Dr. Christoph Strauch

Dr. Christoph Strauch

Assistant Professor
Experimental Psychology
Social and Behavioural Sciences
c.strauch@uu.nl

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Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Cai, Y., Naber, M., van der Stigchel, S., Strauch, C., Cornelissen, F. W., & Ten Brink, AF. (2025). Uncover covert attention in complex environments using pupillometry. International Journal of Psychophysiology.
Douze, B. T., Ten Brink, A. F., Dijkerman, H. C., & Strauch, C. (2025). Pupil responses objectively index pharmacologically altered tactile sensitivity. Cortex, 193, 90-104. [DOI] [Portal]
Hoogerbrugge, A. J., Hooge, I. T. C., Hessels, R. S., & Strauch, C. (2025). When is enough enough? Empirical guidelines to determine participant sample size for scene viewing studies. Behavior Research Methods, 57(9), Article 241. [DOI] [Portal]
Koevoet, D., Strauch, C., Naber, M., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2025). Reappearing sensory input guides visual working memory prioritization. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 87(7), 2129-2145. [DOI] [Portal]
Teunisse, M., Koevoet, D., Baarda, Y., Paffen, C. L. E., der Stigchel, S. V., & Strauch, C. (2025). Pupil size tracks attentional breadth in the Navon task. Perception, 54(10), 753-767. [DOI] [Portal]
Koevoet, D., Strauch, C., Naber, M., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2025). Effort and salience jointly drive saccade selection. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 32(5), 2363–2374. [DOI] [Portal]
Hoogerbrugge, A. J., van der Stigchel, S., & Strauch, C. (2025). A very large eye tracking dataset of freeviewing and visual search. OSFPREPRINTS. [DOI] [Portal]
Cai, Y., Van der Stigchel, S., Ganama, J., Naber, M., & Strauch, C. (2025). Uncovering Distinct Drivers of Covert Attention in Complex Environments With Pupillometry. Psychophysiology, 62(3), Article e70036. [DOI] [Portal]
Koevoet, D., Naber, M., Strauch, C., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2025). Presaccadic Attention Shifts Up- and Downwards: Evidence From the Pupil Light Response. Psychophysiology, 62(3), Article e70047. [DOI] [Portal]
Cai, Y., Strauch, C., Van der Stigchel, S., Brink, A. F. T., Cornelissen, F. W., & Naber, M. (2025). Mapping simulated visual field defects with movie-viewing pupil perimetry. Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 263(6), 1641-1650. [DOI] [Portal]
Koevoet, D., Van Zantwijk, L., Naber, M., Mathôt, S., Van der Stigchel, S., & Strauch, C. (2025). Effort Drives Saccade Selection. (eLife). eLife Sciences Publications Ltd. [DOI] [Portal]
Qing, T., Strauch, C., Van Maanen, L., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2025). Shifting reliance between the internal and external world: A meta-analysis on visual-working memory use. Psychonomic bulletin & review, 32(3), 1118–1130. [DOI] [Portal]

