Publications

Publications by Hans van Hateren  (ORCID, Google Scholar)

Current

• • The estimator theory of life and mind: how agency and consciousness can emerge (J.H. van Hateren, 2022); book abstract; preprint (June 2022) or philpapers.org/rec/VANTET-8 or doi:10.31219/osf.io/mrhzb

  • Minimal agency (J.H. van Hateren). In: Ferrero, L. (ed.) The Routledge handbook of philosophy of agency. Routledge, London and New York, pp. 91-100 (2022)

  • A mechanism that realizes strong emergence (J.H. van Hateren) Synthese 199:12463-12483 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03340-z; journal website (open access);  preprint (version 26 July 2021)

  • Constructing a naturalistic theory of intentionality (J.H. van Hateren) Philosophia 49:473-493 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-020-00255-w; journal website (open access); Supplementary Material; preprint (24 February 2020)

  • A theory of consciousness: computation, algorithm, and neurobiological realization (J.H. van Hateren) Biol. Cybern. 113:357-372 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-019-00803-y; journal website (open access); preprint (20 June 2019) or arXiv:1804.02952 [q-bio.NC]

    • For a derived, less technical essay see: An emergent solution to the 'hard problem' of consciousness (J.H. van Hateren) preprint (version 18 November 2019)

  • Research Note: Solutions to some philosophical problems of consciousness (J.H. van Hateren), draft (version 2 August 2021) or https://philpapers.org/rec/VANSTP-3

  • A unifying theory of biological function (J.H. van Hateren) Biol. Theory 12:112-126 (2017); doi:10.1007/s13752-017-0261-y; journal website (open access) or local copy (8 June 2017)

  • Insects have agency but probably not sentience because they lack social bonding (J.H. van Hateren) Animal Sentience 2016.108; Invited Commentary on 'Insects have the capacity for subjective experience' (C. Klein & A.B. Barron); journal website (open access) or pdf (1 August 2016)

  • The evolved self has agency, purpose, and unity (J.H. van Hateren); preprint (version 27 June 2016); also available at http://philpapers.org/rec/VANTES-7

  • Causal non-locality can arise from constrained replication (J.H. van Hateren) EPL 112:20004 (2015) (Europhys. Lett.); pdf;  doi:10.1209/0295-5075/112/20004;  preprint (version 7 October 2015) or arXiv:1506.00787 [nlin.AO]; the final publication is available at http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/0295-5075/112/20004/meta

  • How the symbol grounding of living organisms can be realized in artificial agents (J.H. van Hateren); preprint (version 17 March 2015) or arXiv:1503.04941 [cs.AI]

  • The natural emergence of (bio)semiosic phenomena (J.H. van Hateren) Biosemiotics 8:403-419 (2015); journal website (open access) or doi:10.1007/s12304-015-9241-4; preprint (1 May 2015)

    • A clear and understood case of strong emergence. Biosemiotics 10:5-7 (2017) (Letter to the Editor, Comment on: C. J. Rodríguez Higuera “Just how emergent is the emergence of semiosis?”); the final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12304-016-9278-z; preprint (6 October 2016)

  • Extensive fitness and human cooperation (J.H. van Hateren) Theory Biosci. 134:127-142 (2015); journal website (openaccess) or doi:10.1007/s12064-015-0214-6; preprint (25 August 2015) or arXiv:1503.04572 [q-bio.PE]; software

  • The origin of agency, consciousness, and free will (J.H. van Hateren) Phenom. Cogn. Sci. 14:979-1000 (2015), doi:10.1007/s11097-014-9396-5; preprint; the final publication is available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11097-014-9396-5

  • Consciousness results when communication modifies the form of self-estimated fitness (J.H. van Hateren); preprint (version 17 Oct. 2014) or arXiv:1401.6761 [q-bio.NC]; this paper is superseded by http://arxiv.org/abs/1804.02952, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-019-00803-y

  • What does Maxwell's demon want from life? When information becomes functional and physical (J.H. van Hateren); preprint (version 28 April 2015) or arXiv:1407.8314 [physics.hist-ph]

