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Hauke R. Heekeren

Hauke R. Heekeren

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
79
Citations
23032
World Ranking
1681
National Ranking
150

Psychology

D-Index
79
Citations
22886
World Ranking
1520
National Ranking
63

Overview

Hauke R. Heekeren is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with a notable focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, General Decision Sciences, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Applied Psychology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

Heekeren has contributed to multiple research articles published in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • NeuroImage
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Heekeren include:

  • The neural basis of effort valuation: A meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Task state representations in vmPFC mediate relevant and irrelevant value signals and their behavioral influence, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Effects of hydrocortisone and yohimbine on decision-making under risk, 2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Emotion Regulation Modulates Dietary Decision-Making via Activity in the Prefrontal-Striatal Valuation System, 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • Neural correlates of successful costly punishment in the Ultimatum game on a trial-by-trial basis, 2022, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Heekeren collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including Yuan-Wei Yao, Katja Wingenfeld, Sophie Metz, Dar Meshi, and Paula Lopez-Gamundi, with multiple joint publications contributing to various aspects of behavioral and cognitive neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Dissociation of Cognitive and Emotional Empathy in Adults with Asperger Syndrome Using the Multifaceted Empathy Test (MET)

    Isabel Dziobek;Kimberley Rogers;Kimberley Rogers;Stefan Fleck;Markus Bahnemann

  • The neural systems that mediate human perceptual decision making.

    Hauke R. Heekeren;Sean Marrett;Leslie G. Ungerleider

  • A general mechanism for perceptual decision-making in the human brain

    H. R. Heekeren;S. Marrett;P. A. Bandettini;L. G. Ungerleider

  • Early Setting of Grammatical Processing in the Bilingual Brain

    Isabell Wartenburger;Hauke R. Heekeren;Hauke R. Heekeren;Jubin Abutalebi;Stefano F. Cappa

  • Decrease in parietal cerebral hemoglobin oxygenation during performance of a verbal fluency task in patients with Alzheimer's disease monitored by means of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)--correlation with simultaneous rCBF-PET measurements.

    Christoph Hock;Kersten Villringer;Franz Müller-Spahn;Rüdiger Wenzel

  • How the brain integrates costs and benefits during decision making

    Ulrike Basten;Guido Biele;Hauke R. Heekeren;Christian J. Fiebach

  • Neural Processing of Risk

    Peter N. C. Mohr;Guido Biele;Hauke R. Heekeren

  • The effect of strategies, goals and stimulus material on the neural mechanisms of emotion regulation: A meta-analysis of fMRI studies

    Carmen Morawetz;Stefan Bode;Birgit Derntl;Hauke R Heekeren

  • Age-related differences in white matter microstructure : region-specific patterns of diffusivity

    Aga Z. Burzynska;Claudia Preuschhof;Lars Bäckman;Lars Bäckman;Lars Nyberg

  • Involvement of human left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in perceptual decision making is independent of response modality

    Hauke R. Heekeren;S. Marrett;D. A. Ruff;P. A. Bandettini

  • Lack of empathy in patients with narcissistic personality disorder

    Kathrin Ritter;Isabel Dziobek;Sandra Preißler;Anke Rüter

  • Depression is related to an absence of optimistically biased belief updating about future life events.

    C. Korn;T. Sharot;H. Walter;H. R. Heekeren

  • Human aging magnifies genetic effects on executive functioning and working memory

    Irene E. Nagel;Christian Chicherio;Shu-Chen Li;Timo von Oertzen

  • An fMRI study of simple ethical decision-making.

    Hauke R Heekeren;Isabell Wartenburger;Helge Schmidt;Hans-Peter Schwintowski

  • Neuronal correlates of altered empathy and social cognition in borderline personality disorder

    Isabel Dziobek;Sandra Preißler;Zarko Grozdanovic;Isabella Heuser;Isabella Heuser

  • The Role of the Amygdala in Atypical Gaze on Emotional Faces in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Dorit Kliemann;Isabel Dziobek;Alexander Hatri;Jürgen Baudewig

  • Social Cognition in Borderline Personality Disorder: Evidence for Disturbed Recognition of the Emotions, Thoughts, and Intentions of others

    Sandra Preißler;Isabel Dziobek;Kathrin Ritter;Hauke R. Heekeren

  • The Emerging Neuroscience of Social Media

    Dar Meshi;Diana I. Tamir;Hauke R. Heekeren

  • Genetic variation in dopaminergic neuromodulation influences the ability to rapidly and flexibly adapt decisions

    Lea K. Krugel;Guido Biele;Peter N. C. Mohr;Shu-Chen Li

  • Age-related decline in brain resources modulates genetic effects on cognitive functioning

    Ulman Lindenberger;Irene E. Nagel;Christian Chicherio;Shu-Chen Li

  • Social cognition in borderline personality disorder.

    Stefan Roepke;Stefan Roepke;Aline Vater;Sandra Preißler;Hauke R. Heekeren

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu-Chen Li
Shu-Chen Li TU Dresden
Arno Villringer
Arno Villringer Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Isabel Dziobek
Isabel Dziobek Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Isabell Wartenburger
Isabell Wartenburger University of Potsdam
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Lars Bäckman
Lars Bäckman Karolinska Institute
Arthur M. Jacobs
Arthur M. Jacobs Freie Universität Berlin
Malek Bajbouj
Malek Bajbouj Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Hellmuth Obrig
Hellmuth Obrig Max Planck Society
Carsten Finke
Carsten Finke Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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