Dr T.F. (Tessa) Blanken
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Psychological Methods
Area of expertise: Research Methods, Network analysis, Data Science, Psychopathology, Insomnia, Depression
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
Postal address
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Postbus 15906
1001 NK Amsterdam
Contact details
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Tessa Blanken is a postdoctoral researcher at the Psychological Methods department at the University of Amsterdam.
In her research, Tessa uses network analyses, complexity science, and other data scientific techniques to investigate research questions that are societally relevant. During her PhD she focused on the interplay between insomnia and depression, among the most prevalent mental disorders today. After completing her PhD in early 2020, she co-founded the interdisciplinary platform Science versus Corona, including a data consultancy desk, to unite scientists across disciplines to understand and combat the coronavirus. She led the work on behavioral contact networks with the goal to identify behavioural interventions to mitigate the virus spread.
Currently, she focuses on two research lines: one on the role of sleep in the development, prevention, and intervention of depression; and another on human behaviour simulation to measure, explain, and model human behaviour with the goal to find substantiated and practical solutions to societal questions.
Other affiliations
- Affiliate at the UvA Data Science Centre
- Fellow at New Science of Mental Disorder
- Lead at the Human Behaviour Simulation lab
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Research
Research methods
- Network analysis
- Computational models
- Data science
- Experimental research design
- Survey
Current research projects
- Network Intervention Analysis: we aim to combine network analysis with experimental RCT data to investigate the symptom-specific and sequential effects of treatments.
- Science versus Corona: in the beginning of 2020 we started this multidischiplinary initiative. Today, we still work on projects related to that first initiative (see HUBS and RTLS).
- Human Behaviour Simulation (HUBS): we aim to develop realistic human behaviour simulation models to model behaviour in complex and social situations.
- Real Time Locating System (RTLS): this mobile set-up allows to collect movement data (xy-coordinates) realtime in different contexts. The data is used to inform our simulation models (see HUBS).
Research grants & honours
- PI Bial €40k (project: “The whole is more than the sum of its parts: Elucidating the link between sleep quality and well-being by integrating cross-modal networks”)
- Co-PI abc €280k (project: “More than the sum of parts: Exploiting the synergy between psychological and brain networks”)
- Hilbert Kamphuisen award for best dissertation 2019-2020
- VU University Research Fellowship (2016-2017)
- Co-applicant Innovation Grant Personalised Medicine, APH (€28k): “Linking symptom and brain network structure to understand heterogeneity in treatment response in ADHD”
- Co-applicant eScience center open call for SSI in Software Performance Optimization (0.33 PYR): “Minds for mobile agents”
Current cooperation with organisations and/or persons
Official external collaborations - supported by funding
- Collaboration with Anouk Schrantee (AMC)
- Collaboration with Robert Belleman, Visualisation Lab, Informatics Institute
- Collaboration with Frank Lobbezoo (ACTA), Ghislane Aarab (ACTA), Eus van Someren (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience) as supervisor team for Thiprawee Chattrattrai
Official internal collaborations
- Denny Borsboom, Dora Matzke, Andrew Heathcote, Charlotte Tanis (Psychological Methods department)
- Maarten Marsman (Psychological Methods department, abc grant)
- Merel Kindt and Arnoud Arntz (Clinical Psychology, supervisor-team for Güldehan Durman)
- Jaap Lancee and Tim Schoenmakers (Clinical Psychology, supervisor-team Mathilde Looman)
Unofficial collaborations
- (external) Collaboration with Linda Douw (Amsterdam UMC)
- (external) Collaboration with Sophie Boerman (WUR)
- (internal) Collaboration with Esmée Verwijk (Brain & Cognition, UvA)
- Collaboration with Marijn Meijers