  • Intrinsic estimates of fitness affect the causal structure of evolutionary change (J.H. van Hateren) Biol. Philos. 30:729-746 (2015); preprint; doi:10.1007/s10539-014-9463-x, the final publication is available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10539-014-9463-x

  • A new criterion for demarcating life from non-life (J.H. van Hateren) Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 43:491-500 (2013); preprint; doi:10.1007/s11084-013-9352-3, the final publication is available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11084-013-9352-3

  • Active causation and the origin of meaning (J.H. van Hateren) Biol. Cybern. 109:33-46 (2015); doi:10.1007/s00422-014-0622-6; preprint (July 2014) or arXiv:1310.2063 [q-bio.PE]; the final publication is available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00422-014-0622-6; software

  • Invited book review: The bumpy road of evolutionary science. Review of R. P. Thompson, A remarkable journey: The story of evolution (Reaktion Books, 2015). Metascience 25:209-211 (2016); doi:10.1007/s11016-016-0082-9; preprint (April 2016); the final publication is available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11016-016-0082-9

Old

• • A fractal climate response function can simulate global average temperature trends of the modern era and the past millennium (J.H. van Hateren) Climate Dynamics 40:2651-2670 (2013); journal website (open access) or doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1375-3; preprint arXiv:1111.5177v3 [physics.ao-ph]; software or software backup

  • Fast recursive filters for simulating nonlinear dynamic systems (J.H. van Hateren) Neural Computation 20:1821-1846 (2008); preprint arXiv:0704.1362v2 [q-bio.QM]

  • A model of spatiotemporal signal processing by primate cones and horizontal cells (J.H. van Hateren) J. Vision 7(3):3, 1-19 (2007); PDF/html: http://journalofvision.org/7/3/3/ or doi:10.1167/7.3.3; pdf

  • Simulating human cones from mid-mesopic up to high-photopic luminances (J.H. van Hateren, H.P. Snippe) J. Vision 7(4):1, 1-11 (2007); PDF/html: http://journalofvision.org/7/4/1/; pdf; Matlab & Fortran-sources

  • Dynamics of nonlinear feedback control (H.P. Snippe, J.H. van Hateren) Neural Computation 19:1179-1214 (2007)

  • Encoding of high dynamic range video with a model of human cones (J.H. van Hateren) ACM Transactions on Graphics 25:1380-1399 (2006); pdf; at journal website, with demo movies: doi:10.1145/1183287.1183293

  • The photocurrent response of human cones is fast and monophasic (J.H. van Hateren, T.D. Lamb) BMC Neuroscience 2006, 7:34; doi:10.1186/1471-2202-7-34, pdf

  • Encoding of naturalistic optic flow by a population of blowfly motion sensitive neurons (K. Karmeier, J.H. van Hateren, R. Kern, M. Egelhaaf) J.Neurophysiol. 96:1602-1614 (2006); pdf

  • Representation of behaviourally relevant information by blowfly sensitive visual interneurons requires precise compensatory head movements (R. Kern, J.H. van Hateren, M. Egelhaaf) J.Exp.Biol. 209:1251-1260 (2006); pdf

  • Phototransduction in primate cones and blowfly photoreceptors: different mechanisms, different algorithms, similar response (J.H. van Hateren, H.P. Snippe) J.Comp.Physiol. A 192:187-197 (2006); pdf

  • On the computations analyzing natural optic flow: Quantitative model analysis of the blowfly motion vision pathway (J.P. Lindemann, R. Kern, J.H. van Hateren, H. Ritter, M. Egelhaaf) J.Neurosci. 25:6435-6448 (2005); pdf

  • Motion adaptation leads to parsimonious encoding of natural optic flow by blowfly motion vision system (J. Heitwerth, R. Kern, J.H. van Hateren, M. Egelhaaf) J.Neurophysiol. 94:1761-1769 (2005); pdf

  • Function and coding in the blowfly H1 neuron during naturalistic optic flow (J.H. van Hateren, R. Kern, G. Schwerdtfeger, M. Egelhaaf) J.Neurosci. 25:4343-4352 (2005); pdf

