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255

Overview

Simon van Gaal is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their primary field of study is Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. Additional subfields of interest include Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics within neuroscience, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Simon van Gaal's frequent coauthors demonstrate collaborations across various aspects of neuroscience and psychology. Key collaborators include Johannes J. Fahrenfort, Timo Stein, Jan Willem de Gee, Stijn A. Nuiten, and Lola Beerendonk.

The researcher's recent publications reflect ongoing contributions to topics related to brain function, cognition, and perception. Notable recent papers include:

  • On the pathophysiology and treatment of akinetic mutism, 2020, published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • An academic survey on theoretical foundations, common assumptions and the current state of consciousness science, 2022, in Neuroscience of Consciousness
  • The human visual system differentially represents subjectively and objectively invisible stimuli, 2021, in PLoS Biology
  • Decreased Alertness Reconfigures Cognitive Control Networks, 2020, in Journal of Neuroscience
  • Pupil Dilation and the Slow Wave ERP Reflect Surprise about Choice Outcome Resulting from Intrinsic Variability in Decision Confidence, 2021, in Cerebral Cortex

Simon van Gaal frequently publishes in a selection of specific research venues. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • PLoS Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • eNeuro

Best Publications

  • Frontal cortex mediates unconsciously triggered inhibitory control

    Simon van Gaal;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;Johannes J. Fahrenfort;H. Steven Scholte

  • Unconscious Activation of the Prefrontal No-Go Network

    Simon van Gaal;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;H. Steven Scholte;Victor A. F. Lamme

  • Unconscious High-Level Information Processing Implication for Neurobiological Theories of Consciousness

    Simon van Gaal;Simon van Gaal;Simon van Gaal;Victor A. F. Lamme

  • Creative cognition and dopaminergic modulation of fronto-striatal networks: Integrative review and research agenda.

    Nathalie Boot;Matthijs Baas;Simon van Gaal;Roshan Cools

  • Dissociating Consciousness from Inhibitory Control: Evidence for Unconsciously Triggered Response Inhibition in the Stop-Signal Task.

    Simon van Gaal;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;Wery P. M. van den Wildenberg;Victor A. F. Lamme

  • Dynamic Interactions between Large-Scale Brain Networks Predict Behavioral Adaptation after Perceptual Errors

    Michael X Cohen;Michael X Cohen;Simon van Gaal;Simon van Gaal

  • Expectations accelerate entry of visual stimuli into awareness

    Yair Pinto;Yair Pinto;Simon van Gaal;Simon van Gaal;Floris P de Lange;Victor A F Lamme

  • From ERPs to MVPA Using the Amsterdam Decoding and Modeling Toolbox (ADAM)

    Johannes J. Fahrenfort;Johannes J. Fahrenfort;Joram van Driel;Simon van Gaal;Christian N. L. Olivers

  • Unconscious errors enhance prefrontal-occipital oscillatory synchrony

    Michael X Cohen;Michael X Cohen;Simon van Gaal;K Richard Ridderinkhof;Victor A F Lamme

  • Dissociable brain mechanisms underlying the conscious and unconscious control of behavior

    Simon van Gaal;Victor A. F. Lamme;Johannes J. Fahrenfort;K. Richard Ridderinkhof

  • Unconsciously Triggered Conflict Adaptation

    Simon van Gaal;Victor A. F. Lamme;K. Richard Ridderinkhof

  • Can the meaning of multiple words be integrated unconsciously

    Simon van Gaal;Lionel Naccache;Julia D. I. Meuwese;Anouk M. van Loon

  • Event-Related Potential, Time-frequency, and Functional Connectivity Facets of Local and Global Auditory Novelty Processing: An Intracranial Study in Humans

    Imen El Karoui;Jean-Remi King;Jacobo Sitt;Florent Meyniel

  • Subthreshold muscle twitches dissociate oscillatory neural signatures of conflicts from errors

    Michael X Cohen;Michael X Cohen;Simon van Gaal

  • How Awareness Changes the Relative Weights of Evidence During Human Decision-Making

    Floris P de Lange;Simon van Gaal;Victor A. F Lamme;Stanislas Dehaene

  • Pre-sma gray-matter density predicts individual differences in action selection in the face of conscious and unconscious response conflict

    Simon van Gaal;H. Steven Scholte;Victor A. F. Lamme;Johannes J. Fahrenfort

  • Opportunities and challenges for a maturing science of consciousness

    Matthias Michel;Diane Beck;Ned Block;Hal Blumenfeld

  • Neuronal integration in visual cortex elevates face category tuning to conscious face perception

    Johannes Fahrenfort;Tineke Snijders;Klaartje Heinen;Simon van Gaal

  • No Evidence that Predictions and Attention Modulate the First Feedforward Sweep of Cortical Information Processing.

    Josipa Alilović;Bart Timmermans;Leon C Reteig;Simon van Gaal

  • An academic survey on theoretical foundations, common assumptions and the current state of consciousness science

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  • Dynamic interactions between top–down expectations and conscious awareness

    Erik L. Meijs;Heleen A. Slagter;Floris P. de Lange;Simon van Gaal;Simon van Gaal

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor A. F. Lamme
Victor A. F. Lamme University of Amsterdam
Floris P. de Lange
Floris P. de Lange Radboud University
H. Steven Scholte
H. Steven Scholte University of Amsterdam
K. Richard Ridderinkhof
K. Richard Ridderinkhof University of Amsterdam
Heleen A. Slagter
Heleen A. Slagter Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Michael X Cohen
Michael X Cohen Radboud University
Stanislas Dehaene
Stanislas Dehaene Collège de France
Peter Hagoort
Peter Hagoort Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Tristan A. Bekinschtein
Tristan A. Bekinschtein University of Cambridge
Tobias H. Donner
Tobias H. Donner Universität Hamburg

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