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Teaching & PhD supervision
Overview courses
Ancillary activities
- Copromotor of Thiprawee Chattrattrai (at ACTA)
- Copromotor of Güldehan Durman
- In the supervising team of Mathilde Looman
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Publications
2025
- Blanken, T. F., Kok, R., Obbels, J., Lambrichts, S., Sienaert, P., & Verwijk, E. (2025). Prediction of electroconvulsive therapy outcome: A network analysis approach. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 151(4), 521-528. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13770
Bresser, T., Blanken, T. F., de Lange, S. C., Leerssen, J., Foster-Dingley, J. C., Lakbila-Kamal, O., Wassing, R., Ramautar, J. R., Stoffers, D., van den Heuvel, M. P., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2025). Insomnia Subtypes Have Differentiating Deviations in Brain Structural Connectivity. Biological Psychiatry, 97(3), 302-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.06.014 [details]- Looman, M. I., Blanken, T. F., Schoenmakers, T. M., Reesen, J. E., Effting, M., Linnebank, F. E., van Straten, A., Kamphuis, J. H., & Lancee, J. (2025). Telephone-Guided Sleep Restriction for Insomnia: A Randomized Sleep Diary-Controlled Trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 94(3), 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1159/000545138
- Meijers, M. H. C., Lemmens, J. S., Lu, Y., Newman-Grigg, E. R., Lan, X., Blanken, T. F., & Hendriks, H. (2025). Let’s talk about climate change: How immersive media experiences stimulate climate conversations. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102610
- den Bleijker, N. M., van Schothorst, M. M. E., Blanken, T. F., Hendriksen, I. J. M., Cahn, W., & Deenik, J. (2025). A network approach to lifestyle behaviors and health outcomes in people with mental illness: The MULTI+ study III. European psychiatry, 68(1), Article e53. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.2442
- van den Bulck, C. M. M., van Emmerik, A. A. P., Blanken, T. F., Kamphuis, J. H., & Dijk, C. (2025). Mapping vulnerability factors of chronic emotional and social loneliness: A network analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 378, 293-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.02.105
- van der Pal, Z., Douw, L., Genis, A., van den Bergh, D., Marsman, M., Schrantee, A., & Blanken, T. F. (2025). Tell me why: A scoping review on the fundamental building blocks of fMRI-based network analysis. NeuroImage: Clinical, 46, Article 103785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2025.103785
2024
- Briganti, G., Scutari, M., Epskamp, S., Borsboom, D., Hoekstra, R. H. A., Fernandes Golino, H., Christensen, A. P., Morvan, Y., Ebrahimi, O. V., Costantini, G., Heeren, A., de Ron, J., Bringmann, L. F., Huth, K., Haslbeck, J. M. B., Isvoranu, A.-M., Marsman, M., Blanken, T., Gilbert, A., ... McNally, R. J. (2024). Network analysis: An overview for mental health research. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 33(4), Article e2034. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.2034 [details]
- Burger, J., Andikkhash, V., Jäger, N., Anderbro, T., Blanken, T. F., & Klintwall, L. (2024). A novel approach for constructing personalized networks from longitudinal perceived causal relations. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 173, Article 104456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104456 [details]
- Chattrattrai, T., Aarab, G., Blanken, T. F., Pires, G. N., Herrero Babiloni, A., Dal Fabbro, C., van Someren, E., Lavigne, G., Maluly, M., Andersen, M. L., Tufik, S., & Lobbezoo, F. (2024). Network analysis of sleep bruxism in the EPISONO adult general population. Journal of Sleep Research, 33(2), Article e13957. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13957 [details]
- Cox, R., Rösler, L., Weber, F. D., Blanken, T. F., Wassing, R., Ramautar, J. R., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2024). The first-night effect and the consistency of short sleep in insomnia disorder. Journal of Sleep Research, 33(1), Article e13897. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13897 [details]
