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J. Leon Kenemans

J. Leon Kenemans

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
73
Citations
14102
World Ranking
2249
National Ranking
74

Psychology

D-Index
73
Citations
14101
World Ranking
2004
National Ranking
118

Overview

J. Leon Kenemans is a researcher affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their main field of study is Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. Additional subfields of interest include Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Speech and Hearing, as well as Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The scientist's work spans several specific research topics, including:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Visual Attention and Saliency Detection

Kenemans has published in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology
  • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Kenemans include:

  • "The Effect of Cognitive Load on Auditory Susceptibility During Automated Driving" (2021), Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • "The image features of emotional faces that predict the initial eye movement to a face" (2021), Scientific Reports
  • "How salience enhances inhibitory control: An analysis of electro-cortical mechanisms" (2022), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "The neural correlates of emotion processing and reappraisal as reflected in EEG" (2024), International Journal of Psychophysiology
  • "No consistent startle modulation by reward" (2021), Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Iris Schutte
  • Christian P. Janssen
  • Stefan Van der Stigchel
  • Johanna M.P. Baas
  • Sam van Bijnen

Best Publications

  • A consensus guide to capturing the ability to inhibit actions and impulsive behaviors in the stop-signal task

    Frederick Verbruggen;Adam R. Aron;Guido Ph Band;Christian Beste

  • A meta-analytic review of stopping performance in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: deficient inhibitory motor control?

    Marijn Lijffijt;J. Leon Kenemans;Marinus N. Verbaten;Herman van Engeland

  • Stroop interference and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a review and meta-analysis.

    Marieke M. Lansbergen;J. Leon Kenemans;Herman van Engeland

  • Source analysis of the N2 in a cued Go/NoGo task.

    Evelijne M. Bekker;J. Leon Kenemans;Marinus N. Verbaten

  • Event-related potentials to conjunctions of spatial frequency and orientation as a function of stimulus parameters and response requirements.

    J.L. Kenemans;A. Kok;F.T.Y. Smulders

  • Inhibition in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a psychophysiological study of the stop task.

    Carin C.E Overtoom;Carin C.E Overtoom;J.Leon Kenemans;Marinus N Verbaten;Chantal Kemner

  • The Psychology of Attention

    J. Leon Kenemans;H.E. Pashler

  • The effects of QEEG-informed neurofeedback in ADHD: an open-label pilot study.

    Martijn Arns;Wilhelmus Drinkenburg;J. Leon Kenemans

  • Neurophysiological predictors of non-response to rTMS in depression

    Martijn Arns;Wilhelmus H Drinkenburg;Paul Bernard Fitzgerald;J Leon Kenemans

  • Exogenous testosterone attenuates the integrated central stress response in healthy young women.

    Erno J. Hermans;Erno J. Hermans;Peter Putman;Johanna M. Baas;Nynke M. Gecks

  • Effects of methylphenidate, desipramine, and L-dopa on attention and inhibition in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

    C.C.E Overtoom;M.N Verbaten;C Kemner;J.L Kenemans

  • Associations between event-related potentials and measures of attention and inhibition in the Continuous Performance Task in children with ADHD and normal controls

    Carin C.E. Overtoom;Marinus N. Verbaten;Chantal Kemner;J. Leon Kenemans

  • Perceptual and response interference in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and the effects of methylphenidate.

    L M Jonkman;C Kemner;M N Verbaten;H Van Engeland

  • The pure electrophysiology of stopping

    Everlijne M. Bekker;J. Leon Kenemans;Marco R. Hoeksma;Durk Talsma;Durk Talsma

  • Electrophysiological correlates of attention, inhibition, sensitivity and bias in a continuous performance task.

    E.M Bekker;J.L Kenemans;M.N Verbaten

  • Benzodiazepines have no effect on fear-potentiated startle in humans

    Johanna M. P. Baas;Christian Grillon;Koen B. E. Böcker;Anouk A. Brack

  • Attention deficit and impulsivity: Selecting, shifting, and stopping

    J.L. Kenemans;E.M. Bekker;M. Lijffijt;C.C.E. Overtoom

  • Disentangling deficits in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    E.M. Bekker;C.C.E. Overtoom;C.C.E. Overtoom;J.J.S. Kooij;J.K. Buitelaar

  • "Initial-" and "change-orienting reactions": an analysis based on visual single-trial event-related potentials.

    J.L. Kenemans;M.N. Verbaten;J.-W. Roelofs;J.L. Slangen

  • Stimulus-preceding negativity induced by fear: a manifestation of affective anticipation

    K.B.E Böcker;J.M.P Baas;J.L Kenemans;M.N Verbaten

  • The temporal selectivity of additive factor effects on the reaction process revealed in ERP component latencies

    F.T.Y. Smulders;A. Kok;J.L. Kenemans;T.R. Bashore

Frequent Co-Authors

Marinus N. Verbaten
Marinus N. Verbaten Utrecht University
Koen B.E. Böcker
Koen B.E. Böcker Utrecht University
Martijn Arns
Martijn Arns Brainclinics
Johanna M.P. Baas
Johanna M.P. Baas Utrecht University
Chantal Kemner
Chantal Kemner Utrecht University
Herman van Engeland
Herman van Engeland Utrecht University
Jan K. Buitelaar
Jan K. Buitelaar Radboud University
Maurits W. van der Molen
Maurits W. van der Molen University of Amsterdam
Dennis J.L.G. Schutter
Dennis J.L.G. Schutter Utrecht University
Paul B. Fitzgerald
Paul B. Fitzgerald Australian National University

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