Dr. S. (Simon) van Gaal
Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen
Programmagroep: Brain & Cognition
Bezoekadres
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
- Kamernummer: 0.12
Postadres
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Postbus 15915
1001 NK Amsterdam
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Profile
I am an associate professor at the Brain and Cognition department and head of the Conscious Brain Lab. In the lab we study the neural correlates of consciousness and the role of consciousness in cognitive control and decision-making using various neuroimaging techniques (e.g., EEG, functional and structural MRI, MEG). Hopefully, this will eventually contribute to a better understanding of the neural mechanisms and potential function of consciousness.
See consciousbrainlab.com for more information about our research, the people involved and publications.
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Publicaties
- refereed (59)
- wetenschappelijk (2)
- vakpublicatie (1)
- erkenning (9)
- supervised theses (3)
- proefschrift (1)
- datasets (6)
2024
- Beerendonk, L., Mejías, J. F., Nuiten, S. A., de Gee, J. W., Fahrenfort, J. J., & van Gaal, S. (2024). A disinhibitory circuit mechanism explains a general principle of peak performance during mid-level arousal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(5), Article e2312898121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2312898121 [details]
2023
- Alilović, J., Lampers, E., Slagter, H. A., & van Gaal, S. (2023). Illusory object recognition is either perceptual or cognitive in origin depending on decision confidence. PLoS Biology, 21(3), Article e3002009. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002009
Canales-Johnson, A., Beerendonk, L., Chennu, S., Davidson, M. J., Ince, R. A. A., & van Gaal, S. (2023). Feedback information transfer in the human brain reflects bistable perception in the absence of report. PLoS Biology, 21(5), Article e3002120. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002120 [details]- Johnson, P. A., Blom, T., van Gaal, S., Feuerriegel, D., Bode, S., & Hogendoorn, H. (2023). Position representations of moving objects align with real-time position in the early visual response. eLife, 12, Article e82424. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82424 [details]
- Nuiten, S. A., De Gee, J. W., Fahrenfort, J. J., & van Gaal, S. (2023). Catecholaminergic neuromodulation and selective attention jointly shape perceptual decision making. eLife, 12. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.87022.1
- Sánchez-Fuenzalida, N., van Gaal, S., Fleming, S. M., Haaf, J. M., & Fahrenfort, J. J. (2023). Predictions and rewards affect decision-making but not subjective experience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(44), Article e2220749120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2220749120
2022
- Francken, J. C., Beerendonk, L., Molenaar, D., Fahrenfort, J. J., Kiverstein, J. D., Seth, A. K., & van Gaal, S. (2022). An academic survey on theoretical foundations, common assumptions and the current state of consciousness science. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2022(1), Article niac011. https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niac011 [details]
- Overbeek, B. U. H., Lavrijsen, J. C. M., van Gaal, S., Kondziella, D., Eilander, H. J., & Koopmans, R. T. C. M. (2022). Towards consensus on visual pursuit and visual fixation in patients with disorders of consciousness. A Delphi study. Journal of neurology, 269(6), 3204-3215. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10905-y [details]
2021
- Alilović, J., Slagter, H. A., & van Gaal, S. (2021). Subjective visibility report is facilitated by conscious predictions only. Consciousness and Cognition, 87, Article 103048. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2020.103048 [details]
- Alilović, J., van Moorselaar, D., Graetz, M., van Gaal, S., & Slagter, H. A. (2021). Representational dynamics preceding conscious access. NeuroImage, 230, Article 117789. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117789 [details]
- Dijkstra, N., van Gaal, S., Geerligs, L., Bosch, S. E., & van Gerven, M. A. J. (2021). No Evidence for Neural Overlap between Unconsciously Processed and Imagined Stimuli. eNeuro, 8(5). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0228-21.2021 [details]