2024

Scholarly publications

Hoogerbrugge, A. J., Sahakian, A., Brouwer, R., Klauss, G., Strauch, C., Nijboer, T., & van der Stigchel, S. (2024). Three unpublished, publicly available visual search datasets with 151 participants. OSFPREPRINTS. [DOI] [Portal]
Koevoet, D., Strauch, C., Naber, M., & der Stigchel, S. V. (2024). Sensory Input Matching Visual Working Memory Guides Internal Prioritization. bioRxiv. [DOI] [Portal]
Koevoet, D., Strauch, C., Naber, M., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2024). Pupil size reveals presaccadic attentional shifts up and downward: A possible dissociation between the where and how of attention. [DOI]
Hoogerbrugge, A. J., Strauch, C., Nijboer, T. C. W., & der Stigchel, S. V. (2024). Persistent resampling of external information despite 25 repetitions of the same visual search templates. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 86(7), 2301-2314. [DOI] [Portal]
Hoogerbrugge, A., Strauch, C., Nijboer, T., & van der Stigchel, S. (2024). Persistent resampling of external information despite twenty-five repetitions of the same search templates. Poster session presented at The 4th International Conference on Working Memory . https://sites.google.com/view/icwm/posters
Hoogerbrugge, A., Strauch, C., Nijboer, T., & van der Stigchel, S. (2024). Persistent resampling of external information despite twenty-five repetitions of the same search templates. Poster session presented at Vision Sciences Society 2024. [DOI]
Strauch, C. (2024). The forgotten wave of early pupillometry research. Trends in Neurosciences, 47(8), 571-572. [DOI] [Portal]
Hoogerbrugge, A. J., Strauch, C., Böing, S., Nijboer, T. C. W., & Stigchel, S. V. D. (2024). Just-in-Time Encoding Into Visual Working Memory Is Contingent Upon Constant Availability of External Information. Journal of Cognition, 7(1), Article 39. [DOI] [Repository]
Strauch, C., Hoogerbrugge, A. J., & Brink, A. F. T. (2024). Gaze data of 4243 participants shows link between leftward and superior attention biases and age. Experimental Brain Research, 242(6), 1327–1337. [DOI] [Repository]
Chota, S., Bruat, A. T., Stigchel, S. V. D., & Strauch, C. (2024). Steady-state Visual Evoked Potentials Reveal Dynamic (Re)allocation of Spatial Attention during Maintenance and Utilization of Visual Working Memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 36(5), 800-814. [DOI] [Repository]
Ten Brink, A. F., Heiner, I., Dijkerman, H. C., & Strauch, C. (2024). Pupil dilation reveals the intensity of touch. Psychophysiology, 61(6), Article e14538. [DOI] [Repository]
Koevoet, D., Naber, M., Strauch, C., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2024). The Intensity of Internal and External Attention Assessed with Pupillometry. Journal of Cognition, 7(1), Article 336. [DOI] [Repository]
Cai, Y., Strauch, C., Van der Stigchel, S., & Naber, M. (2024). Open-DPSM: An open-source toolkit for modeling pupil size changes to dynamic visual inputs. Behavior Research Methods, 56(6), 5605-5621. [DOI] [Portal]
Koevoet, D., Strauch, C., Van der Stigchel, S., Mathôt, S., & Naber, M. (2024). Revealing visual working memory operations with pupillometry: Encoding, maintenance, and prioritization. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 15(2), Article e1668. [DOI] [Repository]

2023

Scholarly publications

Koevoet, D., Strauch, C., Naber, M., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2023). The Costs of Paying Overt and Covert Attention Assessed with Pupillometry. [DOI]
Hoogerbrugge, A., Strauch, C., Nijboer, T., & van der Stigchel, S. (2023). Persistent resampling of external information despite twenty-five repetitions of the same search templates. Poster session presented at The 19th NVP Winter Conference on Brain & Cognition.
Strauch, C., Hoogerbrugge, A., Baer, G., Hooge, I. T. C., Nijboer, T. C. W., Stuit, S. M., & Stigchel, S. V. D. (2023). Saliency models perform best for women’s and young adults' fixations. Communications Psychology, 1, 1-10. Article 34. [DOI] [Repository]
Ten Brink, AF., Van Heijst, M., Portengen, B., Naber, M., & Strauch, C. (2023). Pupillometry as index for biases in spatial attention: pseudoneglect in healthy controls, useful tool for diagnosing cerebral visual impairments?. Abstract from Perception Day, Utrecht.
Cai, Y., Strauch, C., van der Stigchel, S., & Naber, M. (2023). Introducing Open-DPSM: An open-source toolkit for modeling pupil size changes to dynamic visual inputs. Abstract from NVP Wintercongres, Egmond aan Zee.
Koevoet, D., Strauch, C., Naber, M., & van der Stigchel, S. (2023). Sensory input matching visual working memory drives internal prioritization. Abstract from NVP Wintercongres, Egmond aan Zee.
Cai, Y., Strauch, C., & Naber, M. (2023). Reconstructing pupillary dynamics during free-viewing of movies: the roles of pupil light and orienting responses. 4813-4813. [DOI]
Naber, M., Portengen, B., & Strauch, C. (2023). Pupil responses to near and far stimuli at varying fixation depths in virtual reality. 5732-5732. [DOI]
Hoogerbrugge, AJ., Strauch, C., Nijboer, TCW., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2023). Don't hide the instruction manual: A dynamic trade-off between using internal and external templates during visual search. Journal of Vision, 23(7), 1-14. Article 14. [DOI] [Repository]
Ten Brink, AF., Van Heijst, M., Portengen, B., Naber, M., & Strauch, C. (2023). Uncovering the (un)attended: Pupil light responses index persistent biases of spatial attention in neglect. Cortex, 167, 101-114. [DOI] [Repository]
Koevoet, D., Naber, M., Strauch, C., Somai, R. S., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2023). Differential aspects of attention predict the depth of visual working memory encoding: Evidence from pupillometry. Journal of Vision, 23(6), 1-11. [DOI] [Repository]
Koevoet, D., Strauch, C., Naber, M., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2023). The Costs of Paying Overt and Covert Attention Assessed With Pupillometry. Psychological Science, 34(8), 887-898. [DOI] [Repository]

