Pascal van Gerven, PhD

 

Assistant Professor

 

 

Postal address

Maastricht University
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands

Visiting address
Universiteitssingel 40 (east), room 2.742 (2nd floor)
6229 ER Maastricht

 

 

 

Phone:

Fax:

E-mail:

 

+31 (0)43 388 4512/4270
+31 (0)43 388 4560
p.vangerven[at]maastrichtuniversity[dot]nl

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Curriculum Vitae (short)


 

Research Interests

  • Cognitive aging: mechanisms and determinants

  • Pupillometry as a measure of cognitive load

  • Response preparation


 

Teaching Roles

  • Director of Studies Master

  • Course coordinator PSY4067/PSY4416 Aging (Master/Research Master, period 2)


 

Publications

International

In press

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., Ausems, E.E.B., Bekers, O., & Jolles, J. (in press). Do apolipoprotein E genotype and educational attainment predict the rate of cognitive decline in normal aging? A 12-year follow-up of the Maastricht Aging Study. Neuropsychology.

2012

Adam, J.J., Jakob, R., Bovend’Eerdt, T.J.H., & Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2012). Spared within-hands but impaired between-hands response preparation in aging. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 67, 317-324.

Guerreiro, M.J.S., Adam, J.J., & Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2012). Automatic selective attention as a function of sensory modality in aging. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 67, 194–202.

2011

Guerreiro, M.J.S., & Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2011). Now you see it, now you don′t: Evidence for age-dependent and age-independent cross-modal distraction. Psychology and Aging, 26, 415-426.

Moresi, S., Adam, J.J., Rijcken, J., Kuipers, H., Severens, M., & Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2011). Response preparation with adjacent versus overlapped hands: A pupillometric study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 79, 280–286.

2010

Guerreiro, M.J.S., Murphy, D.R., & Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2010). The role of sensory modality in age-related distraction: A critical review and a renewed view. Psychological Bulletin, 136, 975-1022.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., & Murphy, D.R. (2010). Aging and distraction by irrelevant speech: Does emotional valence matter? The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 65, 667-670.

2009

Meijer, W.A., De Groot, R.H.M., Van Gerven, P.W.M., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., & Jolles, J. (2009). Level of processing and reaction time in young and middle-aged adults and the effect of education. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 21, 216-234.

Meijer, W.A., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., Van Gerven, P.W.M., Van Hooren, S.A.H., & Jolles, J. (2009). Interaction effects of education and health status on cognitive change: A 6-year follow-up of the Maastricht Aging Study. Aging & Mental Health, 13, 521-529.

Moresi, S. Adam, J.J., Van Gerven, P.W.M., Werrij, B.G., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., & Jolles, J. (2009). Preparing fingers within and between hands: Examining the maximal preparation benefit in older age. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 21, 1121-1136.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Vos, H., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., Janssen, S.A., & Miedema, H.M.E. (2009). Annoyance from environmental noise across the lifespan. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 126, 187-194.

2008

Meijer, W.A., De Groot, R.H.M., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., Van Gerven, P.W.M., & Jolles, J. (2008). Are age differences in verbal learning related to interstimulus interval and education? Experimental Aging Research, 34, 323-339.

Moresi, S., Adam, J.J., Rijcken, J., & Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2008). Cue validity effects in response preparation: A pupillometric study. Brain Research, 1196, 94-102.

Moresi, S., Adam, J.J., Rijcken, J., Van Gerven, P.W.M., Kuipers, H., & Jolles, J. (2008). Pupil dilation in response preparation. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 67, 124-130.

Van Dijk, K.R.A., Van Gerven, P.W.M., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., Van der Elst, W., & Jolles, J. (2008). No protective effects of education during normal cognitive aging: Results from the 6-year follow-up of the Maastricht Aging Study. Psychology and Aging, 23, 119-130.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Meijer, W.A., Prickaerts, J.H.M., & Van der Veen, F.M. (2008). Aging and focus switching in working memory: Excluding the potential role of memory load. Experimental Aging Research, 34, 367-378.

2007

Meijer, W.A., Van Gerven, P.W.M., De Groot, R.H.M., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., & Jolles, J. (2007). The benefit of deep processing and high educational level for verbal learning in young and middle-aged adults. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 19, 372-380.

Paas, F., Van Gerven, P.W.M., & Wouters, P. (2007). Instructional efficiency of animation: Effects of interactivity through mental reconstruction of static key frames. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21, 783-793.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Meijer, W.A., & Jolles, J. (2007). Education does not protect against age-related decline of switching focal attention in working memory. Brain and Cognition, 64, 158-163.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Meijer, W.A., Vermeeren, A., Vuurman, E.F., & Jolles, J. (2007). The irrelevant speech effect and the level of interference in aging. Experimental Aging Research, 33, 323-339.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., Meijer, W.A., Willems, D., & Jolles, J. (2007). On the relative role of inhibition in age-related working memory decline. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 14, 95-107.

