Björn was a postdoctoral researcher (and former PhD student). He investigated the consequences of owning a gigantic or a tiny body visual perception of the external world while . He was also interested in the link between body ownership and perceptual awareness. Björn is currently a postdoc at University of Amsterdam.
van der Hoort B. Reingardt M., & Ehrsson HH. Body ownership promotes visual awareness. eLife (2017) 6:e26022. PDF
van der Hoort B. & Ehrsson H. H. Illusions of having small or large invisible bodies influence visual perception of object size. Sci Rep. (2016) Oct 6;6:34530. PDF
van der Hoort B. & Ehrsson H. H. Body ownership affects visual perception of object size by rescaling the visual representation of external space. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics (2014) PDF
van der Hoort B., Guterstam A., & Ehrsson H. H. Being Barbie: the size of one's own body determines the perceived size of the world. PLoS One 2011 May 25; 6(5): e20195. PDF