronic back pain ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space | Project Number: 01EC1003A - Contralateral organization of the forebrain and the axial twist hypothesis of the vertebrate body – AxialTwist ()
Own Resources Project - Evolution and development of the brain – VerteBrain ()
Own Resources Project - Evolution, Development and Anatomy of Echinoderms – EchinodermHexamery ()
Own Resources Project
- Evolution and Movement ()
Publications
Selection
- Soehnel, Katja, Rode, Christian, de, Lussanet de la Sablonière Marc H. E., Wagner, Heiko, Fischer, Martin S., and and, Andrada Emanuel. . “Limb dynamics in agility jumps of beginner and advanced dogs.” Journal of Experimental Biology 223. doi: 10.1242/jeb.202119.
- de, Lussanet de la Sablonière, and Marc, HE. . “Opposite asymmetries of face and trunk and of kissing and hugging, as predicted by the axial twist hypothesis.” PeerJ 7 (e7096). doi: 10.7717/peerj.7096.
- MHE, de Lussanet de la Sablonière. . “Comment on ‘Cortical folding scales universally with surface area and thickness, not number of neurons’.” Science 351 (6275): 825–a.. doi: 10.1126/science.aad0127.
- Theusner, S, de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, and Lappe, M. . “Action recognition by motion detection in posture space.” Journal of Neuroscience 34 (3): 909–921. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2900-13.2014.
- de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M H E, and Osse, JW M. . “An ancestral axial twist explains the contralateral forebrain and the optic chiasm in vertebrates.” Animal Biology 62 (2): 193–216. doi: 10.1163/157075611X617102.
- de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M H E, Behrendt, F, Puta, C, Weiss, T, Lappe, M, Schulte, TL, and Wagner, H. . “A body-part-specific impairment in the visual recognition of actions in chronic pain patients.” Pain 153 (7): 1459–1466. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.04.002.
- E, de Lussanet M H. . “A hexamer origin of the echinoderms’ five rays.” Evolution & Development 13 (2): 228–238. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142x.2011.00472.x.
- Wilmer, A., de Lussanet, M.H. E., and Lappe, M. . “A method for the estimation of functional brain connectivity from time-series data.” Cognitive Neurodynamics 4 (2): 133–149. doi: 10.1007/s11571-010-9107-z.
- de Lussanet, MH E, and Muller, M. . “The smaller your mouth, the longer your snout: predicting the snout length of Syngnathus acus, Centriscus scutatus and other pipette feeders.” Interface 4 (14): 561–573. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0201.
Complete List
Articles
Research Articles (Journals)
- Natrup, Jens, de, Lussanet de la Sablonière Marc H. E., Boström, Kim Joris, and Wagner, Heiko. . “Angular velocity around the longitudinal axis in combination with head movements of springboard divers during twisted somersaults.” Sports Biomechanics -. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2022.2032297.
- Hagenfeld, Lena, de, Lussanet de la Sablonière Marc H E, Boström, Kim J, and Wagner, Heiko. . “Planning catching movements: advantages of expertise, visibility and self-throwing.” Journal of Motor Behavior 2022: 1–10. doi: 10.1080/00222895.2021.2022591.
- Wagner, Heiko; Boström, Kim Joris; de Lussanet, Marc HE; de Graaf, Myriam Lauren; Puta, Christian; Mochizuki, Luis. . “Optimization reduces knee-joint forces during walking and squatting: Validating the inverse dynamics approach for full body movements on instrumented knee prostheses.” Motor Control 27 (2): 161–178. doi: 10.1123/mc.2021-0110.
- E., Zschorlich Volker R. and Behrendt Frank and de Lussanet de la Sablonière Marc H. . “Multimodal sensorimotor integration of visual and kinaesthetic afferents modulates motor circuits in humans.” Brain Sci. 2021: 429002.. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11020187.
- Natrup, Jens, de, Lussanet de la Sablonière Marc H.E., Boström, Kim Joris, Lappe, Markus, and Wagner, Heiko. . “Gaze, head and eye movements during somersaults with full twists.” Human Movement Science 75. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2020.102740.
- Söhnel, Katja, Andrada, Emanuel, de, Lussanet de la Sablonière Marc H. E., Wagner, Heiko, Fischer, Martin S., and Rode, Christian. . “Single limb dynamics of jumping turns in dogs.” Research in Veterinary Science 140: 69–78. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.08.003.
- Soehnel, Katja, Rode, Christian, de, Lussanet de la Sablonière Marc H. E., Wagner, Heiko, Fischer, Martin S., and and, Andrada Emanuel. . “Limb dynamics in agility jumps of beginner and advanced dogs.” Journal of Experimental Biology 223. doi: 10.1242/jeb.202119.
