publications
journal articles

Ruijten, P. A. M., Haans, A., Ham, J., & Midden, C. J. H. (in press). Perceived human-likeness of social robots: Testing the Rasch model as a method for measuring anthropomorphism. International Journal of Social Robotics.

Haans, A. (2018). Contrast analysis: A tutorial. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 23(9).

Kalinauskaite, I., Haans, A., de Kort, Y. A. W., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2018). Atmosphere in an urban nightlife setting: A case study of the relationship between the socio-physical context and aggressive behavior. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 59(2), 223-235.

van Rijswijk, & Haans, A. (2018). Illuminating for safety: Investigating the role of lighting appraisals on the perception of safety in the urban environment. Environment & Behavior. 50, 889-912.

Beute, F., Kaiser, F. G., Haans, A., & de Kort, Y. A. W. (2017). Striving for mental vigor through restorative activities: Application of the Campbell Paradigm to construct the Attitude toward mental vigor scale. Mental Health & Prevention, 8, 20-26.

van Rijswijk, L., Rooks, G., & Haans, A. (2016). Safety in the eye of the beholder: Individual susceptibility to safety-related characteristics of nocturnal urban scenes. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 45, 103-115.

Nijënstein, S., Haans, A., Kemperman, A., & Borgers, A. (2015). Beyond demographics: Human value orientation as a predictor of heterogeneity in student housing preferences. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 30, 199-217.

Haans, A. (2014). The natural preference in people’s appraisal of light. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 39, 51-61.

Haans, A., de Bruijn, R., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2014). A virtual Midas touch? Touch, compliance, and confederate bias in mediated communication. Journal of nonverbal behavior, 38, 301-311

Haans, A., Kaiser, F.G., Bouwhuis, D.G. & IJsselsteijn, W.A. (2012). Individual differences in the rubber-hand illusion: Predicting self-reports of people's personal experiences. Acta Psychologica, 141, 169-177.

Haans, A., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2012). Embodiment and telepresence: Toward a comprehensive theoretical framework. Interacting with Computers, 24, 211-218.

Haans, A. & de Kort, Y. A. W. (2012). Light distribution in dynamic street lighting: Two experimental studies on its effects on perceived safety, prospect, concealment, and escape. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 32, 342-352.

Haans, A., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2009). The virtual Midas touch: Helping behavior after a mediated social touch. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2, 136-140.

Haans, A., IJsselsteijn, W. A., & de Kort, Y. A. W. (2008). The effect of similarities in skin texture and hand shape on perceived ownership of a fake limb. Body Image, 5, 389-394.

Haans, A. (2008). What does it mean to be average? The gallons per mile versus miles per gallon paradox revisited. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 13(3).

Haans, A., Kaiser, F. G., & de Kort, Y. A. W. (2007). Privacy needs in office environments: Development of two behavior-based scales. European Psychologist, 12, 93-102.

IJsselsteijn, W. A., de Kort, Y. A. W., & Haans, A. (2006). Is this my hand I see before me? The rubber hand illusion in reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15, 455-464.

Haans, A., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2006). Mediated social touch: A review of current research and future directions. Virtual Reality, 9, 149-159. Virtual Reality, 9, 149-159.

book chapters

Stevenson Won, A., Haans, A., IJsselsteijn, W. A., & Bailenson, J. N. (2014). A framework for interactivity and presence in novel bodies. In G. Riva, J. Waterworth & D. Murray (Eds.), Interacting with Presence: HCI and the Sense of Presence in Computer-Mediated Environments (pp. 57-69). Berlin: De Gruyter Open.

IJsselsteijn, W. A., & Haans, A. (2008). Malleable body images: Mediated environments as a tool for investigating brain plasticity, body consciousness and self-perception. In I. van Keulen (Ed.), Brain visions: How the brain sciences could change the way we eat, communicate, learn and judge (pp. 240-246). The Hague, The Netherlands: Stichting Toekomstbeeld der Techniek (STT).

professional publications

Den Ouden, E., Haans, A., Ross, P., van Essen, H., de Kort, Y., & Brankaert, R. (2019). 10 years living light labs: Achievements and learnings of researching intelligent lighting solutions in living labs at the TU/e Intelligent Lighting Institute. Eindhoven: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.

Haans, A. & de Kort, Y. A. W. (2014). Indammen van sociale agressie met dynamische verlichting: Het De-escalate project in Eindhoven. Justitiële verkenningen, 14(4), 54-64.

Lakens, D., Haans, A. & Koole, S. L. (2012). Één onderzoek is geen onderzoek: Het belang van replicaties voor de psychologische wetenschap De Psycholoog, September, 10-18.

