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Niels Taatgen publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Niels Taatgen sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 245 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Niels Taatgen D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Niels Taatgen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Niels Taatgen is a researcher affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, specializing in areas encompassing neuroscience and computer science. Their work primarily contributes to the subfields of cognitive neuroscience, artificial intelligence, electrical and electronic engineering, developmental and educational psychology, and surgery.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics including neural and behavioral psychology studies, neural dynamics and brain function, advanced memory and neural computing, mind wandering and attention, intelligent tutoring systems and adaptive learning, AI-based problem solving and planning, as well as child and animal learning development.

Among recent publications associated with Taatgen are:

  • The effects of intrinsic motivation on mental fatigue, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • The resource-availability model of distraction and mind-wandering, 2021, Cognitive Systems Research
  • Modeling motivation using goal competition in mental fatigue studies, 2021, Journal of Mathematical Psychology
  • Captivated by thought: "Sticky" thinking leaves traces of perceptual decoupling in task-evoked pupil size, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • A Skill-Based Approach to Modeling the Attentional Blink, 2020, Topics in Cognitive Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include Fokie Cnossen, Jelmer P. Borst, Corné Hoekstra, Sander Martens, and Thomas F. Tiotto. This indicates a consistent network of partnerships contributing to the production of their work.

The venues publishing the scientist's work include PLoS ONE, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Cognitive Systems Research, Journal of Mathematical Psychology, and Topics in Cognitive Science. These venues reflect a strong presence in both cognitive science and interdisciplinary research outlets.

Best Publications

  • Threaded cognition: An integrated theory of concurrent multitasking

    Dario D. Salvucci;Niels A. Taatgen

  • The Multitasking Mind

    Dario D. Salvucci;Niels A. Taatgen

  • Pupil dilation deconvolution reveals the dynamics of attention at high temporal resolution

    Stefan M. Wierda;Hedderik van Rijn;Niels A. Taatgen;Sander Martens

  • Why do children learn to say “Broke”? A model of learning the past tense without feedback

    Niels A. Taatgen;John R. Anderson

  • Toward a unified theory of the multitasking continuum: from concurrent performance to task switching, interruption, and resumption

    Dario D. Salvucci;Niels A. Taatgen;Jelmer P. Borst

  • An integrated theory of prospective time interval estimation: The role of cognition, attention, and learning.

    Niels A. Taatgen;Hedderik van Rijn;John Anderson

  • The Nature and Transfer of Cognitive Skills

    Niels A. Taatgen

  • The problem state: a cognitive bottleneck in multitasking.

    Jelmer P. Borst;Niels A. Taatgen;Hedderik van Rijn

  • Too much control can hurt: a threaded cognition model of the attentional blink.

    Niels A. Taatgen;Ion Juvina;Marc Schipper;Jelmer P. Borst

  • Production compilation: a simple mechanism to model complex skill acquisition.

    Niels A. Taatgen;Frank J. Lee

  • What Makes Interruptions Disruptive?: A Process-Model Account of the Effects of the Problem State Bottleneck on Task Interruption and Resumption

    Jelmer P. Borst;Niels A. Taatgen;Hedderik van Rijn

  • Proceedings of the 31st annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society

    Niels Taatgen;Dirk van Rijn

  • The acquisition of robust and flexible cognitive skills.

    Niels A. Taatgen;David Huss;Daniel Dickison;John R. Anderson

  • Modeling paradigms in ACT-R

    Niels Taatgen;Christian Lebiere;John R. Anderson

  • Multitasking as Skill Acquisition

    Frank J. Lee;Niels A. Taatgen

  • Learning to Achieve Perfect Timesharing: Architectural Implications of Hazeltine, Teague, and Ivry (2002).

    John R. Anderson;Niels A. Taatgen;Michael D. Byrne

  • The atomic components of thought

    Niels Taatgen

  • Modeling Parallelization and Flexibility Improvements in Skill Acquisition: From Dual Tasks to Complex Dynamic Skills.

    Niels Taatgen

  • Timing of multiple overlapping intervals: How many clocks do we have?

    Hedderik van Rijn;Niels A. Taatgen

  • Proceedings of the 36th annual meeting of the cognitive science society

    Logan Gittelson;Niels Taatgen

  • Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction: From Cognitive Modeling to Social Simulation

    Niels Taatgen;C Lebiere;J.R. Anderson

  • Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling

    Enkhbold Nyamsuren;Niels Taatgen

  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY

    L Jongman;Niels Taatgen

  • Integrated Models of Cognitive Systems

    Niels Taatgen

  • Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society

    Lisette Mol;Niels Taatgen;Rineke Verbrugge;Petra Hendriks

  • Proceedings of the 25th annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society

    Niels Taatgen;M Dijkstra

  • Pupil dilation deconvolution reveals the dynamics of attention at high temporal resolution

    S. Wierda;van Hedderik Rijn;Niels Taatgen;Sander Martens

Frequent Co-Authors

Hedderik van Rijn
Hedderik van Rijn University of Groningen
John R. Anderson
John R. Anderson Carnegie Mellon University
Dario D. Salvucci
Dario D. Salvucci Drexel University
Christian Lebiere
Christian Lebiere Carnegie Mellon University
Vincent Aleven
Vincent Aleven Carnegie Mellon University
Nikol Rummel
Nikol Rummel Ruhr University Bochum
Shusaku Tsumoto
Shusaku Tsumoto Shimane University
Arno Villringer
Arno Villringer Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Josef F. Krems
Josef F. Krems Chemnitz University of Technology
Han L. J. van der Maas
Han L. J. van der Maas University of Amsterdam

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