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Lorenza S. Colzato

Lorenza S. Colzato

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
72
Citations
16594
World Ranking
2328
National Ranking
206

Psychology

D-Index
72
Citations
16473
World Ranking
2087
National Ranking
84

Overview

Lorenza S. Colzato is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of neuroscience, with an emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, neurology, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics including neural dynamics and brain function, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neural and behavioral psychology studies, vagus nerve stimulation research, memory and neural mechanisms, heart rate variability and autonomic control, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Among the recent papers published by Lorenza S. Colzato are:

  • A literature review on the neurophysiological underpinnings and cognitive effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation: challenges and future directions, 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • The Downsides of Cognitive Enhancement, 2020, The Neuroscientist

Frequent co-authors in their research include Christian Beste, Bernhard Hommel, Moritz Mückschel, Ann-Kathrin Stock, and Laura Steenbergen.

Lorenza S. Colzato has contributed multiple publications to several scientific journals. The venues where their work appears most often include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Psychophysiology
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Ageing Research Reviews

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 randomized controlled trial to test the effect of multispecies probiotics on cognitive reactivity to sad mood.

    Laura Steenbergen;Roberta Sellaro;Saskia van Hemert;Jos A. Bosch

  • Meditate to Create: The Impact of Focused-Attention and Open-Monitoring Training on Convergent and Divergent Thinking

    Lorenza S. Colzato;Ayca Ozturk;Bernhard Hommel

  • Symbolic Control of Visual Attention

    Bernhard Hommel;Jay Pratt;Lorenza Colzato;Richard Godijn;Richard Godijn

  • How does bilingualism improve executive control? A comparison of active and reactive inhibition mechanisms

    Lorenza S. Colzato;Maria Teresa Bajo;Wery van den Wildenberg;Daniela Paolieri

  • Focused attention, open monitoring and loving kindness meditation: effects on attention, conflict monitoring, and creativity – A review

    Dominique P. Lippelt;Bernhard Hommel;Lorenza S. Colzato

  • Neurotransmitters as food supplements: the effects of GABA on brain and behavior.

    Evert Boonstra;Roy de Kleijn;Lorenza S. Colzato;Anneke Alkemade

  • Action video gaming and cognitive control: playing first person shooter games is associated with improvement in working memory but not action inhibition.

    Lorenza S. Colzato;Wery P. M. van den Wildenberg;Sharon Zmigrod;Bernhard Hommel

  • Neuromodulation of Aerobic Exercise—A Review

    Saskia Heijnen;Bernhard Hommel;Armin Kibele;Lorenza S. Colzato

  • Spontaneous eye blink rate as predictor of dopamine-related cognitive function-A review.

    Bryant J. Jongkees;Lorenza S. Colzato

  • DOOM'd to Switch: Superior Cognitive Flexibility in Players of First Person Shooter Games.

    Lorenza S Colzato;Pieter J A van Leeuwen;Wery P M van den Wildenberg;Bernhard Hommel

  • How Social Are Task Representations

    Bernhard Hommel;Lorenza S. Colzato;Wery P.M. van den Wildenberg

  • The joint Simon effect: A review and theoretical integration

    Thomas Dolk;Thomas Dolk;Bernhard Hommel;Lorenza S. Colzato;Simone Schütz-Bosbach

  • Improving Methodological Standards in Behavioral Interventions for Cognitive Enhancement

    C. Shawn Green;Daphne Bavelier;Arthur F. Kramer;Arthur F. Kramer;Sophia Vinogradov

  • What do we learn from binding features? Evidence for multilevel feature integration.

    Lorenza S. Colzato;Antonino Raffone;Bernhard Hommel

  • Visual attention and the temporal dynamics of feature integration

    Bernhard Hommel;Lorenza Colzato

  • Exploring the effect of microdosing psychedelics on creativity in an open-label natural setting

    Luisa Prochazkova;Dominique P. Lippelt;Lorenza S. Colzato;Lorenza S. Colzato;Lorenza S. Colzato;Martin Kuchar

  • How “Social” is the social Simon effect?

    Thomas Dolk;Bernhard Hommel;Lorenza S. Colzato;Simone Schütz-Bosbach

  • Bilingualism and creativity: benefits in convergent thinking come with losses in divergent thinking

    Bernhard Hommel;Lorenza S. Colzato;Rico Fischer;Ingrid K. Christoffels

  • Estrogen modulates inhibitory control in healthy human females: evidence from the stop-signal paradigm.

    L.S. Colzato;G. Hertsig;W.P.M. van den Wildenberg;B. Hommel

  • The flexible mind is associated with the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met polymorphism: evidence for a role of dopamine in the control of task-switching.

    Lorenza S. Colzato;Florian Waszak;Sander Nieuwenhuis;Danielle Posthuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Hommel
Bernhard Hommel Shandong Normal University
Roberta Sellaro
Roberta Sellaro University of Padua
Wery P. M. van den Wildenberg
Wery P. M. van den Wildenberg University of Amsterdam
Michael A. Nitsche
Michael A. Nitsche TU Dortmund University
Roman Liepelt
Roman Liepelt University of Hagen
Simone Kühn
Simone Kühn Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Sander Nieuwenhuis
Sander Nieuwenhuis Leiden University
Wolfgang Prinz
Wolfgang Prinz Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Birte U. Forstmann
Birte U. Forstmann University of Amsterdam

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