Sander Nieuwenhuis
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience of Decision Making
- Name
- Prof.dr. S.T. Nieuwenhuis
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 3834
- snieuwenhuis@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2418-3879
Summary
Sander Nieuwenhuis studied cognitive psychology in Groningen. He obtained his PhD in 2001 at the University of Amsterdam where he started his research line on the role of the prefrontal cortex in cognitive control. He was visiting research fellow at Cambridge University and postdoc at Princeton University and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam before he joined Leiden University as assistant professsor in 2006. At Princeton University, he started his second research line on the role of the noradrenergic system in human cognition. As of 2012 Nieuwenhuis has been full professor at Leiden University.
https://www.temporalattentionlab.com/wp-content/uploads/CV_Nieuwenhuis.pdf
Research by Sander Nieuwenhuis
Research in The Temporal Attention Lab focuses on temporal fluctuations in non-spatial attention (or arousal) and the neural basis of temporal attention. There are 3 main themes:
- The role of the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system in human cognition.
- Trial-to-trial fluctuations in cognitive control.
- The effects of phasic and tonic alertness on information processing.
These topics are studied using behavioural methods, EEG, fMRI, pharmacology, genetics, patient studies and computational modeling.
Position
- Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Chair of the Research Master Program Committee
Teaching
- Coordinator and lecturer Scientific Writing
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience of Decision Making
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Psychologie
- Cognitieve Psychologie
- Van Steenbergen H., Band G.P.H., Hommel B., Rombouts S.A.R.B. & Nieuwenhuis S. (1 October 2011), Humor regulates cognitive control. Presentation at ESCoP Conference. San Sebastian, Spain. [lecture].
- Van Steenbergen H., Nieuwenhuis S., Band G.P.H., Rombouts S.A.R.B. & Hommel B. (1 February 2011), The affective regulation of cognitive control: behavioral and neural evidence. Presentation at Behavioral Science Institute at the Radboud University Nijmegen.. Nijmegen, Netherlands. [lecture].