- Nuiten, S. A., Canales-Johnson, A., Beerendonk, L., Nanuashvili, N., Fahrenfort, J. J., Bekinschtein, T., & van Gaal, S. (2021). Preserved sensory processing but hampered conflict detection when stimulus input is task-irrelevant. eLife, 10, Article e64431. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64431 [details]
- Seijdel, N., Loke, J., van de Klundert, R., van der Meer, M., Quispel, E., van Gaal, S., de Haan, E. H. F., & Scholte, H. S. (2021). On the Necessity of Recurrent Processing during Object Recognition: It Depends on the Need for Scene Segmentation. Journal of Neuroscience, 41(29), 6281-6289. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2851-20.2021 [details]
- Stein, T., Kaiser, D., Fahrenfort, J. J., & van Gaal, S. (2021). The human visual system differentially represents subjectively and objectively invisible stimuli. PLoS Biology, 19(5), Article e3001241. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001241 [details]
- Wiers, R. W., van Gaal, S., & Le Pelley, M. E. (2021). Akrasia and addiction: Neurophilosophy and psychological mechanisms. In J. Harbecke, & C. Herrmann-Pillath (Eds.), Social Neuroeconomics: Mechanistic Integration of the Neurosciences and the Social Sciences (pp. 121-147). (Routledge Advances in Behavioural Economics and Finance). Routledge. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429296918-10 [details]
- de Gee, J. W., Correa, C. M. C., Weaver, M., Donner, T. H., & van Gaal, S. (2021). Pupil Dilation and the Slow Wave ERP Reflect Surprise about Choice Outcome Resulting from Intrinsic Variability in Decision Confidence. Cerebral Cortex, 31(7), 3565-3578. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab032 [details]
2020
- Arnts, H., van Erp, W. S., Lavrijsen, J. C. M., van Gaal, S., Groenewegen, H. J., & van den Munckhof, P. (2020). On the pathophysiology and treatment of akinetic mutism. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 112, 270-278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.02.006 [details]
- Baas, M., Boot, N., van Gaal, S., de Dreu, C. K. W., & Cools, R. (2020). Methylphenidate does not affect convergent and divergent creative processes in healthy adults. NeuroImage, 205, Article 116279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116279 [details]
- Canales-Johnson, A., Beerendonk, L., Blain, S., Kitaoka, S., Ezquerro-Nassar, A., Nuiten, S., Fahrenfort, J., van Gaal, S., & Bekinschtein, T. A. (2020). Decreased Alertness Reconfigures Cognitive Control Networks. The Journal of Neuroscience, 40(37), 7142-7154. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0343-20.2020 [details]
2019
- Alilović, J., Timmermans, B., Reteig, L. C., van Gaal, S., & Slagter, H. A. (2019). No Evidence that Predictions and Attention Modulate the First Feedforward Sweep of Cortical Information Processing. Cerebral Cortex, 29(5), 2261–2278. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhz038 [details]
- Meijs, E. L., Mostert, P., Slagter, H. A., de Lange, F. P., & van Gaal, S. (2019). Exploring the role of expectations and stimulus relevance on stimulus-specific neural representations and conscious report. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2019(1), Article niz011. https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niz011 [details]
- Michel, M., Beck, D., Block, N., Blumenfeld, H., Brown, R., Carmel, D., Carrasco, M., Chirimuuta, M., Chun, M., Cleeremans, A., Dehaene, S., Fleming, S. M., Frith, C., Haggard, P., He, B. J., Heyes, C., Goodale, M. A., Irvine, L., Kawato, M., ... Yoshida, M. (2019). Opportunities and challenges for a maturing science of consciousness. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(2), 104-107. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0531-8 [details]
- Mongelli, V., Meijs, E. L., van Gaal, S., & Hagoort, P. (2019). No language unification without neural feedback: How awareness affects sentence processing. NeuroImage, 202, Article 116063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116063 [details]
- Weaver, M. D., Fahrenfort, J. J., Belopolsky, A., & van Gaal, S. (2019). Independent Neural Activity Patterns for Sensory- and Confidence-Based Information Maintenance during Category-Selective Visual Processing. eNeuro, 6(1), Article 0268-18.2018. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0268-18.2018 [details]
2018
- Correa, C. M. C., Noorman, S., Jiang, J., Palminteri, S., Cohen, M. X., Lebreton, M., & van Gaal, S. (2018). How the Level of Reward Awareness Changes the Computational and Electrophysiological Signatures of Reinforcement Learning. The Journal of Neuroscience, 38(48), 10338-10348. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0457-18.2018 [details]
