Tycho de Back

Expertise

How can we learn and teach more effectively, and how may technology play an active role in this? The research project in which I am involved focuses on the effect of training in Virtual and Mixed Reality environments. Within this context, three main questions are addressed: 1. How does the effect of training in Virtual and Mixed Reality compare to that of more traditional methods such as e-learning; 2. What is the effect of individual differences (experience, age, background) on training; 3. Can the effectiveness of training be predicted while the training is still in progress, based on real-time cognitive measurements made using a combination of sensing technologies such as eye tracking and EEG? For this research project I am working in close collaboration with fellow PhD candidate Angelique Tinga.

Recente publicaties

1. Immersive virtual reality benefits for visuomotor training

   de Back, T., Tinga, A., & Louwerse, M. (2021). Immersive virtual reality benefits for visuomotor training. Manuscript in preparation.

2. Measures of prefrontal functional near-infrared spectroscopy in visuo…

   Tinga, A. M., Clim, M.-A., de Back, T. T., & Louwerse, M. M. (2021). Measures of prefrontal functional near-infrared spectroscopy in visuomotor learning. Experimental Brain Research, 239(4), 1061-1072.

3. Benefits of immersive collaborative learning in CAVE-based virtual re…

   de Back, T. T., Tinga, A. M., Nguyen, P., & Louwerse, M. M. (2020). Benefits of immersive collaborative learning in CAVE-based virtual reality. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 17(1), Article 51.

4. Beyond the frontiers of education - How immersive media changes the w…

   Louwerse, M., Postma, M., Broers, A., de Back, T., Tinga, A., & Horden, M. (2020). Beyond the frontiers of education: How immersive media changes the way we learn. International Telecommunications Union (ITU), 3(1), 43-51. http://handle.itu.int/11.1002/pub/8153d789-en

5. Neurophysiological changes in visuomotor sequence learning provide in…

   Tinga, A. M., de Back, T. T., & Louwerse, M. M. (2020). Neurophysiological changes in visuomotor sequence learning provide insight in general learning processes: Measures of brain activity, skin conductance, heart rate and respiration. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 151, 40-48.