Dr George Van Doorn - Researcher Profile

Biography

 

Psychology & Cognitive Science

Remote control of mining machinery, diagnosing ataxia (a movement disorder), improving the engagement of distance education students with online materials, and teasing out the components of the sense of touch and pitting them against each other and other sensory systems are active research interests for Dr George Van Doorn. 

Research & Supervision Interests

• Touch (haptics): psychophysics, cross-modal comparisons, haptic memory, active versus passive touch, haptic compnents, touch & virtual reality, presence, telerobotics & remote control & teleoperation
• University teaching: focus on new technologies, distance student engagement
• Medical applications: telehealth, assessment & diagnosis tool of ataxia, the use of virtual reality for training & rehabilitation
• Parapsychology: out-of-body experiences and body swapping phenomena

Keywords

haptics bionic eye sensory integration, perception haptics sensory integration, virtual relatity and simulation;virtual environments;sensory perception;, vision haptic temperature multisensory vr virtual reality

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2008

Publications

Journal Articles

De Foe, A., Van Doorn, G.H., Symmons, M.A., 2012, Auditory hallucinations predict likelihood of out-of-body experience, Australian Journal of Parapsychology [P], vol 12, issue 1, Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research Inc, Australia, pp. 59-68.

Vandoorn, G., Hohwy, J., Symmons, M.A., 2012, Capture of kinesthesis by a competing cutaneous input, Attention, Perception & Psychophysics [P], vol 74, issue 7, Springer, New York USA, pp. 1539-1551.

De Foe, A., Van Doorn, G.H., Symmons, M.A., 2012, Research note: induced out-of-body experiences are associated with a sensation of leaving the body, Australian Journal of Parapsychology [P], vol 12, issue 2, Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research Inc, Gladesville NSW Australia, pp. 177-185.

Vandoorn, G., Symmons, M., Richardson, B., 2011, A precision-of-information explanation of sensory dominance, International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms [P], vol 3, issue 3/4, Inderscience Publishers, United Kingdom, pp. 240-256.

Van Doorn, G.H., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., Symmons, M.A., 2010, Visual and haptic influence on perception of stimulus size, Attention, Perception & Psychophysics [P], vol 72, issue 3, Psychonomic Society, Ltd, United States, pp. 813-822.

Van Doorn, G.H., Richardson, B.L., Symmons, M.A., Wells, J.R., 2009, Adding thermal information to multisensory input in simulated environments, International Journal of Intelligent Defence Support Systems [P], vol 2, issue 4, Inderscience Publishers, United Kingdom, pp. 350-362.

Van Doorn, G., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., Symmons, M.A., 2006, Active and passive movements give rise to different judgments of coldness., Perception, vol 35, issue 4, Pion Ltd, London UK, pp. 573-575.

Van Doorn, G.H., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., Symmons, M.A., 2005, Modification of magnitude estimations in thermotactile perception during self-generated and externally generated movements, Perception, vol 34, issue 2, Pion Ltd, London, UK, pp. 231-236.

Conference Proceedings

Van Doorn, G.H., Dubaj, V., Wuillemin, D.B., Richardson, B.L., Symmons, M.A., 2012, Cognitive load can explain differences in active and passive touch, Haptics: Perception, Devices, Mobility, and Communication Proceedings, Part I, 13 June 2012 to 15 June 2012, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 91-102.

Van Doorn, G.H., Richardson, B.L., Symmons, M.A., Howell, J.L., 2012, Cutaneous inputs yield judgments of line length that are equal to, or better than, those based on kinesthetic inputs, Haptics: Perception, Devices, Mobility, and Communication: International Confernce, EuroHaptics 2012, Tampere, Finland, June 13-15, 2012 Proceedings, Part II, 13 June 2012 to 15 June 2012, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 25-30.

Van Doorn, G.H., Seno, T., Symmons, M.A., 2012, Supraliminal vibrotactile stimulation does not facilitate visual vection, HAID'12 The Seventh International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, 23 August 2012 to 24 August 2012, Springer LNCS, Germany, pp. 21-23.

Van Doorn, G.H., Seno, T., Symmons, M.A., 2012, The inability of supraliminal tactile stimuli to influence illusory self-motion, HAID'12 The Seventh International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, 23 August 2012 to 24 August 2012, Springer LNCS, Germany, pp. 24-26.

Howell, J.L., Symmons, M.A., Van Doorn, G.H., 2012, The misperception of length in vision, haptics and audition, Haptics: Perception, Devices, Mobility, and Communication: International Conference, EuroHaptics 2012, Tampere, Finland, June 13-15, 2012 Proceedings, Part II, 13 June 2012 to 15 June 2012, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 55-60.

Vandoorn, G., Hohwy, J., Symmons, M., Howell, J., 2012, The more they move the less they know: cutaneous capture of kinesthesis?, IEEE Haptics Symposium 2012, 4 March 2012 to 7 March 2012, IEEE, USA, pp. 177-182.

Richardson, B.L., Van Doorn, G.H., 2010, Haptics can "lend a hand" to a bionic eye, Haptics: Generating and Perceiving Tangible Sensations, 8 July 2010 to 10 July 2010, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Germany, pp. 320-325.

Van Doorn, G.H., Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., 2009, The importance of temperature information in virtual training environments, SimTect 2009 Conference Proceedings, 15 June 2009 to 19 June 2009, Simulation Industry Associate of Australia, Linfield NSW Australia, pp. 393-397.

Symmons, M.A., Rose, G., Van Doorn, G.H., 2008, The effectiveness of an ecodrive course for heavy vehicle drivers, Proceedings of the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference 2008, 9 November 2008 to 12 November 2008, Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Walkerville SA Australia, pp. 1-8.

Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., Van Doorn, G.H., 2005, Active versus passive touch in three dimensions, Proceedings of the World Haptics Conference, 18 March 2005 to 20 March 2005, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos USA, pp. 108-113.

Wuillemin, D.B., Van Doorn, G., Richardson, B.L., Symmons, M.A., 2005, Haptic and visual size judgements in virtual and real environments, Proceedings of World Haptics Conference, 18 March 2005 to 20 March 2005, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos USA, pp. 86-89.

Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., Van Doorn, G.H., 2005, Kinaesthetic and cutaneous contributions to raised-line stimulus interpretation, World Haptics, 18-20 March, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos USA, p. 1.

Richardson, B.L., Symmons, M.A., Wuillemin, D.B., Van Doorn, G., 2005, Looking through a fingertip, Proceedings of the World Haptics Conference, 18 March 2005 to 20 March 2005, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos USA, p. 1.

Other

Vandoorn, G., Symmons, M., Richardson, B., 2011, Red is no warmer than blue: a challenge to the semantic coding hypothesis, i-Perception [E], Pion Ltd, UK.

Teaching Commitment

George teaches a number of undergraduate psychology units/subjects:

• ATS2260 Developmental psychology: Behaviour across the lifespan
• ATS3843 Work psychology
• ATS3844 Forensic psychology
• ATS3845 Parapsychology
• ATS3846 People and other animals: A social science perspective

He is also involved in the delivery of honours in psychology and cognitive science.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Supervisors:

Symmons, M (Main), Van Doorn, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Supervisors:

Van Doorn, G (Main), Symmons, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Evaluation of the level of immersion reported during out-of-body experiences.

Supervisors:

Van Doorn, G (Main), Symmons, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Participatory Factors of Citizen Patrols in Voluntary Police Crime Prevention.

Supervisors:

Ballis, P (Main), Van Doorn, G (Associate).