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Peter Stiers (P.L.J.)

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Research areas:

  • Developmental neuropsychology
  • Cerebral visual impairment
  • Structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging
  • Event-related potentials and their simultaneous recording with fMRI
  • Prefrontal cortical organisation in relation to cognitive performance
  • Inter-individual variability in cortical organisation
  • Developmental changes in prefrontal functional organisation
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  • Machilsen, B., D’Agostino, E., Maes, F., Vandermeulen, D., Hahn, H. K., Lagae, L., & Stiers, P. (2007). Linear MR brain image normalization in pediatric patients with periventricular leukomalacia. NeuroImage, 35, 686-697.
  • Mennes, M., Stiers, P., Lagae, L., & Van den Bergh, B. (2006). Long-term cognitive sequelae of antenatal maternal anxiety: involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 30, 1078–1086.
  • Wouters, H., Fonteyne, A., Lagae, L., & Stiers, P. (2006). Specific cognitive profile in a boy with Fragile-X syndrome and temporal lobe epilepsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 48, 378–382.
  • Van den Bergh, B.R.H., Mennes, M., Stevens, V., van der Meere, J., Börger, N., Stiers, P., Marcoen, A., & Lagae, L. (2006). ADHD deficit as measured in adolescent boys with a continuous performance task is related to antenatal maternal anxiety. Pediatric Research, 59, 78-82.
  • Stiers, P., Peeters, R., Lagae, L., Van Hecke, P., & Sunaert, S. (2006). Mapping multiple visual areas in the human brain with a short fMRI sequence. NeuroImage, 29, 74-89.
  • Burnat, K., Stiers, P., Arckens, L., Vandenbussche, E., & Żernicki, B. (2005). Global form perception in cats early deprived of pattern vision. Neuroreport,16, 751-754.
  • Van den Bergh, B.R.H., Mennes, M., Oosterlaan, J., Stevens, V., Stiers, P., Marcoen, A., & Lagae, L. (2005). High antenatal maternal anxiety is related to impulsivity during performance on cognitive tasks in 14- and 15 year olds. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 29, 259-269.
  • Mennes, M., Stiers, P., Vandenbussche, E., Vercruysse, G., Uyttebroeck, A., De Meyer, G., & Van Gool, S.W. (2005).  Attention and information processing in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with chemotherapy only. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 44, 479-486.
  • Stiers, P., Swillen, A., De Smedt, B., Lagae, L., D’Agostino, E., Sunaert, S., & Fryns, J. P. (2005) Atypical neuropsychological profile in a boy with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Child Neuropsychology, 11, 87-108.
  • Stiers, P., Vanderkelen, R., & Vandenbussche, E. (2004). Optotype and grating visual acuity in patients with ocular and cerebral visual impairment. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 45, 4333-4339.
  • van den Hout, B.M., de Vries, L.S., Meiners, L.C., Stiers, P., Van der Schouw, Y.T., Jennekens-Schinkel, A., Wittebol-Posth, D., van der Linde, D., Vandenbussche, E., & van Nieuwenhuizen, O. (2004). Visual perceptual impairment in children at 5 years of age with perinatal haemorrhagic or ischaemic brain damage in relation to cerebral magnetic resonance imaging. Brain and Development, 26, 251-261.
  • Stiers, P., & E. Vandenbussche, E. (2004). The dissociation of perception and cognition in children with early brain damage. Brain and Development, 26, 81–92.
  • Stiers, P., Vanderkelen, R., & Vandenbussche, E. (2003). Optotype and grating visual acuity in preschool children. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 44(9), 4123–4130.
  • Stiers, P., Vanderkelen, R., Vanneste, G., Coene, S., & Vandenbussche, E. (2002). Visual perceptual impairment in a random sample of children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 44, 370-382.
  • Stiers, P., van den Hout, B.M., Haers, M., de Vries, L.S., van Nieuwenhuizen, O., & Vandenbussche, E. (2001). The variety of visual perceptual impairments in preschool children with perinatal brain damage. Brain and Development, 23 (5), 327-342.
  • van den Hout, B.M., Stiers, P., Haers, M., Van der Schouw, Y.T., Vandenbussche, E., van Nieuwenhuizen, O., & de Vries, L.S. (2000). Relation between visual perceptual impairment and neonatal ultrasound diagnosis of haemorrhagic-ischaemic brain lesions in 5-year-old children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 42, 376-386.
  • Stiers, P., De Cock, P., & Vandenbussche, E., (1999). Separating visual perception and nonverbal intelligence in children with early brain injury. Brain and Development, 21, 397-406.
  • Stiers, P., De Cock, P., & Vandenbussche, E. (1998). Impaired visual perceptual performance on an object recognition task in children with cerebral visual impairment. Neuropediatrics, 29, 80-88.