- Diallo, D., Schönfeld, J., Blanken, T. F., & Hecking, T. (2024). Dynamic Contact Networks in Confined Spaces: Synthesizing Micro-Level Encounter Patterns through Human Mobility Models from Real-World Data. Entropy, 26(8), Article 703. https://doi.org/10.3390/e26080703 [details]
- Freichel, R., Douw, L., IMAGEN Consortium, & Blanken, T. F. (2024). Unraveling robust brain-behavior links of depressive complaints through granular network models for understanding heterogeneity. Journal of Affective Disorders, 359, 140-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.05.060 [details]
- Looman, M. I., Schoenmakers, T. M., Blanken, T. F., Linnebank, F. E., Kamphuis, J. H., & Lancee, J. (2024). Efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy as a stand-alone treatment for Insomnia: Protocol of a randomized waitlist controlled trial. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 34(3), Article 100499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2024.100499 [details]
- Lunansky, G., Bonanno, G. A., Blanken, T. F., van Borkulo, C. D., Cramer, A. O. J., & Borsboom, D. (2024). Bouncing Back From Life’s Perturbations: Formalizing Psychological Resilience From a Complex Systems Perspective. Psychological Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000497
- Pieters, L., Blanken, T., van Lunteren, K., van Harten, P., & Deenik, J. (2024). A Network Model of Health-Related Changes after a Lifestyle-Enhancing Treatment in Patients with Severe Mental Illness: the MULTI Study VI. International journal of clinical and health psychology, 24(1), Article 100436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100436 [details]
- Reid, M. J., Kettner, H., Blanken, T. F., Weiss, B., & Carhartt-Harris, R. (2024). Preliminary Evidence of Sleep Improvements Following Psilocybin Administration, and their Involvement in Antidepressant Therapeutic Action. Current psychiatry reports, 26(11), 659–669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-024-01539-8 [details]
- Röttgering, J. G., Varkevisser, T. M. C. K., Gorter, M., Belgers, V., De Witt Hamer, P. C., Reijneveld, J. C., Klein, M., Blanken, T. F., & Douw, L. (2024). Symptom networks in glioma patients: understanding the multidimensionality of symptoms and quality of life. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 18(3), 1032-1041. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-023-01355-8 [details]
- Schouwenaars, I. M. G., Magnée, M. J. C. M., Geurts, H. M., van Bennekom, C. A. M., Pillen, S., Waldorp, L. J., Blanken, T. F., & Teunisse, J. P. (2024). Sleep and daytime functioning in autistic teenagers: A psychological network approach. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 112, Article 102332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2024.102332 [details]
- Sekulovski, N., Blanken, T. F., Haslbeck, J. M. B., & Marsman, M. (2024). The Impact of Dichotomization on Network Recovery. Manuscript submitted for publication. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/93nxp
- van der Pal, Z., Geurts, H. M., Haslbeck, J. M. B., van Keeken, A., Bruijn, A. M., Douw, L., van Rooij, D., Franke, B., Buitelaar, J., Lambregts-Rommelse, N., Hartman, C., Oosterlaan, J., Luman, M., Reneman, L., Hoekstra, P. J., Blanken, T. F., & Schrantee, A. (2024). Stimulant medication and symptom interrelations in children, adolescents and adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-024-02610-8
2023
- Burger, J., Isvoranu, A.-M., Lunansky, G., Haslbeck, J. M. B., Epskamp, S., Hoekstra, R. H. A., Fried, E. I., Borsboom, D., & Blanken, T. F. (2023). Reporting Standards for Psychological Network Analyses in Cross-Sectional Data. Psychological Methods, 28(4), 806–824. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/4y9nz, https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000471 [details]
- Chattrattrai, T., Aarab, G., Su, N., Blanken, T. F., Mitrirattanakul, S., & Lobbezoo, F. (2023). The association of self-reported awake bruxism and sleep bruxism with temporomandibular pain and dysfunction in adult patients with temporomandibular disorders. Clinical Oral Investigations, 27(12), 7501-7511. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-023-05338-y [details]
- Kuang, B., Aarab, G., Wei, Y., Blanken, T. F., Lobbezoo, F., Van Someren, E. J. W., Ramautar, J. R., & Wassing, R. (2023). Associations between signs of sleep bruxism and insomnia: A polysomnographic study. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(4), Article e13827. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13827 [details]
