Elisa van den Heuvel
Academic qualifications
2000 Doctor of Social Sciences
Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, specializing in the kinematics of hand movements. Thesis entitled ‘Timing and kinematics in nonspecific preparation and response movement execution’;
1996 Master degree in Experimental Psychology
Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen Institute of Cognition and Information, specializing in handwriting movement control;
1992 Bachelor degree in Psychology
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Positions held
2005/04- Forensic Scientist Handwriting Examination
Digital Technology and Biometry Department, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands;
2000/01-2005/03 Assistant Publisher/Product Manager
Reed Business Information, Harcourt Test Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2000/10-2001/12 Postdoc
Biomechanics Department, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
1998/01-1998/09 Research Specialist
Motor Control Lab, Department of Exercise Science and Physical Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA;
1997/03-1997/11 Visiting Research Scholar
Motor Control Lab, Department of Exercise Science and Physical Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA;
1996/07-2000/09 PhD Student
Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
1996/07-1998/07 Assistant Lecturer
Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
1995/11-1996/04 Research Assistant
Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information (NICI), Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
1993/02-1995/12 Research Assistant
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
handwriting movement control
forensic handwriting analysis
automatic writer & signature verification and identification
biometry
writing tablets
software for handwriting movement analysis
bayesian statistics
2000 Doctor of Social Sciences
Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, specializing in the kinematics of hand movements. Thesis entitled ‘Timing and kinematics in nonspecific preparation and response movement execution’;
1996 Master degree in Experimental Psychology
Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen Institute of Cognition and Information, specializing in handwriting movement control;
1992 Bachelor degree in Psychology
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Positions held
2005/04- Forensic Scientist Handwriting Examination
Digital Technology and Biometry Department, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands;
2000/01-2005/03 Assistant Publisher/Product Manager
Reed Business Information, Harcourt Test Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2000/10-2001/12 Postdoc
Biomechanics Department, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
1998/01-1998/09 Research Specialist
Motor Control Lab, Department of Exercise Science and Physical Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA;
1997/03-1997/11 Visiting Research Scholar
Motor Control Lab, Department of Exercise Science and Physical Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA;
1996/07-2000/09 PhD Student
Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
1996/07-1998/07 Assistant Lecturer
Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
1995/11-1996/04 Research Assistant
Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information (NICI), Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
1993/02-1995/12 Research Assistant
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
handwriting movement control
forensic handwriting analysis
automatic writer & signature verification and identification
biometry
writing tablets
software for handwriting movement analysis
bayesian statistics
- Fields of Interest
- Biomechanical models, Cognitive science, Computer science, algorithms, software, Aging and elderly, Drug effects on movement, Education, instruction, teaching methods, Forensic document analysis methods and tools, Generation of artificial movements, robotics, Letter design for cursive, print, italics, ..., Movement recording equipment, Motor control, accuracy, speed, learning, response preparation, reaction time, Neurological movement disorders, Other than Roman handwriting systems, Recognition systems of optical images of handwriting and drawing, Signal analysis and digital time-series processing systems, Signature and writer verification and identification systems, Visual perception, feedback, eye monitoring, Writer verification and identification
- List of Publications
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Publications
Ponsen, M.M., Daffertshofer, A., Van den Heuvel, E., Wolters, E.Ch., Beek, P.J., & Berendse, H.W. (2006). Bimanual coordination dysfunction in early, untreated Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 12(4), 246-252.
Los, S.A., & Van den Heuvel, C.E. (2001). Intentional and unintentional contributions to nonspecific preparation during reaction time foreperiods. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27(2), 370-386.
Van den Heuvel, C.E. (2000). Timing and kinematics in nonspecific preparation and response movement execution. PhD Thesis, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Van den Heuvel, C.E., & Van Gemmert, A.W.A. (2000). Nonspecific motor preparation during the foreperiod and the motor action limit. Current Psychology Letters: Behavior, Brain & Cognition, 2, 92-111.
Contreras-Vidal, J.L., Van den Heuvel, C.E., Teulings, H-L., & Stelmach, G.E. (1999). Visuomotor adaptation in smokeless tobacco users. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 1, (3), 219-227.
Van den Heuvel, C.E., Van Galen, G.P., Teulings, H-L., & Van Gemmert, A.W.A. (1998). Axial pen force increases with processing demands in handwriting. Acta Psychologica, 100, 145-159.
Conference proceedings
Franke, K. & Van den Heuvel, C.E. (2007). Computational forensics: techniques, applications and challenges in the computed-based analysis of questioned documents. Program of the 9th International Conference on Document Analysis 2007, Curitiba: ICDAR.
Van den Heuvel, C.E. (2007). Electronic writing tablets in human movement studies and in the analysis of questioned documents. Abstracts of the Conference of the European Network of Forensic Handwriting Experts. Vilnius: ENFHEX.
Van den Heuvel, C.E. (2007). Impact of the use of electronic writing tablets in human movement studies and in the analysis of questioned documents. Abstracts of the 7th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Forensische Schriftuntersuchung. Salzburg: GFS.
Van den Heuvel, C.E., & Van Gemmert A.W.A. (2006). On the break-down of spatial and temporal characteristics in forged handwriting. Abstracts of the 4th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference. Helsinki: ENFSI (pp.103-104).
Contreras-Vidal, J.L., Vargas-Villamil, F., Van den Heuvel C.E., Teulings, H-L., & Stelmach, G.E. (1999). The effect of smokeless tobacco on joint coordination. In G. Leedham, M. Leung, V. Sagar, and X. Xuhong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th biennial conference of the International Graphonomics Society, (pp. 47-52). Singapore: IGS.
Van den Heuvel, C.E., Van Gemmert, A.W.A., & Stelmach, G.E. (1999). Nonspecific motor preparation during the foreperiod in an aiming task. In G. Leedham, M. Leung, V. Sagar, and X. Xuhong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th biennial conference of the International Graphonomics Society (pp. 31-36). Singapore: IGS.
Van den Heuvel, C.E., Van Gemmert, A.W.A., & Stelmach, G.E. (1999). Nonspecific motor preparation during the foreperiod in a line-drawing task, Abstracts of the 7th conference of the Dutch Society for Psychonomics. (pp. 26).
Van den Heuvel, C.E., Contreras-Vidal, J.L., Teulings, H-L., & Stelmach, G.E. (1998). Effects of nicotine on visuomotor adaptation, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Vol. 24, Part 1, (pp. 421).
Van den Heuvel, C.E., Los, S.A., Van Gemmert, A.W.A., & Stelmach, G.E. (1998). Motor preparation during the foreperiod, Abstracts of the 10th congress of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology. (pp. 202). Jerusalem: Dan Knassim.
Los, S.A., Knol, D.L., & Van den Heuvel, C.E. (1997). A conditioning model of preparation during the foreperiod, Abstracts of the 6th conference of the Dutch Society for Psychonomics. (pp. 57).
Van den Heuvel, C.E., & Los. S.A. (1997). On the origin of preparation, Abstracts of the 6th conference of the Dutch Society of Psychonomics. (pp. 44-45).
Van den Heuvel, C.E., Van Galen, G.P., & Van Gemmert, A.W.A. (1997). Restoring the perception-action equilibrium after on-line rescaling of the visual feedback of the writing trace. In A.M. Colla, F. Masulli & P. Morasso (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th international conference on handwriting and drawing (pp. 51-52). Genova: IGS.