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Psychology Research Institute Psychology Research Institute

Dr. T.B. (Tim) Ziermans

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Brain and Cognition
Area of expertise: Clinical neuropsychology, mental health, autism, psychosis, social cognition
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
  • Room number: 0.06
Postal address
  • Postbus 15915
    1001 NK Amsterdam
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  • Profile

    I am an Assistant Professor in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Department of Psychology. As a trained neuropsychologist, I'm specialised in brain-behavior relationships in mental health, particularly across the autism and schizophrenia spectra. My mission is to enhance our understanding of neuropsychological overlap and distinctions between autism, schizophrenia, and related mental health disorders. With these efforts, I aim to further advance diagnostic accuracy and make better informed prognostic models to benefit individuals affected by serious mental health conditions.

  • Research

    Research methods

    • Cognitive neuropsychology
    • Neuroimaging
    • Neurophysiology
    • Behavioural assessments
       
  • Publications

    2024

    • Hutten, J. C., van Horn, J. E., Hoppenbrouwers, S. S., Ziermans, T. B., Geurts, H. M., & Forensic Neuropsychology Consortium (2024). Neuropsychological assessment of aggressive offenders: a Delphi consensus study. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 1328839. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1328839 [details]
    • Koster, M., Mannsdörfer, L., van der Pluijm, M., de Haan, L., Ziermans, T., van Wingen, G., & Vermeulen, J. (2024). The Association Between Chronic Tobacco Smoking and Brain Alterations in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies. Schizophrenia Bulletin. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbae088
    • Koster, M., van der Pluijm, M., van de Giessen, E., Schrantee, A., van Hooijdonk, C. F. M., Selten, J.-P., Booij, J., de Haan, L., Ziermans, T., & Vermeulen, J. (2024). The association of tobacco smoking and metabolite levels in the anterior cingulate cortex of first-episode psychosis patients: A case-control and 6-month follow-up 1H-MRS study. Schizophrenia Research, 271, 144-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2024.07.022 [details]
    • Ziermans, T. B. (2024). Mental health care use of autistic adults: Identifying longitudinal patterns using sequence analysis. Autism. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/136236132413045
    • Ziermans, T. B. (2024). Sociale cognitie bij autisme en psychose in volwassenheid. Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift Autisme.

    2023

    2022

    • Isvoranu, A-M., Ziermans, T., Schirmbeck, F., Borsboom, D., Geurts, H. M., de Haan, L., & GROUP Investigators (2022). Autistic Symptoms and Social Functioning in Psychosis: A Network Approach. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 48(1), 273-282. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbab084 [details]
    • Jaya, E. S., Wüsten, C., Alizadeh, B. Z., van Amelsvoort, T., Bartels-Velthuis, A. A., van Beveren, N. J., Bruggeman, R., Cahn, W., de Haan, L., Delespaul, P., Luykx, J. J., Myin-Germeys, I., Kahn, R. S., Schirmbeck, F., Simons, C. J. P., van Haren, N. E., van Os, J., van Winkel, R., Fonseca-Pedrero, E., ... Lincoln, T. M. (2022). Comparing psychotic experiences in low-and-middle-income-countries and high-income-countries with a focus on measurement invariance. Psychological Medicine, 52(8), 1509–1516. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720003323 [details]