- Lancee, J., Morin, C. M., Edinger, J. D., Ivers, H., van der Zweerde, T., & Blanken, T. F. (2023). Symptom-specific effects of zolpidem and behavioral treatment for insomnia: a network intervention analysis. Sleep, 46(11), Article zsad240. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad240 [details]
- Lunansky, G., Hoekstra, R. H. A., & Blanken, T. F. (2023). Disentangling the Role of Affect in the Evolution of Depressive Complaints Using Complex Dynamical Networks. Collabra: Psychology, 9, Article 74841. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.74841 [details]
- van der Wal, J. M., van Borkulo, C. D., Haslbeck, J. M. B., Slofstra, C., Klein, N. S., Blanken, T. F., Deserno, M. K., Lok, A., Nauta, M. H., & Bockting, C. L. (2023). Differential impact of preventive cognitive therapy while tapering antidepressants versus maintenance antidepressant treatment on affect fluctuations and individual affect networks and impact on relapse: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine, 66, Article 102329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102329 [details]
2022
- Blanken, T. F., Isvoranu, A.-M., & Epskamp, S. (2022). Estimating Network Structures using Model Selection. In A.-M. Isvoranu, S. Epskamp, L. Waldorp, & D. Borsboom (Eds.), Network Psychometrics with R: A Guide for Behavioral and Social Scientists (pp. 111-132). (Research methods and statistics). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003111238-9 [details]
- Chattrattrai, T., Blanken, T. F., Lobbezoo, F., Su, N., Aarab, G., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2022). A network analysis of self-reported sleep bruxism in the Netherlands sleep registry: its associations with insomnia and several demographic, psychological, and life-style factors. Sleep Medicine, 93, 63-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2022.03.018 [details]
- Dekker, M. M., Blanken, T. F., Dablander, F., Ou, J., Borsboom, D., & Panja, D. (2022). Quantifying agent impacts on contact sequences in social interactions. Scientific Reports, 12, Article 3483. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07384-0 [details]
- Deserno, M. K., Isvoranu, A.-M., Epskamp, S., & Blanken, T. F. (2022). Descriptive Analysis of Network Structures. In A.-M. Isvoranu, S. Epskamp, L. Waldorp, & D. Borsboom (Eds.), Network Psychometrics with R: A Guide for Behavioral and Social Scientists (pp. 45-65). (Research methods and statistics). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003111238-4 [details]
- Lancee, J., Harvey, A. G., Morin, C. M., Ivers, H., van der Zweerde, T., & Blanken, T. F. (2022). Network Intervention Analyses of cognitive therapy and behavior therapy for insomnia: Symptom specific effects and process measures. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 153, Article 104100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104100 [details]
- Leerssen, J., Lakbila-Kamal, O., Dekkers, L. M. S., Ikelaar, S. L. C., Albers, A. C. W., Blanken, T. F., Lancee, J., van der Lande, G. J. M., Maksimovic, T., Mastenbroek, S. E., Reesen, J. E., van de Ven, S., van der Zweerde, T., Foster-Dingley, J. C., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2022). Treating Insomnia with High Risk of Depression Using Therapist-Guided Digital Cognitive, Behavioral, and Circadian Rhythm Support Interventions to Prevent Worsening of Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 91(3), 168–179. https://doi.org/10.1159/000520282 [details]
- Pröpper, H. Y. L., Geiger, S., Blanken, T. F., & Brick, C. (2022). Truth over identity? Cultural cognition weakly replicates across 23 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 83, Article 101865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101865 [details]
- Riemann, D., Benz, F., Dressle, R. J., Espie, C. A., Johann, A. F., Blanken, T. F., Leerssen, J., Wassing, R., Henry, A. L., Kyle, S. D., Spiegelhalder, K., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2022). Insomnia disorder: State of the science and challenges for the future. Journal of Sleep Research, 31(4), Article e13604. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13604 [details]