  • Function of a fly motion-sensitive neuron matches eye movements during free flight (R. Kern, J.H. van Hateren, C. Michaelis, J.P. Lindemann, M. Egelhaaf) PLoS Biol. 3(6):e171 (2005); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030171

  • A cellular and molecular model of response kinetics and adaptation in primate cones and horizontal cells. (J.H. van Hateren) J.Vision 5:331-347 (2005); PDF/html: http://journalofvision.org/5/4/5/ or doi:10.1167/5.4.5; erratum; Appendix Small-signal analysis; Fortran source

  • Saccadic head and thorax movements in freely walking blowflies. (G. Blaj, J.H. van Hateren) J.Comp.Physiol. A 190:861-868 (2004); pdf

  • Asymmetric dynamics of adaptation after onset and offset of flicker. (H.P.Snippe, L. Poot, J.H. van Hateren) J. Vision 4:1-12 (2004); PDF/html: http://journalofvision.org/4/1/1/  or doi:10.1167/4.1.1; pdf

  • Recovery from contrast adaptation matches ideal-observer predictions. (H.P Snippe, J.H. van Hateren) J.Opt.Soc.Am.A 20:1321-1330 (2003)

  • FliMax, a novel stimulus device for panoramic and highspeed presentation of behaviourally generated optic. (J.P. Lindemann, R. Kern, C. Michaelis, P. Meyer, J.H. van Hateren, M. Egelhaaf) Vision Res. 43:779-791 (2003); pdf

  • Processing of natural temporal stimuli by macaque retinal ganglion cells. (J.H. van Hateren, L. Ruttiger, H. Sun, B.B. Lee) J. Neurosci. 22:9945-9960 (2002); pdf

  • Information theoretical evaluation of parametric models of gain control in blowfly photoreceptor cells. (J.H. van Hateren, H.P. Snippe) Vision Research 41:1851-1865 (2001); pdf

  • A temporal model for early vision that explains detection thresholds for light pulses on flickering backgrounds. (H.P. Snippe, L. Poot, J.H. van Hateren) Visual Neuroscience 17:449-462 (2000); pdf

  • Blowfly flight and optic flow. I. Thorax kinematics and flight dynamics. (C. Schilstra, J.H. van Hateren) J.Exp.Biol. 202:1481-1490 (1999); pdf

  • Blowfly flight and optic flow. II. Head movements during flight. (J.H. van Hateren, C. Schilstra) J.Exp.Biol. 202:1491-1500 (1999); pdf

  • Stabilizing gaze in flying blowflies. (C. Schilstra, J.H. van Hateren) Nature 395:654 (1998); pdf

  • Independent component analysis of natural image sequences yields spatio-temporal filters similar to simple cells in primary visual cortex. (J.H. van Hateren, D.L. Ruderman); Proc.R.Soc.Lond. B, 265:2315-2320 (1998); pdf

  • Using miniature sensor coils for simultaneous measurement of orientation and position of small, fast-moving animals. (C. Schilstra, J.H. van Hateren) J.Neurosci.Meth. 83:125-131 (1998); pdf

  • Independent component filters of natural images compared with simple cells in primary visual cortex. (J.H. van Hateren, A. van der Schaaf) Proc.R.Soc.Lond. B 265:359-366 (1998); pdf; natural images

  • Dynamics of adaptation at high luminances: Adaptation is faster after luminance decrements than after luminance increments. (L. Poot, H.P. Snippe, J.H. van Hateren) J.Opt.Soc.Am.A 14:2499-2508 (1997)

  • Processing of natural time series of intensities by the visual system of the blowfly. (J.H. van Hateren) Vision Res. 37:3407-3416 (1997); pdf

  • Modelling the power spectra of natural images: statistics and information. (A. van der Schaaf, J.H. van Hateren) Vision Res. 36:2759-2770 (1996); pdf

  • Temporal properties of natural scenes. (J.H. van Hateren, A. van der Schaaf) In: Proceedings of the IS&T/SPIE Conference on Electronic Imaging: Science & Technology, Vol.2657 (pp.139-143). San Jose: SPIE (1996); pdf