    2021

    2020

    • Dijkhuis, R., de Sonneville, L., Ziermans, T., Staal, W., & Swaab, H. (2020). Autism Symptoms, Executive Functioning and Academic Progress in Higher Education Students. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50(4), 1353-1363. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04267-8 [details]
    • Maat, A., Therman, S., Swaab, H., & Ziermans, T. (2020). The Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome and Facial Affect Processing in Adolescents With and Without Autism. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, Article 759. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00759 [details]
    • Spruijt, A. M., Dekker, M. C., Ziermans, T. B., & Swaab, H. (2020). Educating parents to improve parent–child interactions: Fostering the development of attentional control and executive functioning. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(51), 158-175. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12312 [details]
    • Spruijt, A. M., Ziermans, T. B., Dekker, M. C., & Swaab, H. (2020). Educating parents to enhance children's reasoning abilities: A focus on questioning style. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 66, Article 101102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101102 [details]
    • de Nooij, L., Harris, M. A., Hawkins, E. L., Clarke, T-K., Shen, X., Chan, S. W. Y., Ziermans, T. B., McIntosh, A. M., & Whalley, H. C. (2020). Longitudinal trajectories of brain age in young individuals at familial risk of mood disorder from the Scottish Bipolar Family Study. Wellcome open research, 4, Article 206. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15617.3 [details]

    2019

    2018

    • Spruijt, A. M., Dekker, M. C., Ziermans, T. B., & Swaab, H. (2018). Attentional control and executive functioning in school-aged children: Linking self-regulation and parenting strategies. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 166, 340-359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2017.09.004 [details]
    • Wüsten, C., Schlier, B., Jaya, E. S., Genetic Risk and Outcome of Psychosis (GROUP) Investigators , Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Peters, E., Verdoux, H., Woodward, T. S., Ziermans, T. B., & Lincoln, T. M. (2018). Psychotic Experiences and Related Distress: A Cross-national Comparison and Network Analysis Based on 7141 Participants From 13 Countries. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44(6), 1185-1194. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sby087 [details]

    2017

    2016

    • Dekker, M. C., Ziermans, T. B., & Swaab, H. (2016). The impact of behavioural executive functioning and intelligence on math abilities in children with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 60(11), 1086-1096. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12276
    • Fusar-Poli, P., Cappucciati, M., Borgwardt, S., Woods, S. W., Addington, J., Nelson, B., Nieman, D. H., Stahl, D. R., Rutigliano, G., Riecher-Rössler, A., Simon, A. E., Mizuno, M., Lee, T. Y., Kwon, J. S., Lam, M. M. L., Perez, J., Keri, S., Amminger, P., Metzler, S., ... McGuire, P. K. (2016). Heterogeneity of Psychosis Risk Within Individuals at Clinical High Risk: A Meta-analytical Stratification. JAMA Psychiatry, 73(2), 113-120. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2324
    • Therman, S., & Ziermans, T. B. (2016). Confirmatory factor analysis of psychotic-like experiences in a general population sample. Psychiatry Research, 235, 197-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2015.12.023
    • de Wit, S., Wierenga, L. M., Oranje, B., Ziermans, T. B., Schothorst, P. F., van Engeland, H., Kahn, R. S., & Durston, S. (2016). Brain development in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis: Longitudinal changes related to resilience. NeuroImage: Clinical, 12, 542-549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2016.08.013

    2015

    • van Rijn, S., Kroonenberg, P. M., Ziermans, T. B., & Swaab, H. (2015). The dimensional structure of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire Adapted for Children (SPQ-CD): An evaluation in the Dutch population and a comparison to adult populations. Advances in psychiatry, 2015, Article 938784 . http://10.1155/2015/938784

    2014

    • Ziermans, T., de Wit, S., Schothorst, P., Sprong, M., van Engeland, H., Kahn, R., & Durston, S. (2014). Neurocognitive and clinical predictors of long-term outcome in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis: a 6-year follow-up. PLoS ONE, 9(4), e93994. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093994
    • de Wit, S., Schothorst, P. F., Oranje, B., Ziermans, T. B., Durston, S., & Kahn, R. S. (2014). Adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis: long-term outcome of individuals who recover from their at-risk state. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 24(6), 865-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2014.02.008

    2013

    • Velthorst, E., Derks, E. M., Schothorst, P., Becker, H., Durston, S., Ziermans, T., Nieman, D. H., & de Haan, L. (2013). Quantitative and qualitative symptomatic differences in individuals at Ultra-High Risk for psychosis and healthy controls. Psychiatry Research, 210(2), 432-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2013.07.018
    • Ziermans, T. B. (2013). Working memory capacity and psychotic-like experiences in a general population sample of adolescents and young adults. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 4, 161. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00161