- Fahrenfort, J. J., van Driel, J., van Gaal, S., & Olivers, C. N. L. (2018). From ERPs to MVPA Using the Amsterdam Decoding and Modeling Toolbox (ADAM). Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12, Article 368. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00368 [details]
- Jiang, J., Correa, C. M., Geerts, J., & van Gaal, S. (2018). The relationship between conflict awareness and behavioral and oscillatory signatures of immediate and delayed cognitive control. NeuroImage, 177, 11-19. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.05.007 [details]
- Meijs, E. L., Klaassen, F. H., Bokeria, L., van Gaal, S., & de Lange, F. P. (2018). Cue predictability does not modulate bottom-up attentional capture. Royal Society Open Science, 5(10), Article 180524. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180524 [details]
- Meijs, E. L., Slagter, H. A., de Lange, F. P., & van Gaal, S. (2018). Dynamic Interactions between Top-Down Expectations and Conscious Awareness. The Journal of Neuroscience, 38(9), 2318-2327. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1952-17.2017 [details]
2017
- Boot, N., Baas, M., Mühlfeld, E., de Dreu, C. K. W., & van Gaal, S. (2017). Widespread neural oscillations in the delta band dissociate rule convergence from rule divergence during creative idea generation. Neuropsychologia, 104, 8-17. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.07.033 [details]
- Boot, N., Baas, M., van Gaal, S., Cools, R., & De Dreu, C. K. W. (2017). Creative cognition and dopaminergic modulation of fronto-striatal networks: Integrative review and research agenda. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 78, 13-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.04.007 [details]
2015
- El Karoui, I., King, J-R., Sitt, J., Meyniel, F., van Gaal, S., Hasboun, D., Adam, C., Navarro, V., Baulac, M., Dehaene, S., Cohen, L., & Naccache, L. (2015). Event-related potential, time-frequency, and fjjunctional connectivity facets of local and global auditory novelty processing: an intracranial study in humans. Cerebral Cortex, 25(11), 4203-4212. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhu143 [details]
- Francken, J. C., Meijs, E. L., Hagoort, P., van Gaal, S., & de Lange, F. P. (2015). Exploring the automaticity of language-perception interactions: effects of attention and awareness. Scientific Reports, 5, Article 17725. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17725 [details]
- Francken, J. C., Meijs, E. L., Ridderinkhof, O. M., Hagoort, P., de Lange, F. P., & van Gaal, S. (2015). Manipulating word awareness dissociates feed-forward from feedback models of language-perception interactions. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2015(1), Article niv003. https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niv003 [details]
- Jiang, J., Zhang, Q., & Van Gaal, S. (2015). EEG neural oscillatory dynamics reveal semantic and response conflict at difference levels of conflict awareness. Scientific Reports, 5, Article 12008. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep12008 [details]
- Jiang, J., Zhang, Q., & van Gaal, S. (2015). Conflict awareness dissociates theta-band neural dynamics of the medial frontal and lateral frontal cortex during trial-by-trial cognitive control. NeuroImage, 116, 102-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.04.062 [details]
- Pinto, Y., van Gaal, S., de Lange, F. P., Lamme, V. A. F., & Seth, A. K. (2015). Expectations accelerate entry of visual stimuli into awareness. Journal of Vision, 15(8), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1167/15.8.13 [details]
2014
- Cohen, M. X., & van Gaal, S. (2014). Subthreshold muscle twitches dissociate oscillatory neural signatures of conflicts from errors. NeuroImage, 86(1), 503-513. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.10.033 [details]
- van Gaal, S., Naccache, L., Meuwese, J. D. I., van Loon, A. M., Leighton, A. H., Cohen, L., & Dehaene, S. (2014). Can the meaning of multiple words be integrated unconsciously? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 369(1641), 20130212. Article 20130212. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0212 [details]
2013
- Cohen, M. X., & van Gaal, S. (2013). Dynamic interactions between large-scale brain networks predict behavioral adaptation after perceptual errors. Cerebral Cortex, 23(5), 1061-1072. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhs069 [details]