- Natrup, Jens, Bramme, Jana, de, Lussanet de la Sablonière Marc H.E., Boström, Kim Joris, Lappe, Markus, and Wagner, Heiko. . “Gaze behavior of trampoline gymnasts during a back tuck somersault.” Human Movement Science 70. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2020.102589.
- de, Lussanet de la Sablonière, and Marc, HE. . “Opposite asymmetries of face and trunk and of kissing and hugging, as predicted by the axial twist hypothesis.” PeerJ 7 (e7096). doi: 10.7717/peerj.7096.
- de, Lussanet de la Sablonière, Marc, HE, Frank, Behrendt, and Volker, RZschorlich. . “The mirror system and postural control confirmed. Comment on Lehner et al. (2017): dynamic control rather than pain representation.” Research Gate 2019: 1–3. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10119.34728.
- Mühlbeier, Andreas, Boström, Kim Joris, Kalthoff, Wolfram, de, Lussanet de la Sablonière, Marc, HE, Kraaijenbrink, Cassandra, Hagenfeld, Lena, Castro, William, and Wagner, Heiko. . “Neck muscle responses of driver and front seat passenger during frontal-oblique collisions.” PloS one 13 (12): 1–20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209753.
- Eils, E, Cañal-Bruland, R, Sieverding, L, de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, and Zentgraf, K. . “Vision adds to haptics when dyads perform a whole-body joint balance task.” Experimental Brain Research 235: 1–14. doi: 10.1007/s00221-017-4952-1.
- Slupinski, Lena, de, Lussanet de la Sablonière MHE, and Wagner, Heiko. . “Analyzing the kinematics of hand movements in catching tasks—An online correction analysis of movement toward the target’s trajectory.” Behavior Research Methods 2018 (50): 2316–2324. doi: 10.3758/s13428-017-0995-2.
- Dirksen, T, de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, Zentgraf, K, Slupinski, L, and Wagner, H. . “Increased throwing accuracy improves children’s catching performance in a ball-catching task from the movement assessment battery (MABC-2).” Frontiers in Psychology 7 (1122). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01122.
- Schücker, L, Fleddermann, MT, de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, Elischer, J, Böhmer, C, and Zentgraf, K. . “Focusing attention on circular pedaling reduces movement economy in cycling.” Psychology of Sport and Exercise 27: 9–17. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.07.002.
- Behrendt, F, de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, Zentgraf, K, and Zschorlich, V. . “Motor-evoked potentials in the lower back are modulated by visual perception of lifted weight.” PloS one 11 (6:e0157811): 1–13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157811.
- Querfurth, S, Schücker, L, de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, and Zentgraf, K. . “An internal focus leads to longer quiet eye durations in novice dart players.” Frontiers in Psychology 7: 1–11. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00633.
- MHE, de Lussanet de la Sablonière. . “Comment on ‘Cortical folding scales universally with surface area and thickness, not number of neurons’.” Science 351 (6275): 825–a.. doi: 10.1126/science.aad0127.
- de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, and Boström, KJ. . “Novel explanation for the scaling of volume and surface of the mammalian cerebrum.” PeerJ PrePrints 3: e1518.. doi: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.239v2.
- de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, and Osse, JWM. . “Decussation as an axial twist: A comment on Kinsbourne (2013).” Neuropsychology 29 (5): 713–714. doi: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.432v2.
- Bolte, B, de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, and Lappe, M. . “Virtual reality system for the enhancement of mobility in patients with chronic back pain. In: Pareto, L., Sharkey, P.M., and Merrick, J. (Eds.) Technology, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of People with Special Needs - Proc. 10th Intl Conf. Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies, Gothenburg, Sweden. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge NY, USA. pp.47-60.” Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge NY, USA. pp.47-60. 1: 47–60.
- Lappe, M, Wittinghofer, K, and MHE, de Lussanet de la Sablonière. . “Perception of biological motion from size-invariant body representations.” Front. Integr. Neurosci. 9 (24): 1–8. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2015.00024.
- Boström, KJ, de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, Weiss, T, Puta, C, and Wagner, H. . “A computational model unifies apparently contradictory findings concerning phantom pain.” Scientific Reports 4. doi: 10.1038/srep05298.
- Behrendt, F, de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, and Wagner, H. . “Observing a movement correction during walking affects evoked responses but not unperturbed walking.” PloS one 9 (8): e104981.. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104981.
- Theusner, S, de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, and Lappe, M. . “Action recognition by motion detection in posture space.” Journal of Neuroscience 34 (3): 909–921. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2900-13.2014.
