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Sander Nieuwenhuis

Sander Nieuwenhuis

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
69
Citations
28868
World Ranking
2324
National Ranking
129

Neuroscience

D-Index
69
Citations
29052
World Ranking
2577
National Ranking
83

Sander Nieuwenhuis 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 Sander Nieuwenhuis sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 180 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sander Nieuwenhuis 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 Sander Nieuwenhuis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 80th percentile

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

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

Overview

Sander Nieuwenhuis is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with particular attention to cognitive neuroscience, neurology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics including:

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Nieuwenhuis has contributed to several recent publications, notably:

  • "Pupil size reflects activation of subcortical ascending arousal system nuclei during rest," 2023, published in eLife
  • "Belief traps: Tackling the inertia of harmful beliefs," 2022, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Evidence for a modulating effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) on salivary alpha-amylase as indirect noradrenergic marker: A pooled mega-analysis," 2022, published in Brain Stimulation
  • "Temporal Expectation Hastens Decision Onset But Does Not Affect Evidence Quality," 2020, published in Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Short-term transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation increases pupil size but does not affect EEG alpha power: A replication of Sharon et al. (2021, Journal of Neuroscience)," 2023, published in Brain Stimulation

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Beth Lloyd
  • Verónica Mäki-Marttunen
  • Franz Wurm
  • Roy de Kleijn
  • Federica Lucchi

Nieuwenhuis publishes regularly in several scientific venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Psychophysiology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • The Role of the Medial Frontal Cortex in Cognitive Control.

    K. Richard Ridderinkhof;Markus Ullsperger;Eveline A. Crone;Sander Nieuwenhuis

  • Decision making, the P3, and the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system.

    Sander Nieuwenhuis;Gary Aston-Jones;Jonathan D. Cohen

  • Electrophysiological correlates of anterior cingulate function in a go/no-go task: Effects of response conflict and trial type frequency

    Sander Nieuwenhuis;Nick Yeung;Wery van den Wildenberg;K. Richard Ridderinkhof

  • Error-related brain potentials are differentially related to awareness of response errors: evidence from an antisaccade task.

    Sander Nieuwenhuis;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;Jos Blom;Guido P.H. Band

  • Mental Training Affects Distribution of Limited Brain Resources

    Heleen A Slagter;Antoine Lutz;Lawrence L Greischar;Andrew D Francis

  • Erroneous analyses of interactions in neuroscience: a problem of significance

    Sander Nieuwenhuis;Birte U Forstmann;Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

  • Pupil diameter tracks changes in control state predicted by the adaptive gain theory of locus coeruleus function.

    Mark S. Gilzenrat;Sander Nieuwenhuis;Marieke Jepma;Jonathan D. Cohen

  • The neural basis of the speed–accuracy tradeoff

    Rafal Bogacz;Eric-Jan Wagenmakers;Birte U. Forstmann;Sander Nieuwenhuis

  • Reappraisal modulates the electrocortical response to unpleasant pictures

    Greg Hajcak;Sander Nieuwenhuis

  • Dissociable components of error processing: On the functional significance of the Pe vis-à-vis the ERN/Ne

    Thérèse J.M. Overbeek;Sander Nieuwenhuis;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;K. Richard Ridderinkhof

  • Reinforcement-related brain potentials from medial frontal cortex: origins and functional significance

    Sander Nieuwenhuis;Clay B Holroyd;Nisan Mol;Michael G.H Coles

  • Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex shows fMRI response to internal and external error signals

    Clay B Holroyd;Sander Nieuwenhuis;Sander Nieuwenhuis;Nick Yeung;Leigh Nystrom

  • Mental fatigue and task control: planning and preparation.

    Monicque M. Lorist;Merel Klein;Sander Nieuwenhuis;Ritske De Jong

  • The anatomical and functional relationship between the P3 and autonomic components of the orienting response

    Sander Nieuwenhuis;Eco J. De Geus;Gary Aston-Jones

  • Pupil diameter predicts changes in the exploration-exploitation trade-off: evidence for the adaptive gain theory.

    Marieke Jepma;Sander Nieuwenhuis

  • Errors in reward prediction are reflected in the event-related brain potential.

    Clay B. Holroyd;Sander Nieuwenhuis;Nick Yeung;Jonathan D. Cohen

  • 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

  • A computational account of altered error processing in older age: dopamine and the error-related negativity.

    Sander Nieuwenhuis;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;Durk Talsma;Michael G. H. Coles;Michael G. H. Coles

  • Sensitivity of Electrophysiological Activity from Medial Frontal Cortex to Utilitarian and Performance Feedback

    Sander Nieuwenhuis;Nick Yeung;Clay B. Holroyd;Aaron Schurger

  • The Beneficial Effects of Additional Task Load, Positive Affect, and Instruction on the Attentional Blink.

    Christian N. L. Olivers;Sander Nieuwenhuis

  • The Beneficial Effect of Concurrent Task-Irrelevant Mental Activity on Temporal Attention

    Christian N.L. Olivers;Sander Nieuwenhuis

  • Knowing good from bad: differential activation of human cortical areas by positive and negative outcomes

    Sander Nieuwenhuis;Heleen A. Slagter;Niels J. Alting von Geusau;Dirk J. Heslenfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Tobias H. Donner
Tobias H. Donner Universität Hamburg
Nic J.A. van der Wee
Nic J.A. van der Wee Leiden University Medical Center
Serge A.R.B. Rombouts
Serge A.R.B. Rombouts Leiden University
Birte U. Forstmann
Birte U. Forstmann University of Amsterdam
Jos A. Bosch
Jos A. Bosch University of Amsterdam
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers University of Amsterdam
Jonathan D. Cohen
Jonathan D. Cohen Princeton University
Heleen A. Slagter
Heleen A. Slagter Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Henk van Steenbergen
Henk van Steenbergen Leiden University

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