Noor Seijdel 

PhD student   ​noor.seijdel@gmail.com 

University of Amsterdam ​www.noorseijdel.com 
Programme group Brain and Cognition ​ itHub​ | ​Google Scholar​ | ​LinkedIn 
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Education 
2016-now  PhD, University of Amsterdam 
Project on visual perception and computational models under 
supervision of Dr. H. Steven Scholte and Prof. Dr Edward H.F. de Haan 
 
2013 - 2015 Msc, Research Master Psychology, University of Amsterdam 
(cum laude) 
Specializations: Brain and Cognition, Methodology and Statistics 
- Internship with Prof. Dr. Hilde Huizenga and Laura Dekkers on 
decision-making in a sequential context using the Drift Diffusion Model 
- Thesis with Dr. H. Steven Scholte and Dr. Sara Jahfari on the influence 
of real-world scene statistics on visual processing, neural feedback and 
perceptual decision-making 
2010 – 2013  Bsc, Psychobiology, University of Amsterdam 
- Internship with Dr. Ilja Sligte and the Visual Experience Lab in 
Birmingham on the left superior parietal lobe and its potential role in 
selective attention. 

Employment 
2013 - 2015   Student / scanning assistent, Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging 
Assisting researchers in 3T (f)MRI studies, operating the MRI scanner, 
training new researchers and examining the safety procedures 

Grants  
February 2018 Grassroots grant for small-scale ICT project ​Jupyter notebooks  
and nbgrader for interactive computational education 

Publications 
Seijdel N,​ Jahfari S, Groen IIA, Scholte HS. (2018). Low-level image statistics in natural 
scenes influence perceptual decision-making. ​PsyArXiv, ​p3r8a. 
 
Groen IIA, Jahfari S, ​Seijdel N​, Ghebreab S, Lamme VAF, Scholte HS. (2018). Scene  
complexity modulates degree of feedback activity during object detection in natural  
scenes. ​PLoS computational biology,​ ​14(​ 12), e1006690. 
 
Smits AR, ​Seijdel N​, Scholte HS, Heywood CA, Kentridge RW, de Haan EHF. (2018). Action  
blindsight and anti-pointing in a hemianopic patient. ​Neuropsychologia​. 

de Haan EHF, ​Seijdel N​, Kentridge RW, Heywood CA (2019). Plasticity versus chronicity:  
stable performance on category fluency 40 years post-onset. ​Journal of 
Neuropsychology ​[in press] 
 
Dekkers LMS, ​Seijdel N​, Weeda WD, Jansen BRJ, Huizenga HM. (2018). Multi-attribute  
decision making in a sequential context: a drift diffusion model study. [submitted]  
Teaching and supervision 
2016-2019  Lecturer in two master courses 
- Neuroimaging: BOLD-MRI (6 EC)  
- Neuroimaging: Pattern Analysis (3 EC) 

April 2017 Completed graduate course Teaching in Higher Education 

2016-2019 (partial) supervision of Evert de Man, Tim de Jong, Nicole Ferreira  

Silverio, Jill de Ron, Lotte van der Wilt, Laurens Stuurman, Lucas Weber, 
Jessica Loke, Ron van de Klundert, Matthew van der Meer, Eva Quispel 

Conference presentations and posters  

Seijdel N​, Jahfari S, Groen IIA, Scholte HS. (2018). Low-level image statistics in natural  
scenes influence perceptual decision-making. ​European Conference on Visual  
Perception, T ​ rieste. 
 
Loke J, ​Seijdel N​, Scholte HS. (2018). Decoding the order of visual operations. ​European  
Conference on Visual Perception, T ​ rieste. 
 
Seijdel N​, Losch MM, Scholte HS. (2017). Comparing human and convolutional neural   
network performance on scene segmentation. ​European Conference on Visual 
Perception​, Berlin. 

Loke J, ​Seijdel N​, Scholte HS. (2017). The order of visual operations with masked and  
unmasked natural images. ​Dutch Society for Psychonomics meeting, ​Egmond aan  
zee.  

Seijdel N​, Losch MM, Scholte HS. (2017). Comparing human and convolutional neural  
network performance on scene segmentation. ​Vision Sciences Society​, St. Pete  
Beach 

Seijdel N​, Ramakrishnan K, Losch MM, Groen IIA, Scholte HS. (2016). Overlap in  
performance of CNNs, human behavior and EEG classification. ​Vision Sciences 
Society,​ St. Pete Beach 

Seijdel N,​ Groen IIA, Jahfari S, Scholte HS. (2015). Spatial coherence and contrast energy  
of an image index complexity and signal the need for recurrent processing. ​Dutch  
Society for Psychonomics Meeting,​ Egmond aan Zee. 
 
Dekkers LMS, ​Seijdel N​, Weeda WD, Jansen BRJ, Huizenga HM. (2015). Disentangling  
Integrative and Sequential Decision Making A Drift Diffusion Model Study. ​International 
Convention of Psychological Science​, Amsterdam. 

Organizational experience 
- Chair of the PhD Committee of Psychology (PsAiKo)  
- Co-organizer of the ABC Brainday 2017 (annual conference Amsterdam Brain & Cognition) 
 

Courses and workshops 

September 2018 Visual neuroscience: from spikes to awareness​ summer school  
in Rauischholzhausen 
 June 2017  Cutting-EEG​ symposium with tutorials on a wide range of  
cutting-edge techniques in time-resolved signal analysis at the  
University of Glasgow 
June 2016   High Performance Computing and Big Data​ course consisting of  
several 1-day workshops at the University of Amsterdam, covering 
topics such as GPU programming, Cartesius/Lisa, Local & Remote 
Visualization Techniques, programming HPC systems with OpenMP and 
MPI, Data management, HPC cloud, Data-intensive computing with 
Spark & Hadoop 
April 2016 Machine Learning ​online course by Stanford University on Coursera  
(grade achieved: 96.5%) 
Feb 2015 Representational Similarity Analysis ​workshop on RSA at the MRC  
Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge 
Feb 2015 Pattern Analysis & Classification ​winter school on pattern  
recognition and classification at the Amsterdam Brain and Cognition  
center 
May 2014 Model-Based Cognitive Neurosciences: Theory and Application  
workshop on cognitive mathematical models of decision-making and 
their application at the Amsterdam Brain and Cognition center 

Skills 
Languages Dutch (native), English (professional fluency), Spanish (beginner) 
Programming Python, Matlab, R, Bash (beginner) 
Techniques  MRI, EEG, TMS, ECG, eye-tracking