- Behrendt, F, Wagner, H, and de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE. . “Phase-dependent reflex modulation in tibialis anterior during passive viewing of walking.” Acta Psychologica 142 (3): 343–348. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.01.001.
- Boström, Kim Joris, Wagner, Heiko, Prieske, Markus, and de, Lussanet de la Sablonière Marc H E. . “Model for a flexible motor memory based on a self-active recurrent neural network.” Human Movement Science 32 (5): 880–898. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.07.003.
- Liebetrau, A, Puta, C, Anders, C, de Lussanet, de la Sabloniere M HE, and Wagner, H. . “Influence of delayed muscle reflexes on spinal stability. Model-based predictions allow alternative interpretations of experimental data.” Human Movement Science 32 (5): 954–970. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.03.006.
- Ritter, A, Weiss, T, Franz, M, and de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE. . “Brain activity for visual judgment of lifted weight.” Human Movement Science 32 (5): 924–937. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.06.001.
- de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M HE, Behrendt, F, Puta, C, Schulte, TL, Lappe, M, Weiss, T, and Wagner, H. . “Impaired visual perception of hurtful actions in patients with chronic low back pain.” Human Movement Science 32 (5): 938–953. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.05.002.
- E, de Lussanet de la Sablonière Marc H. . “The human and mammalian cerebrum scale by computational power and information resistance.” arXiv q-bio.NC.
- de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M H E, and Osse, JW M. . “An ancestral axial twist explains the contralateral forebrain and the optic chiasm in vertebrates.” Animal Biology 62 (2): 193–216. doi: 10.1163/157075611X617102.
- Wilmer, A, de Lussanet, MH E, and Lappe, M. . “Time-delayed mutual information of the phase as a measure of functional connectivity.” PloS one 7 (9): e44633.. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044633.
- de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M H E, Behrendt, F, Puta, C, Weiss, T, Lappe, M, Schulte, TL, and Wagner, H. . “A body-part-specific impairment in the visual recognition of actions in chronic pain patients.” Pain 153 (7): 1459–1466. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.04.002.
- Wagner, Heiko, Liebetrau, Anne, Schinowski, David, Wulf, Thomas, and de, Lussanet de la Sablonière Marc H E. . “Spinal lordosis optimizes the requirements for a stable erect posture.” Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 9 (13). doi: 10.1186/1742-4682-9-13.
- de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M H E, and Lappe, M. . “Depth perception from point-light biological motion displays.” Journal of Vision 2012 (12/11/14): "1"–"12".
- Wittinghofer, K, de Lussanet, de la Sablonière M H E, and Lappe, M. . “Local-to-global form interference in biological motion perception.” Attention, Perception & Psychophysics 74 (4): 730–738. doi: 10.3758/s13414-011-0262-z.
- E, de Lussanet M H. . “A hexamer origin of the echinoderms’ five rays.” Evolution & Development 13 (2): 228–238. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142x.2011.00472.x.
- Theusner, S, de Lussanet, MH E, and Lappe, M. . “Adaptation to biological motion leads to a motion and a form aftereffect.” Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics 73: 1843–1855.
- Wittinghofer, K, de Lussanet, MH E, and Lappe, M. . “Category-specific interference of object recognition with biological motion perception.” Journal of Vision 10 (13:16): 1–11. doi: 10.1167/10.13.16..
- Wilmer, A., de Lussanet, M.H. E., and Lappe, M. . “A method for the estimation of functional brain connectivity from time-series data.” Cognitive Neurodynamics 4 (2): 133–149. doi: 10.1007/s11571-010-9107-z.
- Lange, J, de Lussanet, MH E, Kuhlmann, S, Zimmermann, A, Lappe, M, Zwitserlood, P, and Dobel, C. . “Impairment of biological motion perception in congenital prosopagnosia.” PloS one 4 (10): e7414. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007414.
- Kuhlmann, S, de Lussanet, MH E, and Lappe, M. . “Perception of limited-lifetime biological motion from different viewpoints.” Journal of Vision 9 (10:11): 1–14. doi: 10.1167/9.10.11..
- de Lussanet, MH E, Fadiga, L, Michels, L, Seitz, RJ, Kleiser, R, and Lappe, M. . “Interaction of visual hemifield and body view in biological motion perception.” European Journal of Neuroscience 27: 514–522. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.06009.x.
- de Lussanet, MH E, and Muller, M. . “The smaller your mouth, the longer your snout: predicting the snout length of Syngnathus acus, Centriscus scutatus and other pipette feeders.” Interface 4 (14): 561–573. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0201.
