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Dr. Behrang Keshavarz

Adjunct Professor
DepartmentPsychology
EducationPhD, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Memberships/ServicesSenior Scientist, KITE Research Institute, University Health Network (UHN)
OfficeKITE Research Institute, University Centre, Room 12.108
Phone416-597-3422, ext. 7846
Areas of ExpertiseHuman Factors, Virtual Reality, Motion Sickness, Simulator Sickness, Self-Motion Perception, Multisensory Integration, Driving Simulation, Psychophysiology
https://www.behrangkeshavarz.com (external link) 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aqRLmRQAAAAJ&hl=en (external link) 

Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7763-5325 (external link) 

Websites: www.mive.ca (external link)  , www.kite-uhn.com (external link) 

 

Biography

Dr. Behrang Keshavarz is a Senior Scientist at the KITE Research Institute, University Health Network (UHN), and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at TMU. He has a background in experimental psychology and is an internationally recognized researcher specializing in human factors in virtual and simulated environments, with expertise in motion sickness and cybersickness, self-motion perception (vection), and multisensory integration.

Dr. Keshavarz’s work examines the perceptual, behavioural, and physiological mechanisms underlying how people experience and adapt to immersive environments, with a particular focus on understanding, predicting, and mitigating visually induced motion sickness and individual susceptibility to cybersickness. His multidisciplinary research also explores how visual, vestibular, and other sensory systems interact to shape self-motion perception. Dr. Keshavarz’s work has applications across virtual and augmented reality, healthcare and rehabilitation, transportation and driving simulation, training, and human performance and safety. By integrating experimental psychology, psychophysiology, and human factors, his research contributes to the development of safer, more effective, and user-friendly immersive environments.

 

Selected Publications

Pöhlmann, K. M. T., & Keshavarz, B. (2026). Using vibrotactile cues as a method of reducing cybersickness in younger and older adults. Experimental Brain Research, 244(9), 172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-026-07367-x (external link) 

Hecht, H., Baljan, M., & Keshavarz, B. (2026). The Fast Motion Sickness Scale Revisited: Introducing Comparable Scales for Dizziness and Oculomotor Strain. Human Factors, 187208261471513. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187208261471513 (external link) 

Keshavarz, B., Andrievskaia, P., & Berti, S. (2026). Individual-difference factors in visually induced motion sickness and vection: Findings from multiple studies on field dependence, age, and biological sex. Journal of Vestibular Research, 36(4), 193–206. https://doi.org/10.1177/09574271251388971 (external link) 

Murovec, B., Berti, S., Yahya, S., Spaniol, J., & Keshavarz, B. (2025). Early cortical processing of coherent vs. non-coherent motion stimuli in younger and older adults: An event-related potential (ERP) study investigating visually induced vection. Neuropsychologia, 212, 109140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2025.109140 (external link)