  • Three modes of spatiotemporal preprocessing by eyes. (J.H. van Hateren) J.Comp.Physiol. A 172:583-591 (1993)

  • Spatiotemporal contrast sensitivity of early vision. (J.H. van Hateren) Vision Res 33:257-267 (1993); pdf

  • Spatial, temporal and spectral pre-processing for colour vision. (J.H. van Hateren) Proc.R.Soc.Lond. B 251:61-68 (1993)

  • On-off units in the first optic chiasm of the blowfly. II: Spatial properties. (N.M. Jansonius, J.H. van Hateren) J.Comp.Physiol. A 172:467-471 (1993)

  • On spiking units in the first optic chiasm of the blowfly. III. The sustaining unit. (N.M. Jansonius, J.H. van Hateren) J.Comp.Physiol. A 173:187-192 (1993)

  • A theory of maximizing sensory information. (J.H. van Hateren) Biol.Cybern 68:23-29 (1992); pdf

  • Real and optimal neural images in early vision. (J.H. van Hateren) Nature 360:68-70 (1992)

  • Theoretical predictions of spatiotemporal receptive fields of fly LMCs, and experimental validation. (J.H. van Hateren) J.Comp.Physiol. A 171:157-170 (1992); pdf

  • Focusing by a high-power, low-Fresnel-number lens: the fly facet lens. (D.G. Stavenga, J.H. van Hateren) J.Opt.Soc.Am. A 8:14-19 (1991)

  • Fast temporal adaptation of on-off units in the first optic chiasm of the blowfly. (N.M. Jansonius, J.H. van Hateren) J.Comp.Physiol. A 168:631-637 (1991)

  • Membrane parameters, signal transmission, and the design of a graded potential neuron. (J.H. van Hateren, S.B. Laughlin) J.Comp.Physiol. A 166:437-448 (1990); pdf

  • Pattern recognition in bees: orientation discrimination. (J.H. van Hateren, M.V. Srinivasan, P.B. Wait) J.Comp.Physiol. A 167:649-654 (1990); pdf

  • Directional tuning curves, elementary movement detectors, and the estimation of the direction of visual movement. (J.H. van Hateren) Vision Res. 30:603-614 (1990); pdf

  • The bright zone, a specialized dorsal eye region in the male blowfly Chrysomyia megacephala. (J.H. van Hateren, R.C. Hardie, A. Rudolph, S.B.Laughlin, D.G. Stavenga) J.Comp.Physiol. A 164:297-308 (1989)

  • Photoreceptor optics, theory and practice. (J.H. van Hateren) In: Stavenga, D.G., Hardie, R.C. (eds.) Facets of vision. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp. 74-89 (1989); pdf

  • Butterfly optics exceed the theoretical limits of conventional apposition eyes. (J.H. van Hateren, D.-E. Nilsson) Biol.Cybern. 57:159-168 (1987); pdf

  • Neural superposition and oscillations in the eye of the blowfly. (J.H. van Hateren) J.Comp.Physiol. A 161:849-855 (1987); pdf

  • An efficient algorithm for cable theory, applied to blowfly photoreceptor cells and LMC's. (J.H. van Hateren) Biol. Cybern. 54:301-311 (1986)

  • Electrical coupling of neuro-ommatidial photoreceptor cells in the blowfly. (J.H. van Hateren) J.Comp.Physiol. A 158:795-811 (1986); pdf

  • The Stiles-Crawford effect in the eye of the blowfly, Calliphora erythrocephala. (J.H. van Hateren) Vision Res. 25:1305-1315 (1985); pdf

  • Waveguide theory applied to optically measured angular sensitivities of fly photoreceptors. (J.H. van Hateren) J.Comp.Physiol. A 154:761-771 (1984); pdf

  • Angular sensitivity of blowfly photoreceptors: intracellular measurements and wave-optical predictions. (J.G.J. Smakman, J.H. van Hateren, D.G. Stavenga) J.Comp.Physiol. A 155:239-247 (1984); pdf