2006

Adam, J.J., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., Houx, P.J., Van Gerven, P.W.M., & Jolles, J. (2006). Perceptual and motor factors mediate the bowed spatial position effect in ageing. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 18, 673-685.

Kester, L., Lehnen, C., Van Gerven, P.W.M., & Kirschner, P.A. (2006). Just-in-time, schematic supportive information presentation during cognitive skill acquisition. Computers in Human Behavior, 22, 93-112.

Meijer, W.A., De Groot, R.H.M., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., Van Gerven, P.W.M., & Jolles, J. (2006). Verbal learning and aging: Combined effects of irrelevant speech, interstimulus interval, and education. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 61, 285-294.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., & Tabbers, H.K. (2006). Cognitive aging and computer-based instructional design: Where do we go from here? Educational Psychology Review, 18, 141-157.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., Van Merriënboer, J.J.G., & Schmidt, H.G. (2006). Modality and variability as factors in training the elderly. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20, 311-320.

20002005

Paas, F., Tuovinen, J.E., Tabbers, H.K., & Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2003). Cognitive load measurement as a means to advance cognitive load theory. Educational Psychologist, 38, 63-71.

Paas, F., Van Gerven, P.W.M., & Tabbers, H.K. (2005). The cognitive aging principle in multimedia learning. In R.E. Mayer (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of multimedia learning (pp. 339-351). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Rikers, R.M.J.P., Van Gerven, P.W.M., & Schmidt, H.G. (2004). Cognitive load theory as a tool for expertise development. Instructional Science, 32, 173-182.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., Van Merriënboer, J.J.G., & Schmidt, H.G. (2004). Memory load and the cognitive pupillary response in aging. Psychophysiology, 41, 167-174.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., Van Merriënboer, J.J.G., Hendriks, M., & Schmidt, H.G. (2003). The efficiency of multimedia learning into old age. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 73, 489-505.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., Van Merriënboer, J.J.G., & Schmidt, H.G. (2002). Cognitive load theory and aging: Effects of worked examples on training efficiency. Learning and Instruction, 12, 87-105.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., Van Merriënboer, J.J.G., & Schmidt, H.G. (2000). Cognitive load theory and the acquisition of complex cognitive skills in the elderly: Towards an integrative framework. Educational Gerontology, 26, 503-521.

 

Papers Submitted for Publication

Guerreiro, M.J.S., Murphy, D.R., & Van Gerven, P.W.M. (submitted). Making sense of age-related distractibility: The critical role of sensory modality.

 

National

Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2011). Hersenreserve [Brain reserve]. In De canon van de gerontologie [Canon of gerontology]. Web article retrievable at: www.canongerontologie.nl/geheugen/hersenreserve.

Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2009). Effectief leren bij ouderen: Op zoek naar de heilige graal? [Effective learning in the elderly: In search of the holy grail?]. Gerōn, 11(2), 32-34.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., & Van Merriënboer, J.J.G. (2005). Bestaande theorieën bewijzen nut bij ontwerp van efficiënte instructies voor ouderen [Existing theories prove their value for the design of efficient instructions for elderly people]. Opleiding & Ontwikkeling, 18(9), 11-16.

Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2004). Een schijnbare paradox [An apparent paradox]. OnderwijsInnovatie, 6(3), 12-14.

Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2003). Samenvatting proefschrift (rubriek Vakliteratuur) [Dissertation summary]. Opleiding & Ontwikkeling, 16(4), 34-36.

Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2003). Het onderste uit de kan: Efficiënte leerstrategieën voor ouderen [Up to the limit: Efficient learning strategies for the elderly]. Neuropraxis, 7, 54-58.

Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2002). Leren bij ouderen: Een kwestie van efficiency [Learning in the elderly: A matter of efficiency]. Onderzoek van Onderwijs, 31, 65-67.

Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2002). Het efficiënt trainen van complexe vaardigheden bij ouderen: Over de mogelijke bijdragen van de cognitieve belastingtheorie [Efficient complex skill training into old age: Exploring the benefits of cognitive load theory]. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Neurologie, 5, 511-512.

 

Doctoral Dissertation

Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2002). Efficient complex skill training into old age: Exploring the benefits of cognitive load theory. Doctoral dissertation, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands. [Download PDF]

 

Presentations and Published Abstracts

Guerreiro, M.J.S., Adam, J.J., & Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2011). Age-equivalent spatial cueing effects across sensory modalities. Journal of Psychophysiology, 25 (Suppl. 1), 36.