2022

Scholarly publications

Huckauf, A., Strauch, C., & Eberhardt, L. (2022). Perceptual consequences of pupil dilation. Journal of Vision, 22(14). [DOI]
Strauch, C., Romein, C., Naber, M., van der Stigchel, S., & Ten Brink, AF. (2022). Indexing (pseudo)neglect with pupillometry – evidence on the role of the orienting response in pseudoneglect. 143-144. Abstract from Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TEAP), Cologne, Germany. https://teap2022.uni-koeln.de/sites/teap2022/user_upload/TeaP2022_AbstractBooklet.pdf [Portal]
Naber, M., & Strauch, C. (2022). Irissometry: effects of pupil constrictions on iris elasticity and eye position estimations measured with video-based feature tracking.. Abstract from ECVP.
Koevoet, D., Naber, M., Strauch, C., & van der Stigchel, S. (2022). The Costs of Overt and Covert Shifts of Attention: A Pupillometry Study. Abstract from ECVP.
Strauch, C., Naber, M., Romeijn, C., Van Heijst, M., van der Stigchel, S., & Ten Brink, AF. (2022). Indexing spatial attention with pupillometry: a useful tool to detect pseudoneglect in healthy controls and diagnosing cerebral visual impairments. Abstract from ECVP.
Hoogerbrugge, A., Strauch, C., Olah, Z., Dalmaijer, E. S., Nijboer, T., & van der Stigchel, S. (2022). Seeing the Forrest through the trees: Oculomotor metrics are linked to heart rate. Poster session presented at ECVP.
Hoogerbrugge, A., Strauch, C., Olah, Z., Dalmaijer, E. S., Nijboer, T., & van der Stigchel, S. (2022). Seeing the Forrest through the trees: Oculomotor metrics are linked to heart rate. Poster session presented at ECEM.
Hoogerbrugge, A., Strauch, C., Oláh, Z. A., Dalmaijer, E. S., Nijboer, T., & van der Stigchel, S. (2022). Seeing the Forrest through the trees: Oculomotor metrics are linked to heart rate. Poster session presented at Vision Sciences Society. [Portal]
Hoogerbrugge, A. J., Strauch, C., Oláh, Z. A., Dalmaijer, E. S., Nijboer, T. C. W., & Stigchel, S. V. D. (2022). Seeing the Forrest through the trees: Oculomotor metrics are linked to heart rate. PLoS One, 17(8), 1-12. Article e0272349. [DOI] [Repository]
Strauch, C., Wang, C.-A., Einhäuser, W., van der Stigchel, S., & Naber, M. (2022). Pupillometry as an integrated readout of distinct attentional networks. Trends in Neurosciences, 45(8), 635-647. [DOI] [Repository]
Strauch, C., Romein, C., Naber, M., van der Stigchel, S., & Ten Brink, AF. (2022). The orienting response drives pseudoneglect - evidence from an objective pupillometric method. Cortex, 151, 259-271. [DOI] [Repository]
Strauch, C., & Naber, M. (2022). Irissometry: Effects of Pupil Size on Iris Elasticity Measured With Video-Based Feature Tracking. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 63(2), 1-7. Article 20. [DOI] [Repository]
ten Brink, T., Romein, C., Naber, M., van der Stigchel, S., & Strauch, C. (2022). Assessment of pseudoneglect using pupillometry. Abstract from 18th NVP Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition Conference, Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands.
Strauch, C., Romein, C., Naber, M., van der Stigchel, S., & ten Brink, T. (2022). The orienting response might define pseudoneglect. Evidence from a novel pupillometric method.. Abstract from Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TEAP), Cologne, Germany.

Professional publications

ten Brink, T., Romein, C., Naber, M., van der Stigchel, S., & Strauch, C. (2022). Assessment of pseudoneglect using pupillometry. Abstract from NVN voorjaarsconferentie, Netherlands.

2021

Scholarly publications

Hoogerbrugge, A. J., Strauch, C., Böing, S., Nijboer, T., & van der Stigchel, S. (2021). Reliability of Visual Access: Modeling the trade-off between internal storage in visual working memory and external sampling. Journal of Vision. [DOI]
Strauch, C., Hirzle, T., & Bulling, A. (2021). Classifying binary decision-outcomes from pupil dilation: A random forest approach. Journal of Vision, 21(9). [DOI]
Strauch, C., Eberhardt, L., Ulrich, M., Huckauf, A., & Grön, G. (2021). Evidence for direct voluntary control of the pupil in a single case. Abstract from Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TEAP), Ulm, Germany.
Eberhardt, L., Strauch, C., Hartmann, T., & Huckauf, A. (2021). Increasing pupil size is associated with improved detection performance in the periphery. Attention, perception, & psychophysics, 84, 138-149. [DOI] [Repository]
Eberhardt, L. V., Grön, G., Ulrich, M., Huckauf, A., & Strauch, C. (2021). Direct voluntary control of pupil constriction and dilation: Exploratory evidence from pupillometry, optometry, skin conductance, perception, and functional MRI. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 168, 33-42. [DOI] [Repository]
Strauch, C., Hirzle, T., van der Stigchel, S., & Bulling, A. (2021). Decoding binary decisions under differential target probabilities from pupil dilation: A random forest approach. Journal of Vision, 21(7), 1-13. Article 6. [DOI] [Repository]

