Project Members
Prof. Dr. Marcus Missal
Marcus Missal is professor of neuroscience at UCL. Professor Missal's main research topic is time and causality perception in health and disease.
Contact Information

- Institute of Neurosciences (IONS)
- Cognition and Systems (COSY)
- Avenue Mounier 53, bte B1.53.041200 Brussels
- Phone:
- +32 2 764 94 28
- Fax:
- +32 2 764 54 65
- E-Mail:
- marcus.missal@uclouvain.be
Academic Positions
- 2007 - present:
- Maître de recherche FNRS (Senior Research Associate). Professeur chargé de cours à temps partiel à l’UCL, nommé à titre définitif.
- 2002 - 2007:
- chercheur qualifié FNRS (Research associate). Professeur chargé de cours temporaire à temps partiel à l’UCL (Assistant professor).
- 2001 - 2002:
- Collaborateur scientifique FNRS (Post-doctoral Fellow).
- 2000 - 2001:
- Fellow of the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA.
- 1998 - 2000:
- Fellow of the Human Frontier Science Program at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA.
- 1996 - 1998:
- Assistant, UCL, Faculty of Medicine, Lab. of Neurophysiology.
- 1994 - 1996:
- Post-doctoral student, Laboratorium voor Neuro- en Psychofysiologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), Herestraat, Campus Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven (Belgium). Prof. G. A. Orban.
- 1992 - 1994:
- Assistant, Faculty of Medicine, Lab. of Neurophysiology, Université catholique de Louvain.
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
- 2007:
- Habilitation (Thèse d’Agrégation de l’Enseignement Supérieur), UCL.
- 1994:
- PhD in Sciences. Faculty of Medicine, UCL.
- 1989:
- Master degree in Biology (Zoology), Faculty of Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL).
- 1992:
- Master in Biology. Faculty of Sciences, UCL.
Relevant Publications
Five most important publications during the last 5 years.
- de Hemptinne C, Nozaradan S, Duvivier Q, Lefèvre P, Missal M. How do primates anticipate uncertain future events? Journal of Neuroscience. 2007, 27(16):4334-41. F.I. 7.490
- de Hemptinne C, Lefèvre P, Missal M. Neuronal bases of directional expectation and anticipatory pursuit. Journal of Neuroscience. 2008, 28(17):4298-310. F.I. 7.452
- Yang SN, Heinen SJ, Missal M. The effects of microstimulation of the dorsomedial frontal cortex on saccade latency. Journal of Neurophysiology. 2008, 99(4):1857-70. F.I. 3.648
- Badler JB, Lefèvre P and Missal M. Causality Attribution Biases Oculomotor Responses. Journal of Neuroscience. 2010, 4;30(31):10517-25. F.I. 7.271
- Nozaradan S, Perretz I, Missal M and Mouraux A. Tagging the neuronal entrainment to beat and meter. Journal of Neuroscience. 2011, 31(28):10234-40.