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Overview

Maarten A. S. Boksem is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with particular expertise in cognitive neuroscience. They have contributed extensively to the study of neural and behavioral psychology, with additional work spanning safety research, economics and econometrics, social psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Boksem's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Deception detection and forensic psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Boksem include:

  • Ale Smidts
  • Sebastian Speer
  • Hang-Yee Chan
  • Alan G. Sanfey
  • Roeland C. Dietvorst

Boksem has published in several prominent venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • NeuroImage
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent published papers include:

  • "Cognitive control increases honesty in cheaters but cheating in those who are honest" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Measuring Neural Arousal for Advertisements and Its Relationship With Advertising Success" (2020), Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Cognitive control and dishonesty" (2022), Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "Individual differences in (dis)honesty are represented in the brain's functional connectivity at rest" (2021), NeuroImage
  • "Decoding dynamic affective responses to naturalistic videos with shared neural patterns" (2020), NeuroImage

Best Publications

  • Effects of mental fatigue on attention: An ERP study

    Maarten A.S. Boksem;Theo F. Meijman;Monicque M. Lorist

  • Mental fatigue: costs and benefits.

    Maarten A.S. Boksem;Mattie Tops;Mattie Tops

  • Mental fatigue, motivation and action monitoring.

    Maarten A.S. Boksem;Theo F. Meijman;Monicque M. Lorist

  • Impaired cognitive control and reduced cingulate activity during mental fatigue

    Monicque M. Lorist;Maarten A.S. Boksem;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;K. Richard Ridderinkhof

  • Oxytocin modulates amygdala, insula, and inferior frontal gyrus responses to infant crying: a randomized controlled trial.

    Madelon M.E. Riem;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Suzanne Pieper;Mattie Tops;Mattie Tops

  • Brain Responses to Movie Trailers Predict Individual Preferences for Movies and Their Population-Wide Commercial Success:

    Maarten A.S. Boksem;Ale Smidts

  • Error-related ERP components and individual differences in punishment and reward sensitivity.

    Maarten A.S. Boksem;Mattie Tops;Anne E. Wester;Anne E. Wester;Theo F. Meijman

  • Fairness concerns predict medial frontal negativity amplitude in ultimatum bargaining.

    Maarten A S Boksem;David De Cremer

  • No Laughing Matter: Intranasal Oxytocin Administration Changes Functional Brain Connectivity during Exposure to Infant Laughter

    Madelon M E Riem;Marinus H van IJzendoorn;Mattie Tops;Maarten A S Boksem;Maarten A S Boksem

  • A potential role of the inferior frontal gyrus and anterior insula in cognitive control, brain rhythms, and event-related potentials

    Mattie Tops;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Maarten A. S. Boksem

  • Testosterone Inhibits Trust but Promotes Reciprocity

    Maarten A. S. Boksem;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Pranjal H. Mehta;Pranjal H. Mehta;Pranjal H. Mehta;Bram Van den Bergh;Veerle van Son

  • Advancing consumer neuroscience

    Ale Smidts;Ming Hsu;Alan G. Sanfey;Maarten A. S. Boksem

  • Internally-directed cognition and mindfulness: An integrative perspective derived from predictive and reactive control systems theory

    Mattie Tops;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Markus Quirin;Hans IJzerman

  • Cortisol-induced increases of plasma oxytocin levels predict decreased immediate free recall of unpleasant words

    Mattie Tops;Femke T. A. Buisman-Pijlman;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Albertus A. Wijers

  • Task engagement and the relationships between the error-related negativity, agreeableness, behavioral shame proneness and cortisol.

    Mattie Tops;Maarten A.S. Boksem;Anne E. Wester;Anne E. Wester;Monicque M. Lorist

  • The Importance of Failure: Feedback-Related Negativity Predicts Motor Learning Efficiency

    Jurjen van der Helden;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Jorian H. G. Blom

  • Sensitivity to punishment and reward omission: Evidence from error-related ERP components

    Maarten A.S. Boksem;Mattie Tops;Evelien Kostermans;David De Cremer

  • Social power and approach-related neural activity

    Maarten A. S. Boksem;Ruud Smolders;David De Cremer

  • Oxytocin effects on complex brain networks are moderated by experiences of maternal love withdrawal

    Madelon M.E. Riem;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Mattie Tops;Maarten A.S. Boksem;Maarten A.S. Boksem

  • Serotonin: modulator of a drive to withdraw

    Mattie Tops;Sascha Russo;Maarten A.S. Boksem;Don M. Tucker

  • Emotional Responses to Movie-Trailers Predict Individual Preferences For Movies and Their Population-Wide Commercial Success

    Maarten Boksem;Hang-Yee Chan;Vincent Schoots;Alan Sanfey

Frequent Co-Authors

Mattie Tops
Mattie Tops Leiden University
Alan G. Sanfey
Alan G. Sanfey Radboud University
David De Cremer
David De Cremer National University of Singapore
Monicque M. Lorist
Monicque M. Lorist University of Groningen
Albertus A. Wijers
Albertus A. Wijers University of Groningen
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn University College London
Sander L. Koole
Sander L. Koole Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences
Pranjal H. Mehta
Pranjal H. Mehta University College London
Vikram K. Yeragani
Vikram K. Yeragani Wayne State University

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