- Tanis, C. C., Nauta, F. H., Boersma, M. J., Van der Steenhoven, M. V., Borsboom, D., & Blanken, T. F. (2022). Practical behavioural solutions to COVID-19: Changing the role of behavioural science in crises. PLoS ONE, 17(10), Article e0272994. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272994 [details]
- de Feijter, M., Kocevska, D., Blanken, T. F., van der Velpen, I. F., Ikram, M. A., & Luik, A. I. (2022). The network of psychosocial health in middle-aged and older adults during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57(12), 2469–2479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02308-9 [details]
2021
- Blanken, T. F., Bathelt, J., Deserno, M. K., Voge, L., Borsboom, D., & Douw, L. (2021). Connecting brain and behavior in clinical neuroscience: A network approach. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 130, 81-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.07.027 [details]
- Blanken, T. F., Courbet, O., Franc, N., Albajara Sáenz, A., Van Someren, E. J. W., Peigneux, P., & Villemonteix, T. (2021). Is an irritable ADHD profile traceable using personality dimensions? Replicability, stability, and predictive value over time of data‑driven profiles. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 30(4), 633-645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01546-z [details]
- Blanken, T. F., Jansson-Fröjmark, M., Sunnhed, R., & Lancee, J. (2021). Symptom-Specific Effects of Cognitive Therapy and Behavior Therapy for Insomnia: A Network Intervention Analysis. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 89(4), 364–370. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000625 [details]
- Blanken, T. F., Tanis, C. C., Nauta, F. H., Dablander, F., Zijlstra, B. J. H., Bouten, R. R. M., Oostvogel, Q. H., Boersma, M. J., van der Steenhoven, M. V., van Harreveld, F., de Wit, S., & Borsboom, D. (2021). Promoting physical distancing during COVID-19: a systematic approach to compare behavioral interventions. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 19463. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98964-z [details]
- Tanis, C. C., Leach, N. M., Geiger, S. J., Nauta, F. H., Dablander, F., van Harreveld, F., de Wit, S., Kanters, G., Knoppers, J., Markus, D. A. W., Bouten, R. R. M., Oostvogel, Q. H., Boersma, M. J., van der Steenhoven, M. V., Borsboom, D., & Blanken, T. F. (2021). Smart Distance Lab’s art fair, experimental data on social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data, 8, Article 179. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00971-2 [details]
2020
- Blanken, T. F., Borsboom, D., Penninx, B. W. J. H., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2020). Network outcome analysis identifies difficulty initiating sleep as a primary target for prevention of depression: a 6-year prospective study. Sleep, 43(5), Article zsz288. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsz288 [details]
- Kocevska, D., Blanken, T. F., Van Someren, E. J. W., & Rösler, L. (2020). Sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: not one size fits all. Sleep Medicine, 76, 86-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2020.09.029 [details]
- Leerssen, J., Blanken, T. F., Veltman, D. J., & ENIGMA MDD Working Group (2020). Brain structural correlates of insomnia severity in 1053 individuals with major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA MDD Working Group. Translational Psychiatry, 10, Article 425. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01109-5 [details]
- Leerssen, J., Foster-Dingley, J. C., Lakbila-Kamal, O., Dekkers, L. M. S., Albers, A. C. W., Ikelaar, S. L. C., Maksimovic, T., Wassing, R., Houtman, S. J., Bresser, T., Blanken, T. F., te Lindert, B., Ramautar, J. R., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2020). Internet-guided cognitive, behavioral and chronobiological interventions in depression-prone insomnia subtypes: protocol of a randomized controlled prevention trial. BMC Psychiatry, 20, Article 163. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02554-8 [details]
- Schmaal, L., Pozzi, E., C. Ho, T., van Velzen, L. S., Veer, I. M., Opel, N., Van Someren, E. J. W., Han, L. K. M., Aftanas, L., Aleman, A., Baune, B. T., Berger, K., Blanken, T. F., Capitão, L., Couvy-Duchesne, B., R. Cullen, K., Dannlowski, U., Davey, C., Erwin-Grabner, T., ... Veltman, D. J. (2020). ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1), Article 172. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-0842-6
