is assistant professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam. My research concerns the relation between brain and behavior in humans. I study cognitive control processes that link perception to goal-directed action and the underlying neurobiological mechanisms from a cognitive neuroscience perspective (Funding by NWO grants (VENI, Open Competition, and VanGogh).

Central themes

are performance monitoring (the ability to adjust one's actions upon signs of error or conflict) as well as interference control (the coordination of conflicting responses). Other research fields involve attentional control (the selection of task-relevant information), and the ability to interrupt ongoing or planned actions.

My research tools

to track the dynamic control over voluntary actions are diverse, like reaction-time distribution analyses, neuropsychological tests, deep-brain stimulation and single-pulse and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and EEG. My focus is on individual and group differences in the normal population (ranging from children to recreational drug users) as well as on impaired cognitive control in clinical groups such as ADHD, dyslexia, and patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

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Funding

^{by VENI and 'Open Competition' grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Van Gogh grant (FR-NL Academie), Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) USA.}

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Assistant Professor (since 2005)

^{Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam}

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Postdoctoral Fellow (2003-2005)

^{Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de la Cognition, CNRS & Université de Provence, Marseille, France} 

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Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2003)

^{Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam}

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PhD Student (1998-2002)

^{Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam}

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Visiting Scholar (Fall 1997)

^{Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, VA-Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA}

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Practical training in clinical neuropsychology (early 1997)

^{Department of Clinical Psychology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen}

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Practical training in psychophysiological research (1995-1996)

^{Department of Psychonomics, Tilburg University}

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Bachelor Psychology

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Master Clinical Developmental Psychology

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