- Jiang, J., van Gaal, S., Bailey, K., Chen, A., & Zhang, Q. (2013). Electrophysiological correlates of block-wise strategic adaptations to consciously and unconsciously triggered conflict. Neuropsychologia, 51(13), 2791-2798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia2013.09.020 [details]
2012
- Fahrenfort, J. J., Snijders, T. M., Heinen, K., van Gaal, S., Scholte, H. S., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2012). Neuronal integration in visual cortex elevates face category tuning to conscious face perception. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(52), 21504-21509. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1207414110 [details]
- Francken, J., van Gaal, S., & de Lange, F. P. (2012). Response to Desender & Van den Bussche: on the absence of a relationship between discriminability and priming. Consciousness and Cognition, 21(3), 1573-1574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2012.04.005 [details]
- van Gaal, S., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2012). Unconscious high-level information processing: implication for neurobiological theories of consciousness. The Neuroscientist, 18(3), 287-301. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073858411404079 [details]
- van Gaal, S., de Lange, F. P., & Cohen, M. X. (2012). The role of consciousness in cognitive control and decision making. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6, Article 121. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00121 [details]
- van Loon, A. M., Scholte, H. S., van Gaal, S., van der Hoort, B. J. J., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2012). GABAa agonist reduces visual awareness: a masking-EEG experiment. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24(4), 965-974. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00197 [details]
2011
- Francken, J. C., van Gaal, S., & de Lange, F. P. (2011). Immediate and long-term priming effects are independent of prime awareness. Consciousness and Cognition, 20(4), 1793-1800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2011.04.005 [details]
- Jolij, J., Scholte, H. S., van Gaal, S., Hodgson, T. L., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2011). Act quickly, decide later: long-latency visual processing underlies perceptual decisions but not reflexive behavior. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(12), 3734-3745. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00034 [details]
- Weeda, W. D., Waldorp, L. J., Grasman, R. P. P. P., van Gaal, S., & Huizenga, H. M. (2011). Functional connectivity analysis of fMRI data using parameterized regions-of-interest. NeuroImage, 54(1), 410-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.07.022 [details]
- Wokke, M. E., van Gaal, S., Scholte, H. S., Ridderinkhof, K. R., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2011). The flexible nature of unconsicous cognition. PLoS ONE, 6(9), Article e25729. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025729 [details]
- de Lange, F. P., van Gaal, S., Lamme, V. A. F., & Dehaene, S. (2011). How awareness changes the relative weights of evidence during human decision-making. PLoS Biology, 9(11), e1001203. Article e1001203. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001203 [details]
- van Gaal, S., Lamme, V. A. F., Fahrenfort, J. J., & Ridderinkhof, K. R. (2011). Dissociable brain mechanisms underlying the conscious and unconscious control of behavior. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(1), 91-105. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2010.21431 [details]
- van Gaal, S., Scholte, H. S., Lamme, V. A. F., Fahrenfort, J. J., & Ridderinkhof, K. R. (2011). Pre-SMA gray-matter density predicts individual differences in action selection in the face of conscious and unconscious response conflict. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(2), 382-390. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2010.21444 [details]
2010
- van Gaal, S., Lamme, V. A. F., & Ridderinkhof, K. R. (2010). Unconsciously triggered conflict adaptation. PLoS ONE, 5(7), Article 11508. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011508 [details]
- van Gaal, S., Ridderinkhof, K. R., Scholte, H. S., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2010). Unconscious activation of the prefrontal no-go network. The Journal of Neuroscience, 30(11), 4143-4150. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2992-09.2010 [details]