- de Mooij, S. M. M., Blanken, T. F., Grasman, R. P. P. P., Ramautar, J. R., Van Someren, E. J. W., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2020). Dynamics of sleep: Exploring critical transitions and early warning signals. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 193, Article 105448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2020.105448 [details]
- te Lindert, B. H. W., Blanken, T. F., van der Meijden, W. P., Dekker, K., Wassing, R., van der Werf, Y. D., Ramautar, J. R., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2020). Actigraphic multi-night home-recorded sleep estimates reveal three types of sleep misperception in Insomnia Disorder and good sleepers. Journal of Sleep Research, 29(1), Article e12937. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12937 [details]
2019
- Blanken, T. F., Benjamins, J. S., Borsboom, D., Vermunt, J. K., Paquola, C., Ramautar, J., Dekker, K., Stoffers, D., Wassing, R., Wei, Y., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2019). Insomnia disorder subtypes derived from life history and traits of affect and personality. The Lancet Psychiatry, 6(2), 151-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30464-4 [details]
- Letina, S., Blanken, T. F., Deserno, M. K., & Borsboom, D. (2019). Expanding Network Analysis Tools in Psychological Networks: Minimal Spanning Trees, Participation Coefficients, and Motif Analysis Applied to a Network of 26 Psychological Attributes. Complexity, 2019, Article 9424605. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9424605 [details]
2018
- Blanken, T. F., Deserno, M. K., Dalege, J., Borsboom, D., Blanken, P., Kerkhof, G. A., & Cramer, A. O. J. (2018). The role of stabilizing and communicating symptoms given overlapping communities in psychopathology networks. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 5854. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24224-2 [details]
- Wei, Y., Blanken, T. F., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2018). Insomnia really hurts: Effect of a bad night's sleep on pain increases with insomnia severity. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, Article 377. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00377
2017
- Benjamins, J. S., Migliorati, F., Dekker, K., Wassing, R., Moens, S., Blanken, T. F., te Lindert, B. H. W., Sjauw Mook, J., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2017). Insomnia heterogeneity: Characteristics to consider for data-driven multivariate subtyping. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 36, 71-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2016.10.005
- Dekker, K., Blanken, T. F., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2017). Insomnia and personality—a network approach. Brain Sciences, 7(3), Article 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci7030028
- Hammerschlag, A. R., Stringer, S., De Leeuw, C. A., Sniekers, S., Taskesen, E., Watanabe, K., Blanken, T. F., Dekker, K., Te Lindert, B. H. W., Wassing, R., Jonsdottir, I., Thorleifsson, G., Stefansson, H., Gislason, T., Berger, K., Schormair, B., Wellmann, J., Winkelmann, J., Stefansson, K., ... Posthuma, D. (2017). Genome-wide association analysis of insomnia complaints identifies risk genes and genetic overlap with psychiatric and metabolic traits. Nature genetics, 49(11), 1584-1592. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3888
- Krypotos, A.-M., Blanken, T. F., Arnaudova, I., Matzke, D., & Beckers, T. (2017). A Primer on Bayesian Analysis for Experimental Psychopathologists. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 8(2), 140-157. https://doi.org/10.5127/jep.057316 [details]
- Wei, Y., Colombo, M. A., Ramautar, J. R., Blanken, T. F., van der Werf, Y. D., Spiegelhalder, K., Feige, B., Riemann, D., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2017). Sleep stage transition dynamics reveal specific stage 2 vulnerability in insomnia. Sleep, 40(9), Article zsx117. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsx117
2014