    2012

    • Ziermans, T. B., Schothorst, P. F., Sprong, M., Magnée, M. J. C. M., van Engeland, H., & Kemner, C. (2012). Reduced prepulse inhibition as an early vulnerability marker of the psychosis prodrome in adolescence. Schizophrenia Research, 134(1), 10-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2011.10.009
    • Ziermans, T., Dumontheil, I., Roggeman, C., Peyrard-Janvid, M., Matsson, H., Kere, J., & Klingberg, T. (2012). Working memory brain activity and capacity link MAOA polymorphism to aggressive behavior during development. Translational Psychiatry, 2, e85. https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2012.7

    2011

    • Dumontheil, I., Roggeman, C., Ziermans, T., Peyrard-Janvid, M., Matsson, H., Kere, J., & Klingberg, T. (2011). Influence of the COMT genotype on working memory and brain activity changes during development. Biological Psychiatry, 70(3), 222-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.02.027
    • Ziermans, T. B., Schothorst, P. F., Sprong, M., & van Engeland, H. (2011). Transition and remission in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 126(1-3), 58-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2010.10.022
    • Ziermans, T., Schothorst, P., Magnée, M., van Engeland, H., & Kemner, C. (2011). Reduced prepulse inhibition in adolescents at risk for psychosis: a 2-year follow-up study. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, 36(2), 127-34. https://doi.org/10.1503/jpn.100063
    • van Rijn, S., Aleman, A., de Sonneville, L., Sprong, M., Ziermans, T., Schothorst, P., van Engeland, H., & Swaab, H. (2011). Misattribution of facial expressions of emotion in adolescents at increased risk of psychosis: the role of inhibitory control. Psychological Medicine, 41(3), 499-508. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291710000929
    • van Rijn, S., Aleman, A., de Sonneville, L., Sprong, M., Ziermans, T., Schothorst, P., van Engeland, H., & Swaab, H. (2011). Neuroendocrine markers of high risk for psychosis: salivary testosterone in adolescent boys with prodromal symptoms. Psychological Medicine, 41(9), 1815-1822. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291710002576
    • van Rijn, S., Schothorst, P., Wout, M. V. ., Sprong, M., Ziermans, T., van Engeland, H., Aleman, A., & Swaab, H. (2011). Affective dysfunctions in adolescents at risk for psychosis: emotion awareness and social functioning. Psychiatry Research, 187(1-2), 100-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.10.007

    2009

    • Ziermans, T. B., Durston, S., Sprong, M., Nederveen, H., van Haren, N. E. M., Schnack, H. G., Lahuis, B. E., Schothorst, P. F., & van Engeland, H. (2009). No evidence for structural brain changes in young adolescents at ultra high risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 112(1-3), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2009.04.013

    2008

    • Durston, S., Fossella, J. A., Mulder, M. J., Casey, B. J., Ziermans, T. B., Vessaz, M. N., & van Engeland, H. (2008). Dopamine Transporter Genotype Conveys Familial Risk of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Through Striatal Activation. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47(1), 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1097/chi.0b013e31815a5f17 [details]
    • Sprong, M., Becker, H. E., Schothorst, P. F., Swaab, H., Ziermans, T. B., Dingemans, P. M., Linszen, D., & van Engeland, H. (2008). Pathways to psychosis: a comparison of the pervasive developmental disorder subtype Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder and the "At Risk Mental State". Schizophrenia Research, 99(1-3), 38-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2007.10.031

    2006

    • Durston, S., Mulder, M., Casey, B. J., Ziermans, T., & van Engeland, H. (2006). Activation in ventral prefrontal cortex is sensitive to genetic vulnerability for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 60(10), 1062-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.12.020