Conference papers & abstracts

Ipakchian Askari, S., Haans, A., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (in press). Is seeing believing? The effect of morphological congruent visual feedback on mediated touch experience. To appear in CHI'19 Extended Abstracts. New York: ACM press.

Corbetta, A. Kroneman, W., Donners, M., Haans, A., Ross, P., Trouwborst, M., van de Wijdeven, S., Hultermans, M., Sekulowski, D., van der Heijden, F., Mentink, S., & Toschi, F. (in press). A large-scale real-life crowd steering experiment via arrow-like stimuli. To appear in the proceedings of Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2018.

Haans, A. & Ijsselsteijn, W. A. (in press). Presence measurement revisited: Developing presence scales from self-reports and behavioral observations using the Rasch model. To appear in the proceedings of the 18th conference of the International Society for Presence Research (ISPR 2018).

Haans, A., Kalinauskaite, I., de Kort, Y. A. W., IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2018). Towards understanding the person-environment interactions behind aggression: The measurement of atmosphere in an urban bar street. In Conference Abstracts of the 25th conference of the International Association of Person-Environment Studies, July 9-13, Rome, Italy.

Haans, A., Corbetta, A., Kumar, P. P. & Toschi, F. (2017). Measuring the effect of dynamic lighting on pedestrian speed by means of overhead kinectTM sensors and continuous pedestrian tracking algorithms. In Book of Abstracts: 2017 International Conference on Environmental Psychology (pp. 219). A Coruña, spain: Universidade de Coruña.

Kalinauskaitė, I., Haans, A., de Kort, Y. A. W., IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2017). The concept and measurement of atmosphere as an attribute of the socio-physical environment related to the development of aggression. In Book of Abstracts: 2017 International Conference on Environmental Psychology (pp. 220). A Coruña, spain: Universidade de Coruña.

Haans, A. (2016). One small step beyond prospect and refuge: incorporating anxiety-related variables in models of environmental safety perceptions. In Conference Abstracts of the 24th International Association People-Environment Studies (pp. 102-103). Lund, Sweden.

Kalinauskaitė, I., de Kort, Y. A. W., & Haans, A. (2016). Studying aggression in the field: Influences of dynamics of the setting on atmosphere and aggressive behavior. In Proceedings book of the 47th conference of the Environmental Design Research Associations (pp. 192-193). Raleigh, North Carolina.

Haans, A. (2014). In search of the fixed points on the presence scale. In A. Felnhofer, & O. D. Kothgassner (Eds.), Challenging Presence: Proceedings of the International Society for Presence Research 2014 (pp. 17-21). Vienna, Austria: Facultas.wuv.

van Rijswijk, L. & Haans, A. (2014). Using immersive virtual reality for developing novel lighting application. In A. Felnhofer, & O. D. Kothgassner (Eds.), Challenging Presence: Proceedings of the International Society for Presence Research 2014 (p. 255). Vienna, Austria: Facultas.wuv.

Berghuis, W. J. H., den Hartog, I., Romijn, A. R., & Haans, A. (2014). Reassurance in the dark: Effects of personality and environmental factors on critical distances between pedestrians. In Y A W Kort, de et al (Eds.), Proceedings of Experiencing Light 2014: International Conference on the Effects of Light on Wellbeing (p. 133). Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Eindhoven University of Technology.

de Kort, Y. A. W., IJsselsteijn, W. A., Haans, A., Lakens, D., Kalinauskaite, I. & Schietecat, A. C. (2014). De-escalate: defusing escalating behaviour through the use of interactive light scenarios. In Y A W Kort, de et al (Eds.), Proceedings of Experiencing Light 2014: International Conference on the Effects of Light on Wellbeing (pp. 94-97). 10-11 November 2014, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (pp. 94-97). Eindhoven: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.

van Rijswijk, L. & Haans, A. (2013).Illuminating for safety. In A. Krop-Benesch, C. Kyba & F. Hölker (Eds.), Proceedings of the First International Conference on Artificial Light at Night (p. 123). Berlin: Mandaro Mediengesellschaft mbH.

Rijswijk, L. van, Haans, A. & Kort, Y. A. W. de (2012). Intelligent street lighting and perceptions of personal safety. In Y. A. W. de Kort et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Experiencing Light 2012: International Conference on the Effects of Light on Wellbeing. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Eindhoven University of Technology.

Haans, A. & Olijve, K. C. M. (2012). Sunlight versus electric light: A naturalness bias in people's appraisal of light sources. In Y.A.W. de Kort, et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Experiencing Light 2012: International Conference on the Effects of Light on Wellbeing. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Eindhoven University of Technology.

van der Vlies, R. D., Brink, M., & Haans, A. (2012). Hierarchies of needs for aging-in-place. Gerontology, 11(2), 204.

