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Overview

Peter De Weerd is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands and specializes in neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience. They have contributed extensively to the study of neural dynamics, brain function, and cognitive processes through both experimental and neuroimaging approaches.

The main fields of research undertaken by De Weerd involve Neuroscience, with a specific emphasis on several subfields:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology

Their research topics also cover several focused areas within neuroscience, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

Peter De Weerd has published research in a diverse range of scientific venues. Among their frequent publication outlets are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • NeuroImage
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS ONE

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by De Weerd include:

  • "Interneuron hypomyelination is associated with cognitive inflexibility in a rat model of schizophrenia" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Frequency-specific transcranial neuromodulation of alpha power alters visuospatial attention performance" (2022, Brain Research)
  • "Phase-dependent amplification of working memory content and performance" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "White matter structure and myelin-related gene expression alterations with experience in adult rats" (2020, Progress in Neurobiology)
  • "Inconsistencies in atlas-based volumetric measures of the human nucleus basalis of Meynert: A need for high-resolution alternatives" (2022, NeuroImage)

De Weerd has collaborated with a number of researchers on multiple occasions. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mark Roberts
  • Alexander T. Sack
  • Vincent van de Ven
  • Tom A. de Graaf
  • Selma K. Kemmerer

This body of work reflects a sustained engagement with both experimental and clinical aspects of brain function, with an emphasis on mechanisms underlying cognition and attention. The integration of neuroimaging, neuromodulation techniques, and behavioral evaluations is a notable feature of their research approach.

Best Publications

  • Increased Activity in Human Visual Cortex during Directed Attention in the Absence of Visual Stimulation

    Sabine Kastner;Mark A. Pinsk;Peter De Weerd;Robert Desimone

  • Visual Areas Exert Feedforward and Feedback Influences through Distinct Frequency Channels

    André Moraes Bastos;André Moraes Bastos;André Moraes Bastos;Julien Vezoli;Conrado Arturo Bosman;Conrado Arturo Bosman;Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen

  • Mechanisms of Directed Attention in the Human Extrastriate Cortex as Revealed by Functional MRI

    Sabine Kastner;Peter De Weerd;Robert Desimone;Leslie G. Ungerleider

  • Attentional stimulus selection through selective synchronization between monkey visual areas.

    Conrado A. Bosman;Conrado A. Bosman;Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen;Nicolas Brunet;Robert Oostenveld

  • Modulation of Sensory Suppression: Implications for Receptive Field Sizes in the Human Visual Cortex

    Sabine Kastner;Peter De Weerd;Mark A. Pinsk;M. Idette Elizondo

  • Robust Gamma Coherence between Macaque V1 and V2 by Dynamic Frequency Matching

    Mark J. Roberts;Mark J. Roberts;Eric Lowet;Eric Lowet;Nicolas M. Brunet;Nicolas M. Brunet;Marije Ter Wal

  • Texture segregation in the human visual cortex: A functional MRI study.

    Sabine Kastner;Peter De Weerd;Leslie G. Ungerleider

  • Perceptual filling-in: a parametric study

    Peter De Weerd;Robert Desimone;Leslie G Ungerleider

  • Filling-in: From perceptual completion to cortical reorganization.

    Luiz Pessoa;Peter De Weerd

  • Visual Spatial Attention to Multiple Locations At Once: The Jury Is Still Out.

    Bert Jans;Judith C. Peters;Peter De Weerd

  • Quantifying Neural Oscillatory Synchronization: A Comparison between Spectral Coherence and Phase-Locking Value Approaches.

    Eric Lowet;Eric Lowet;Mark J. Roberts;Mark J. Roberts;Pietro Bonizzi;Joël Karel

  • Visual Cortical Gamma-Band Activity During Free Viewing of Natural Images

    Nicolas Brunet;Nicolas Brunet;Conrado A. Bosman;Conrado A. Bosman;Mark Roberts;Mark Roberts;Robert Oostenveld

  • Stimulus repetition modulates gamma-band synchronization in primate visual cortex

    Nicolas M. Brunet;Nicolas M. Brunet;Conrado A. Bosman;Conrado A. Bosman;Martin Vinck;Mark Roberts;Mark Roberts

  • The impact of interference on short-term memory for visual orientation.

    Rosanne L. Rademaker;Ilona M. Bloem;Peter De Weerd;Alexander T. Sack

  • Cue-dependent deficits in grating orientation discrimination after V4 lesions in macaques

    Peter De Weerd;Robert Desimone;Leslie G. Ungerleider

  • The impact of ultra-high field MRI on cognitive and computational neuroimaging.

    Federico De Martino;Federico De Martino;Essa Yacoub;Valentin G. Kemper;Michelle Moerel

  • 25th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS-2016

    Tatyana O. Sharpee;Alain Destexhe;Alain Destexhe;Mitsuo Kawato;Vladislav Sekulić;Vladislav Sekulić

  • Areas V1 and V2 show microsaccade-related 3-4-Hz covariation in gamma power and frequency.

    E. Lowet;E. Lowet;M.J. Roberts;M.J. Roberts;C.A. Bosman;C.A. Bosman;P. Fries;P. Fries

  • Interneuron hypomyelination is associated with cognitive inflexibility in a rat model of schizophrenia

    Dorien A. Maas;Dorien A. Maas;Vivian D. Eijsink;Marcia Spoelder;Josephus A. van Hulten

  • A quantitative theory of gamma synchronization in macaque V1

    Eric Lowet;Mark Jonathan Roberts;Alina Peter;Bart Gips

  • Categorical, Yet Graded – Single-Image Activation Profiles of Human Category-Selective Cortical Regions

    M.C. Mur;D.A. Ruff;J. Bodurka;P. de Weerd

  • 25th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS-2016

    Tatyana O. Sharpee;Alain Destexhe;Mitsuo Kawato;Vladisla Sekulić

Frequent Co-Authors

Pascal Fries
Pascal Fries Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience
Leslie G. Ungerleider
Leslie G. Ungerleider National Institutes of Health
Vincent van de Ven
Vincent van de Ven Maastricht University
Rainer Goebel
Rainer Goebel Maastricht University
Ole Jensen
Ole Jensen University of Oxford
Alexander T. Sack
Alexander T. Sack Maastricht University
Robert Oostenveld
Robert Oostenveld Radboud University
Alain Destexhe
Alain Destexhe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gaute T. Einevoll
Gaute T. Einevoll Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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