    2022

    • Ziermans, T., Groenman, A., & Schalbroeck, R. (2022). A Meta-Analysis of Autism and Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis is Too Premature. Comment on: Vaquerizo-Serrano, Salazar de Pablo, Singh & Santosh (2021). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(11), 5079-5082. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05345-6 [details]

    2020

    • Ziermans, T., & Geurts, H. (2020). Sociale cognitie. In O. van den Heuvel, Y. van der Werf, B. Schmand, & B. Sabbe (Eds.), Leerboek neurowetenschappen voor de klinische psychiatrie (pp. 263-268). Boom. [details]

    2019

    • Ziermans, T., Schirmbeck, F., Oosterwijk, F., GROUP investigators, Geurts, H., & De Haan, L. (2019). Autistic Traits In Psychotic Disorders: A Large-Scale Comparison Across Patients, Siblings And Typical Comparisons And Impact On Social Functioning. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 45(Supplement 2), S328-S329. Article S58. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbz020.603

    2013

    • Ziermans, T., de Wit, S., Schothorst, P., Sprong, M., van Engeland, H., Kahn, R., & Durston, S. (2013). Clinical measures trump neurocognition in predicting long-term outcome for adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis. European psychiatry, 28(Supplement 1), Article 717. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0924-9338(13)75938-8

    2011

    • Ziermans, T., Schothorst, P., Schnack, H., Magnee, M., Kahn, R., van Engeland, H., Kemner, C., & Durston, S. (2011). Longitudinal brain changes in adolescents at risk for psychosis. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 20(1), S100-S100.
    • van Rijn, S., Aleman, A., De Sonneville, L., Sprong, M., Ziermans, T., Schothorst, P., Van Engeland, H., & Swaab, H. (2011). The authors reply: [to: Adiposity as a possible mediator of low testosterone salivary levels in adolescent boys in prodromal stages of psychosis]. Psychological Medicine, 41(9), 2011-2012. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291711000729
    • van Rijn, S., Aleman, A., de Sonneville, L., Sprong, M., Ziermans, T., Schothorst, P., van Engeland, H., & Swaab, H. (2011). Social cognition in adolescents at risk for psychosis. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 20(1), S101-S101.

    2010

    • Ziermans, T. B., Schothorst, P. F., Schnack, H. G., de Wit, S., Kahn, R. S., van Engeland, H., & Durston, S. (2010). PROGRESSIVE STRUCTURAL BRAIN CHANGES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ONSET OF PSYCHOSIS. Schizophrenia Research, 117(2-3), 464-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2010.02.869

    2009

    • Ziermans, T., Kemner, C., Sprong, M., Magnee, M., Schothorst, P., & van Engeland, H. (2009). PREPULSE INHIBITION AND P50 SUPPRESSION IN YOUNG ADOLESCENTS AT RISK FOR PSYCHOSIS. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 35, 44-44.

    2008

    • Ziermans, T. B., Durston, S., Sprong, M., Schothorst, P. F., & van Engeland, H. (2008). Before psychosis: no evidence for gross brain abnormalities in young adolescents at ultra high risk for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2, A31-A31.

    2006

    • Durston, S., Fossella, J. A., Mulder, M. J., Casey, B. J., Ziermans, T. B., Vessaz, M. N., & Van Engeland, H. (2006). Dopamine-transporter genotype interacts with familial risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and striatal activity. Neuropsychopharmacology, 31, S217-S217.

    2024

    2020

    • Ziermans, T., & Geurts, H. (2020). Cognitieve systemen en cognitieve stoornissen, deel 2: Sociale cognitie. In O. van den Heuvel, Y. van der Werf, B. Schmand, & B. Sabbe (Eds.), Leerboek neurowetenschappen voor de klinische psychiatrie (pp. 263-270). Boom. [details]

    2018

    • Ziermans, T. (2018). Waarom ontstaan zoveel psychische problemen tijdens de adolescentie? Quest Psychologie, 3, 14.

    2015

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