Haans, A. & van Rijswijk, (2012). Brilliant nights and brilliant lights: How does lighting affect safety feelings? In O. Romice, K Thwaites & E. Edgerton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd International Association People-Environment Studies Conference (pp. 86-87). Glasgow: Strathclyde University.

van Rijswijk, L. & Haans, A. (2012). Shedding light on pedestrian attention: anxiety and gaze patterns In O. Romice, K Thwaites & E. Edgerton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd International Association People-Environment Studies Conference (pp. 86). Glasgow: Strathclyde University.

van Rijswijk, L., Haans, A., de kort, Y. A. W. (2011). Intelligent dynamic street lighting and perceived personal safety. In A. Haans, D. A. P.van Gennip, J. Ham, Y. A. W. de Kort, & C. J. H. Midden (Eds.) Proceedings of Environment 2.0: The 9th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Eindhoven University of Technology.

Haans, A., van Osch, T. H. J., & de Kort, Y. A. W. (2011). Dynamic road lighting and perceived personal safety of pedestrians. In A. Haans, D. A. P.van Gennip, J. Ham, Y. A. W. de Kort, & C. J. H. Midden (Eds.) Proceedings of Environment 2.0: The 9th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Eindhoven University of Technology.

Elprama, S. A., Haans, A., & de Kort, Y. A. W. (2011). Relation between Privacy and Place Attachment in Student Housing. In A. Haans, D. A. P. van Gennip, J. Ham, Y. A. W. de Kort, & C. J. H. Midden (Eds.) Proceedings of Environment 2.0: The 9th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Eindhoven University of Technology.

Haans, A., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2010). Combining mediated social touch with vision: From self-attribution to telepresence? In A. Nijholt, E. O., Dijk, P. M. C. Lemmens & S. Luitjens (eds.), Haptic and Audio-Visual Stimuli: Enhancing Experiences and Interaction. CTIT Proceedings (doc. no. WP10-01; pp. 35-45). Enschede, The Netherlands: Centre for Telematics and Information Technology, University of Twente.

de Kort, Y. A. W., Haans, A., Geerdinck, L., van Gennip, D., Horst, M., & Servaes, J. (2010). Psychological building blocks for dynamic road lighting: Understanding light's role in feelings of safety at night. In M. Haverlag, G. M. W. Kroesen & T. Taguchi (Eds.), LS12-WLED3: Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Light Sources and the 3rd International Conference on White LEDs and Solid State Lighting (pp. 529-530). Sheffield, UK: FAST-LS ltd.

Haans, A., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2009). I'm always touched by your presence, dear: Combining mediated social touch with morphologically correct visual feedback. In Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Workshop on Presence, November 11-13, Los Angeles, CA.

IJsselsteijn, W. A., & Haans, A. (2008). Touch, tools, and telepresence: The role of embodiment in mediated environments. In B. E. Rogowitz & T. N. Pappas (Vol. Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE: Vol. 6806. Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XIII (Publication No. 68060J). Bellingham, WA: SPIE.

Haans, A., IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2007). Self-attribution and telepresence. In L. Moreno & Starlab Barcelona S. L. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th Annual International Workshop on Presence (pp. 51-58). Barcelona, Spain: Starlab Barcelona S. L.

Haans, A., IJsselsteijn, W. A., Graus, M. P., & Salminen, J. A. (2008). The virtual Midas touch: Helping behavior after a mediated social touch. In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2008 (pp. 3507-3512). New York: ACM press.

Haans, A., de Nood, C., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2007). Investigating response similarities between real and mediated social touch: A first test. In B. Begole, S. Payne, E. Churchill, R. St. Amant, D. Golmore & M. B. Rosson (Eds.), Extended Abstracts of CHI 2007 (pp. 2405-1410). New York: ACM press.

de Nood, C., Haans, A., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2006). I don’t like William touching my belly: Gender differences in affective responses to mediated social touch. In C. Campanella Bracken & M. Lombard (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Workshop on Presence (p. 99). Cleveland, OH: Cleveland State University.

IJsselsteijn, W. A., de Kort, Y. A. W., & Haans, A. (2005). Is this my hand I see before me? The rubber hand illusion in reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality. In M. Slater (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th Annual International Workshop on Presence (pp. 41-47). London: University College London.

Haans, A., IJsselsteijn, W. A., de Kort, Y. A. W. (2005). Investigating the persistence of the rubber hand illusion: The effects of shape and texture. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Enactive Interfaces, November 17-18, 2005, Genoa, Italy.

Thesis

Haans, A. (2010). The embodied user: Corporeal awareness & media technology. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Eindhoven University of Technology.

miscellaneous

An Introduction to FACETS: Many-Facet Rasch Model Computer Software. [datasets]