- van Borkulo, C. D., Borsboom, D., Epskamp, S., Blanken, T. F., Boschloo, L., Schoevers, R. A., & Waldorp, L. J. (2014). A new method for constructing networks from binary data. Scientific Reports, 4, Article 5918. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05918 [details]
2025
- Gauld, C., & Blanken, T. (2025). Clinical sleep staging for insomnia disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 91, 47-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.11.009
- Gauld, C., Blanken, T. F., Klintwall, L., & Micoulaud-Franchi, J. A. (2025). Introducing Perceived Causal Networks in Sleep Medicine. Journal of Sleep Research, Article e70035. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.70035
2024
- Reesen, J. E., Hoogendoorn, A. W., Leerssen, J., Lancee, J., Blanken, T. F., Batelaan, N. M., van Oppen, P., Batterham, P. J., & van Someren, E. J. W. (2024). A call for transdiagnostic attention to insomnia and its treatment in mental healthcare. Journal of Sleep Research, 33(5), Article e14049. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14049 [details]
2019
- Blanken, T. F., & van Someren, E. J. W. (2019). Subtyping insomnia disorder – Authors' reply. The Lancet Psychiatry, 6(4), 285-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30079-3
- Blanken, T. F., Van Der Zweerde, T., Van Straten, A., Van Someren, E. J. W., Borsboom, D., & Lancee, J. (2019). Introducing Network Intervention Analysis to Investigate Sequential, Symptom-Specific Treatment Effects: A Demonstration in Co-Occurring Insomnia and Depression. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 88(1), 52-54. https://doi.org/10.1159/000495045 [details]
Prize / grant
- Marsman, M., Blanken, T. & Schrantee, A. (2022). ABC Project Grant.
- Matzke, D., Heathcote, A., Blanken, T. & Tanis, C. (2021). Small-Scale Initiatives in Software Performance Optimization.
- Blanken, T. (2020). The whole is more than the sum of its parts: Elucidating the link between sleep quality and well-being by integrating cross-modal networks.
Media appearance
- Blanken, T. (02-06-2023). The importance of data, models, and behaviour during COVID-19. [Print] De Psycholoog. The importance of data, models, and behaviour during COVID-19.. https://www.tijdschriftdepsycholoog.nl/wetenschap/het-belang-van-data-modellen-en-gedragtijdens-covid-19/
2025
- Blanken, T. F. (28-1-2025). Data. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.28296590.v1
2022
- Tanis, C. C. & Blanken, T. (10-6-2022). Contact data supermarket. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.20052083.v1
2021
- Leerssen, J., Lakbila-Kamal, O., Dekkers, L. M. S., Ikelaar, S., Albers, A. C. W., Blanken, T., Lancee, J., Maksimovic, T., Mastenbroek, S. E., Reesen, J. E., Foster-Dingley, J. C., van der Lande, G., van de Ven, S., van der Zweerde, T. & van Someren, E. J. W. (2021). Supplementary Material for: Treating Insomnia with High Risk of Depression Using Therapist-Guided Digital Cognitive, Behavioral, and Circadian Rhythm Support Interventions to Prevent Worsening of Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Karger Publishers. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17128790.v1
- Tanis, C. C., Leach, N. M., Geiger, S., Nauta, F. H., Dablander, F., van Harreveld, F., de Wit, S., Kanters, G., Knoppers, J., Markus, D. A. W., Bouten, R. R. M., Oostvogel, Q. H., Boersma, M. J., van der Steenhoven, M. V., Borsboom, D. & Blanken, T. F. (2021). Metadata record for: Smart Distance Lab's art fair, experimental data on social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14312180.v1
2019
- Blanken, T. F., van der Zweerde, T., van Straten, A., van Someren, E. J. W., Borsboom, D. & Lancee, J. (2019). Supplementary Material for: Introducing Network Intervention Analysis to Investigate Sequential, Symptom-Specific Treatment Effects: A Demonstration in Co-Occurring Insomnia and Depression. Karger Publishers. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7564673.v1
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Nederlands Herseninstituut
Bresser, T., Blanken, T. F., de Lange, S. C., Leerssen, J., Foster-Dingley, J. C., Lakbila-Kamal, O., Wassing, R., Ramautar, J. R., Stoffers, D., van den Heuvel, M. P., & Van Someren, E. J. W. (2025). Insomnia Subtypes Have Differentiating Deviations in Brain Structural Connectivity. Biological Psychiatry, 97(3), 302-312.