2009
- Cohen, M. X., van Gaal, S., Ridderinkhof, K. R., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2009). Unconscious errors enhance prefrontal-occipital oscillatory synchrony. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 3, Article 54. https://doi.org/10.3389/neuro.09.054.2009 [details]
- van Gaal, S., Ridderinkhof, K. R., van den Wildenberg, W. P. M., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2009). Dissociating consciousness from inhibitory control: evidence for unconsciously triggered response inhibition in the stop-signal task. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance, 35(4), 1129-1139. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013551 [details]
2008
- van Gaal, S., & Fahrenfort, J. J. (2008). The relationship between visual awareness, attention, and report. The Journal of Neuroscience, 28(21), 5401-5402. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1208-08.2008 [details]
- van Gaal, S., Ridderinkhof, K. R., Fahrenfort, J. J., Scholte, H. S., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2008). Frontal cortex mediates unconsciously triggered inhibitory control. The Journal of Neuroscience, 28(32), 8053-8062. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1278-08.2008 [details]
2021
- Fahrenfort, J. J., & van Gaal, S. (2021). Criteria for empirical theories of consciousness should focus on the explanatory power of mechanisms, not on functional equivalence. Cognitive Neuroscience, 12(2), 93-94. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2020.1838470 [details]
2018
- Slagter, H. A., Alilovic, J., & Van Gaal, S. (2018). How early does attention modulate visual information processing? The importance of experimental protocol and data analysis approach. Cognitive Neuroscience, 9(1-2), 26-28. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2017.1372405 [details]
2017
- van der Linden, M., Bosch, S., Francken, J., van Gaal, S., Manneke, A., Oosterwijk, S., & Ploeger, A. (2017). Hersenwerk: Neurowetenschappen in de 21ste eeuw. Amsterdam: Boom. [details]
Prijs / subsidie
- van Gaal, S. (2016). ERC starters grant.
- van Gaal, S. (2016). ABC talent grant (Andres Canales-Johnson).
- van Gaal, S. (2016). Amsterdam Brain and Mind Project for the project.
- van Gaal, S. (2016). ABC talent grant (Jolien Francken).
- van Gaal, S. (2015). Untangling the elusive influence of prediction on attentional capture and conscious awareness. Amsterdam Brain and Mind Project.
Spreker
- van Gaal, S. (speaker) (15-11-2016). Invited lecture at the University of Sussex, UK (invited by prof. dr. Seth), University of Sussex, Brighton..
- van Gaal, S. (invited speaker) (26-11-2015). Vrije wil in het onderwijs, Gemeente Amstedam Noord, Amsterdam.
- van Gaal, S. (invited speaker) (16-9-2015). "Het zwarte gat" / Dingen met wetenschap, public lecture, Stadsschouwburg - Amsterdam.
- van Gaal, S. (invited speaker) (15-10-2014). "Baas in eigen brein", public lecture debate Science unlimited, Den Haag.
2021
2018
- Boot, N. C. (2018). The creative brain: Some insights into the neural dynamics of flexible and persistent creative processes. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
- Costa Corrêa, C. M. (2018). The role of awareness, neuromodulation and metacognition in human decision making. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
2023
- Nuiten, S. A. & van Gaal, S. (29-11-2023). Behavioral data. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.24631050.v6
- Nuiten, S. A. & van Gaal, S. (29-11-2023). Physiological and subjective experience data. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.24624318.v2
- Nuiten, S. A. & van Gaal, S. (24-11-2023). Raw EEG data. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.24624342.v1
- Nuiten, S. A. & van Gaal, S. (24-11-2023). Pupil data. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.24624321.v1
- van Gaal, S. (17-1-2023). Results. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.21904932.v1
- van Gaal, S. (17-1-2023). Data. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.21908190.v1
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PLOS Biology
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PLOS Biology
Canales-Johnson, A., Beerendonk, L., Chennu, S., Davidson, M. J., Ince, R. A. A., & van Gaal, S. (2023). Feedback information transfer in the human brain reflects bistable perception in the absence of report. PLoS Biology, 21(5), Article e3002120. Advance online publication.