2020

Scholarly publications

Strauch, C., Koniakowsky, I., & Huckauf, A. (2020). Conjoint effects of decision making and stimulus probability (oddball-effect) on pupil dilation. Abstract from Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TEAP), Jena, Germany.
Strauch, C., Koniakowsky, I., & Huckauf, A. (2020). Decision Making and Oddball Effects on Pupil Size: Evidence for a Sequential Process. Journal of Cognition, 3(1), 1–17. Article 7. [DOI] [Repository]
Strauch, C., Barthelmaes, M., Altgassen, E., & Huckauf, A. (2020). Pupil Dilation Fulfills the Requirements for Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment in Gaming on the Example of Pong. In A. Bulling, A. Huckauf, E. Jain, R. Radach, & D. Weiskopf (Eds.), ETRA '20 Adjunct: ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (pp. 1-9). Article 19 Association for Computing Machinery. [DOI]

2019

Scholarly publications

Freudenstein, J. P., Strauch, C., Mussel, P., & Ziegler, M. (2019). Four personality types may be neither robust nor exhaustive. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(10), 1045-1046. [DOI]
Mühl, K., Strauch, C., Grabmaier, C., Reithinger, S., Huckauf, A., & Baumann, M. (2019). Get Ready for Being Chauffeured: Passenger’s Preferences and Trust While Being Driven by Human and Automation. Human Factors, 62(8), Article 001872081987289. [DOI]
Strauch, C., Mühl, K., Patro, K., Grabmaier, C., Reithinger, S., Baumann, M., & Huckauf, A. (2019). Real autonomous driving from a passenger's perspective: Two experimental investigations using gaze behaviour and trust ratings in field and simulator. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 66, 15-28. [DOI]

2018

Scholarly publications

Strauch, C., Huckauf, A., Krejtz, K., & Duchowski, A. (2018). Towards a selection mechanism integrating focal fixations, pupil size, and microsaccade dynamics. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Eye Tracking for Spatial Research [DOI]
Greiter, L., Strauch, C., & Huckauf, A. (2018). Pupil responses signal less inhibition for own relative to other names. In Eye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium (ETRA) (pp. 1-5). Article 59 [DOI]
Pfattheicher, S., Strauch, C., Diefenbacher, S., & Schnuerch, R. (2018). A field study on watching eyes and hand hygiene compliance in a public restroom. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 48(4), 188-194. [DOI]
Ehlers, J., Strauch, C., & Huckauf, A. (2018). Training facilitates cognitive control on pupil dilation. In Eye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium (ETRA) Association for Computing Machinery. [DOI]
Ehlers, J., Strauch, C., & Huckauf, A. (2018). A view to a click: Pupil size changes as input command in eyes-only human-computer interaction. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 119, 28-34. [DOI]
Strauch, C., Greiter, L., & Huckauf, A. (2018). Pupil dilation but not microsaccade rate robustly reveals decision formation. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 13165 . [DOI]

2017

Scholarly publications

Strauch, C., Greiter, L., & Huckauf, A. (2017). Towards pupil-assisted target selection in natural settings: Introducing an on-screen keyboard. In Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2017: 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Mumbai, India, September 25–29, 2017, Proceedings, Part III (1 ed., pp. 534-543). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10515 ). Springer. [DOI]
Strauch, C., Ehlers, J., & Huckauf, A. (2017). Pupil-assisted target selection (PATS). In Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2017: 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Mumbai, India, September 25–29, 2017, Proceedings, Part III (1 ed., pp. 297-312). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; Vol. 10515 ). Springer. [DOI]

2016

Scholarly publications

Ehlers, J., Strauch, C., Georgi, J., & Huckauf, A. (2016). Pupil Size Changes as an Active Information Channel for Biofeedback Applications. Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback, 41(3), 331-339. [DOI]

2015

Scholarly publications

Strauch, C., Georgi, J., Huckauf, A., & Ehlers, J. (2015). Slow trends: A problem in analysing pupil dynamics. In PhyCS 2015 - 2nd International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, Proceedings (pp. 61-66). (PhyCS 2015 - 2nd International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems, Proceedings). SciTePress. [DOI]