Dr. T. (Tim) van Timmeren
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
- Kamernummer: 1.35
- Postbus 15933
1001 NK Amsterdam
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Research Interests
My research mainly focuses on understanding the associative learning and neurobiological mechanisms underlying goal-directed and habitual behaviours. Why is it so difficult to build good habits and break bad ones? Why is this more difficult for some individuals than for others? What is the role of habits in addiction? These questions are central to my research. By finding answers to these questions, I hope we can find new ways to accelerate the formation of new habits (e.g. eating healthy, or work out regularly) and quitting bad ones (e.g. smoking, snacking).
Currently, I am working as a post-doc in Sanne de Wit's Habit Lab, studying the effect of implementation intentions on habit formation and their neural correlates.
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Biosketch
Tim van Timmeren received his Master’s degree in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Radboud University in 2013. He then continued with his PhD project at the Academic Medical Center (AMC/UvA) with prof. dr. Anneke Goudriaan and dr. Ruth J. van Holst. Using functional and structural MRI methods, he investigated the neurobiological changes that accompany chronic alcohol- and gambling addiction, mainly focusing on goal-directed and habitual control, decision making and reward processing. After his PhD, he joined Sanne de Wit's Habit Lab for a post-doc at the start of 2019.
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Publicaties
2021
Perandrés-Gómez, A., Navas, J. F., van Timmeren, T., & Perales, J. C. (2021). Decision-making (in)flexibility in gambling disorder. Addictive Behaviors, 112, [106534]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106534 [details]
2020
- van Timmeren, T., Quail, S. L., Balleine, B. W., Geurts, D. E. M., Goudriaan, A. E., & van Holst, R. J. (2020). Intact corticostriatal control of goal-directed action in Alcohol Use Disorder: a Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer and outcome-devaluation study. Scientific Reports, 10, [4949]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61892-5 [details]
2019
- Li, Y., Wang, Z., Boileau, I., Dreher, J-C., Gelskov, S., Genauck, A., ... Sescousse, G. (2019). Altered orbitofrontal sulcogyral patterns in gambling disorder: a multicenter study. Translational Psychiatry, 9, [186]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0520-8 [details]
2018
- van Timmeren, T., Daams, J. G., van Holst, R. J., & Goudriaan, A. E. (2018). Compulsivity-related neurocognitive performance deficits in gambling disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 84, 204-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.11.022 [details]
- van Timmeren, T., Zhutovsky, P., van Holst, R. J., & Goudriaan, A. E. (2018). Connectivity networks in gambling disorder: a resting-state fMRI study. International Gambling Studies, 18(2), 242-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2018.1449884 [details]
2017
- van Timmeren, T., Jansen, J. M., Caan, M. W. A., Goudriaan, A. E., & van Holst, R. J. (2017). White matter integrity between left basal ganglia and left prefrontal cortex is compromised in gambling disorder. Addiction Biology, 22(6), 1590-1600. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12447 [details]
2017
- van Holst, R. J., van Timmeren, T., & Goudriaan, A. E. (2017). Are There Differences in Disruptions of Reward Processing Between Substance Use Disorder and Gambling Disorder? JAMA Psychiatry, 74(7), 759-760. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1051
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Perandrés-Gómez, A., Navas, J. F., van Timmeren, T., & Perales, J. C. (2021). Decision-making (in)flexibility in gambling disorder. Addictive Behaviors, 112, [106534].