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Neuroscience

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25926
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National Ranking
51

Psychology

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78
Citations
25456
World Ranking
1572
National Ranking
87

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Roshan Cools is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a strong focus on cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their work extensively covers topics such as neural and behavioral psychology studies, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, functional brain connectivity studies, mental health research topics, neural dynamics and brain function, psychological and educational research studies, and EEG and brain-computer interfaces.

They have published research in several prominent venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Recent papers involving them as an author include:

  • "Neuromodulation of prefrontal cortex cognitive function in primates: the powerful roles of monoamines and acetylcholine," 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology

Other notable recent papers from related collaborators in the broader research cluster include:

  • "Dopamine promotes cognitive effort by biasing the benefits versus costs of cognitive work," 2020, Science
  • "A mosaic of cost-benefit control over cortico-striatal circuitry," 2021, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "Why so curious? Quantifying mechanisms of information seeking," 2020, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
  • "A Dynamical Systems View of Psychiatric Disorders-Theory," 2024, JAMA Psychiatry

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Ruben van den Bosch, Lieke Hofmans, Hanneke E.M. den Ouden, Andrew Westbrook, and Jessica I. Määttä.

Roshan Cools has received recognition in the form of membership in academic societies and academies, including the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2018 and membership in the Academia Europaea since 2016.

Best Publications

  • Inverted-U-shaped dopamine actions on human working memory and cognitive control.

    Roshan Cools;Mark D'Esposito

  • Enhanced or Impaired Cognitive Function in Parkinson's Disease as a Function of Dopaminergic Medication and Task Demands

    Roshan Cools;Roger A. Barker;Barbara J. Sahakian;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Dopaminergic modulation of cognitive function-implications for L-DOPA treatment in Parkinson's disease.

    Roshan Cools

  • Defining the neural mechanisms of probabilistic reversal learning using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging.

    Roshan Cools;Luke Clark;Adrian M. Owen;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Serotoninergic regulation of emotional and behavioural control processes

    Roshan Cools;Angela C. Roberts;Trevor W. Robbins

  • l-Dopa medication remediates cognitive inflexibility, but increases impulsivity in patients with Parkinson’s disease

    Roshan Cools;Roger A Barker;Barbara J Sahakian;Trevor W Robbins

  • The neuropsychology of ventral prefrontal cortex: Decision-making and reversal learning

    L. Clark;R. Cools;T.W. Robbins

  • Serotonin and dopamine: unifying affective, activational, and decision functions.

    Roshan Cools;Kae Nakamura;Nathaniel D. Daw

  • Mechanisms of cognitive set flexibility in Parkinson's disease.

    Roshan Cools;Roger A. Barker;Barbara J. Sahakian;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Mechanisms of motivation-cognition interaction: Challenges and opportunities

    Todd S. Braver;Marie K. Krug;Kimberly S. Chiew;Wouter Kool

  • Dopaminergic modulation of high‐level cognition in Parkinson’s disease: the role of the prefrontal cortex revealed by PET

    Roshan Cools;Elka Stefanova;Roger A. Barker;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Disentangling the Roles of Approach, Activation and Valence in Instrumental and Pavlovian Responding

    Quentin J. M. Huys;Roshan Cools;Martin Gölzer;Eva Friedel

  • Role of Dopamine in the Motivational and Cognitive Control of Behavior

    Roshan Cools

  • Striatal Dopamine Predicts Outcome-Specific Reversal Learning and Its Sensitivity to Dopaminergic Drug Administration

    Roshan Cools;Michael J. Frank;Sasha E. Gibbs;Asako Miyakawa

  • Working Memory Capacity Predicts Dopamine Synthesis Capacity in the Human Striatum

    Roshan Cools;Sasha E. Gibbs;Asako Miyakawa;William Jagust

  • Dopamine promotes cognitive effort by biasing the benefits versus costs of cognitive work.

    Andrew Westbrook;Andrew Westbrook;R. van den Bosch;J.I.M. Määttä;L. Hofmans

  • Reversal learning in Parkinson's disease depends on medication status and outcome valence.

    Roshan Cools;Lee Altamirano;Mark D’Esposito

  • L-DOPA disrupts activity in the nucleus accumbens during reversal learning in Parkinson's disease.

    Roshan Cools;Simon J G Lewis;Luke Clark;Roger A Barker

  • Impulsive Personality Predicts Dopamine-Dependent Changes in Frontostriatal Activity during Component Processes of Working Memory

    Roshan Cools;Margaret Sheridan;Emily Jacobs;Mark D'Esposito

  • Chemistry of the adaptive mind

    Roshan Cools;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Dissociable Effects of Dopamine and Serotonin on Reversal Learning

    Hanneke E.M. den Ouden;Hanneke E.M. den Ouden;Nathaniel D. Daw;Nathaniel D. Daw;Guillén Fernandez;Guillén Fernandez;Joris A. Elshout;Joris A. Elshout

Frequent Co-Authors

Esther Aarts
Esther Aarts Radboud University
Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Luke Clark
Luke Clark University of British Columbia
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Jan K. Buitelaar
Jan K. Buitelaar Radboud University
Barbara J. Sahakian
Barbara J. Sahakian University of Cambridge
Quentin J. M. Huys
Quentin J. M. Huys University College London
Mark D'Esposito
Mark D'Esposito University of California, Berkeley
Rick C. Helmich
Rick C. Helmich Radboud University
Michael J. Frank
Michael J. Frank Brown University

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