Chris Dijkerman is a neuropsychologist interested in visual and somatosensory perception and the control of action. After completing his PhD in London and Oxford on sensorimotor consequences of hemispherectomy, he worked at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol and at St. Andrews University, before moving to Utrecht University in 2000.
 His research is currently focused on:

• Somatosensory function (touch, itch and pain),
• Body representations
• Peripersonal space

 
His teaching includes:

• Developmental Neuropsychology
• Academic Professional Neuropsychology
• MSc thesis en internschip supervision