- de Lussanet, MH E, Smeets, JB J, and Brenner, E. . “The quantitative use of velocity information in fast interception.” Experimental Brain Research 157 (2): 181–196. doi: 10.1007/s00221-004-1832-2.
- Brenner, E, de Lussanet, MH E, and Smeets, JB J. . “Independent control of acceleration and direction of the hand when hitting moving targets.” Spatial Vision 15 (2): 129–140. doi: 10.1.1.23.2612.
- de Lussanet, MH E, Smeets, JB J, and Brenner, E. . “Relative damping improves linear mass-spring models of goal-directed movements.” Human Movement Science 21 (1): 85–100.
- De Lussanet, MH E, Smeets, JB J, and Brenner, E. . “The relation between task history and movement strategy.” Behavioural Brain Research 129 (1-2): 51–59.
- de Lussanet, MH E, Smeets, JB J, and Brenner, E. . “The effect of expectations on hitting moving targets: Influence of the preceding target's speed.” Experimental Brain Research 137 (2): 246–248. doi: 10.1007/s002210000607.
- Brenner, E, Smeets, JB J, and de Lussanet, MH E. . “Hitting moving targets. Continuous control of the acceleration of the hand on the basis of the target's velocity.” Experimental Brain Research 122 (4): 467–474.
- de Lussanet, MH E, and Alexander, RM. . “A simple model for fast planar arm movements; Optimising mechanical activation and moment-arms of uniarticular and biarticular arm muscles.” Journal of Theoretical Biology 184 (2): 187–201. doi: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0278.
Research Article in Edited Proceeding (Conference)
- de Lussanet, MH E, and Muller, M. . “Why do pipefishes have a long snout?” in Biona Reports, 13, edited by R Blickhan. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- de Lussanet de la Sablonière, MHE. . “The hexamer hypothesis explains apparent irregularities in the plating of early and extant crinoids.” in Progress in Echinoderm Palaeobiology, Spain, edited by Zamora S, Rábano and I.. Madrid: Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag.
- de Lussanet, MH E, and Lappe, M. . “Bistable alternation of point-light biological motion.” in Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics, edited by R Wang and F Gu. Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-9695-1_66.
- Smeets, JB J, Brenner, E, de, Lussanet, and M, HE. . “Visuomotor delays when hitting running spiders.” in EWEP 5 - Advances in perception-action coupling., edited by B Bril, A Ledebt, G Ditrich and A Roby-Brami. Paris: Éditions EDK.
Entry in an Encyclopedia (Book Contribution)
- MHE, de Lussanet de la Sablonière. . “Kontralateralität des Vorderhirns.” in de, edited by Wikipedia.
AbstractThesis (Doctoral or Postdoctoral)
- E, de Lussanet M H. . “The control of interceptive arm movements.” Dissertation thesis, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.
Other Scientific Publication
- de, Lussanet de la Sablonière, and Marc, HE. . Periodic Mean Subtraction For Hum Noise GitHub.
Supervised Theses
Supervised Doctoral Studies
- Tolentino-Castro, José Walter (): Movement recognition and motor behavior of persons with intellectual disabilities
- Further Supervisor
- Wagner, Heiko
- Behrendt, Frank (): Sensomotorische Interaktionen mit der Wahrnehmung menschlicher Bewegung: Wie chronischer Rückenschmerz die Wahrnehmung von Rückenbewegungen stört und die Kontrolle von Reflexen beeinflusst
- Wittinghofer, Karin (): Interference and Invariance in Biological Motion Processing
Supervised Postdoctoral Studies
- Stutzig, Norman (): Neuromuskuläre und zelluläre Anpassungen an akute und chronische Belastungen
- Supervisors
- Siebert, Tobias
- Wagner, Heiko
- Müller, Roy (): Bipedale Lokomotion auf unebenem Untergrund
- Supervisors
- Blickhan, Reinhard
- Wagner, Heiko
- Puta, Christian (): Chronic back pain and sensory-motor control: a conceptual and computational framework for diagnostic and therapeutic approaches
- Supervisors
- Gabriel, Holger
- Wagner, Heiko
- Siebert, Tobias (): Experimentbasierte Modellierung von Skelettmuskeln und Anwendung der Modelle in Muskel-Skelett Simulationen
- Supervisors
- Blickhan, Reinhard
- Wagner, Heiko
- Eils, Eric (): Biomechanik und Sensomotorik in der Prävention lateraler Sprunggelenkverletzungen im Sport
- Supervisor
- Wagner, Heiko
- Tolentino-Castro, José Walter (): Movement recognition and motor behavior of persons with intellectual disabilities
Dr. Marc de Lussanet de la Sablonière, PhD