Van Geven, P.W.M., & Guerreiro, M.J.S. (2011). Cross-modal distraction: Are age-related inhibitory deficits modality dependent? Journal of Psychophysiology, 25 (Suppl. 1), 29.

Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2011, April). Making sense of age-related distraction: The modality hypothesis. Invited colloquium at RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., & Guerreiro, M.J.S. (2010, October). Cross-modal distraction: Are age-related inhibitory deficits modality dependent? Invited presentation at the International Conference on Aging & Cognition, Dortmund, Germany.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., & Murphy, D.R. (2009, December). Aging and distraction by irrelevant speech: Does emotional valence matter? Paper presented at the Winter Conference on Cognition, Brain, and Behaviour of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie (NVP) [Dutch Psychonomics Society], Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands.

Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2009, March). The role of modality in the inhibitory deficit hypothesis of aging: Opportunities for instructional design? Invited presentation at the 3rd International Cognitive Load Theory Conference, Heerlen, the Netherlands.

Van Gerven, P.W.M. (2008, November). Interferentie van irrelevante spraak in het werkgeheugen: Mogelijke beperkingen van de inhibitiehypothese van veroudering [Interference from irrelevant speech in working memory: Possible limitations of the inhibitory deficit hypothesis of aging]. Invited presentation at the autumn conference of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Neuropsychologie (NVN) [Dutch Neuropsychological Society], Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Murphy, D.R., Van Gerven, P.W.M., & Gilani, S. (2008, April). Inadvertent processing of irrelevant speech in younger and older adults: The role of attention. Poster presented by second author at the 21st Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Van Dijk, K.R.A., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., & Jolles, J. (2007, December). The irrelevant speech effect in aging: An fMRI study. Paper presented at the 11th winter conference of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie (NVP) [Dutch Psychonomics Society], Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Meijer, W.A., Vermeeren, A., Vuurman, E.F., & Jolles, J. (2006, April). The irrelevant speech effect and the level of interference in aging. Poster presented at the 19th Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Meijer, W.A., Prickaerts, J.H.M., & Van der Veen, F.M. (2005, September). Aging and coordinative control in working memory. Paper presented at the 14th conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP), Leiden, the Netherlands.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Meijer, W.A., Prickaerts, J.H.M., & Van der Veen, F.M. (2004, December). Effects of aging on coordinative control in working memory: Results from a combined Sternberg/n-back paradigm. Poster presented at the Neuroscience & Cognitive Control seminar, Ghent, Belgium.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Van Boxtel, M.P.J., Meijer, W.A., & Jolles, J. (2004, April). The task-dependent role of inhibition in age-related memory decline: Results from the Maastricht Aging Study. Poster presented at the 18th Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., Van Merriënboer, J.J.G., & Schmidt, H.G. (2003, December). Effects of old age on the cognitive pupillary response. Paper presented at the 9th winter conference of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie (NVP) [Dutch Psychonomics Society], Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., Van Merriënboer, J.J.G., Hendriks, M., & Schmidt, H.G. (2001, April). A multimedia strategy for efficient complex skill training into old age. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Seattle, WA.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., Van Merriënboer, J.J.G., & Schmidt, H.G. (2000, May). Worked examples as an efficient means of complex skill training in the elderly. Paper presented at the Onderwijs Research Dagen (ORD) [Educational Research Days], Leiden, the Netherlands.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., & Van Merriënboer, J.J.G. (2000, April). Worked examples versus conventional problems in the acquisition of complex skills in the elderly: A cognitive-load approach. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, LA.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., & Van Merriënboer, J.J.G. (1999, August). Implications of cognitive load theory for the elderly. Paper presented at the 8th European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Göteborg, Sweden.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., & Van Merriënboer, J.J.G. (1999, July). Cognitive load theory and aging: Effects of worked examples. Paper presented at the 6th European Congress of Psychology, Rome, Italy.

Van Gerven, P.W.M., Paas, F., & Van Merriënboer, J.J.G. (1998, April). Instructional efficiency: Relations between cognitive load, task complexity, and aging. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.


 

Links of Interest

  • MAAS: Maastricht Aging Study

  • NVP: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie [Dutch Psychonomics Society]

  • EPOS: Experimenteel Psychologische Onderzoekschool [Graduate Research Institute for Experimental Psychology]

  • Euron: European Graduate School of Neuroscience

  • De canon van de gerontologie [Canon of gerontology]


 

Last update: May 14, 2012