Professional career
| 2015 – present | Principal Investigator, Affect Motivation & Action lab, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, The Netherlands |
| 2022 – present | Associate Professor, Cognitive Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands |
| 2015 – 2022 | Assistant Professor (tenured), Cognitive Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands |
| 2018 | Visiting Researcher, Motivation Brain Behavior lab, Brain & Spine Institute, Paris, France |
| 2014 | Visiting Researcher, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2012 – 2015 | Post-doc / Assistant Professor, Cognitive Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands |
| 2007 – 2012 | PhD student Cognitive Neuroscience, graduated cum laude (highest distinction), Cognitive Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands |
Educational background
| 2005 – 2007 | MPhil Cognitive Neuroscience cum laude (highest distinction), Leiden University, The Netherlands |
| 2002 – 2007 | BA Philosophy of Psychology (average grade > 8 out of 10), Leiden University, The Netherlands |
| 2002 – 2005 | BSc Psychology cum laude (highest distinction), Leiden University, The Netherlands |
Supervision of PhD students
| 2023 – present | Liwen Meng (daily supervisor; project: stress-buffering effects of nature) |
| 2022 – present | Jin Yan (daily supervisor; project: affective stress buffering) |
| 2021 – present | Selin Topel (daily supervisor EEG/fMRI project: dealing with uncertainty) |
| 2013 – 2020 | Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam (daily supervisor large-scale multi-modal neuroimaging project: social anxiety), graduated cum laude (highest distinction) |
| 2012 – 2016 | Mikael Kowal (daily supervisor EEG project: cannabis administration and error-related negativity) |
Supervision of Postdocs
| 2021 – 2022 | Dr. Motoyuki Sanada (daily supervisor EEG project: emotion and cognitive control) |
| 2019 – 2023 | Dr. Floor van Meer (daily supervisor three neuroimaging projects: taste processing and cognitive load) |
Member of PhD committees
Eefje Rondeel (2013; Radboud University Nijmegen); Rudy van den Brink (2017; Leiden University); Lien De Saedeleer (2017; Ghent University, Belgium); Hester Ruigendijk (2018; Free University Amsterdam); Nathaniel Elkins-Brown (2019; University of Toronto, Canada); Monja Froböse (2019; Donders Institute Nijmegen); Michelle Achterberg (2020; Leiden University); Daphne Tona (2020; Leiden University); Qian Yang (2020; Ghent University, Belgium); Tobias Maldei (2020; Free University Amsterdam); Friederike Behrens (2020; Leiden University); Anne Bolders (2021; Leiden University); Katharina Pittner (2023; Leiden University); Yann Bouzidi (2023; University of Geneva, Switzerland); Roderik Gerritsen (2023; Leiden University).
Teaching
| 2023 – present | Research Master course “Experimentation I: Programming Psychological Experiments” (coordinator & instructor Python and OpenSesame) |
| 2011 – 2022 | Research Master course “Experimentation I: Programming Psychological Experiments” (coordinator & instructor E-Prime) |
| 2012 – 2020 | BA3 course “Cognitive Neuroscience” (coordinator & instructor) |
| 2008 – present | Supervision of internships, bachelor and master theses |
| 2015 – 2018 | Workshops “E-Prime for researchers” (basic and advanced), FSW SOLO, Leiden University, The Netherlands. (2015-present) |
| 2013 – 2014 | Workshops for PhD students “Programming Psychological Experiments in E-Prime”. Two-day workshops (basic and advanced) at Ghent University. |
| 2012 – 2012 | Lectures Introductie in de linguïstiek en in de neurocognitieve psychologie (Minor Brain & Cognition) |
| 2008, 2012 | fMRI data analysis with FSL (workgroup instructor) |
| 2008 | Computer practical sessions Cognitive Psychology |
| 2007 – 2010 | Research Master course “Experimentation I: Programming Psychological Experiments” (lecturer and instructor Visual Basic) |
Reviewing and Editorships
| 2020 – 2021 | Guest Editor Special Issue “Positive Affect” for Current Opinion in Behavioral Science |
| 2019 – 2020 | Guest Editor Special Issue “Affect and Cognitive Control” for International Journal of Psychophysiology |
| 2018 – present | Consulting Editor for Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience |
| 2017 – present | Consulting Editor for Cognition & Emotion |
| 2012 – present | Reviewer for various professional journals (see Publons profile) |
Grants and awards
| 2019 | Grant to organize Lorentz workshop “Positive Affect: Nature, Neurochemistry, and Function” (main organizer; 25,000 euros) |
| 2018 | Open Research Area funding “Work hard, play hard. Neuropsychological correlates and behavioural implications of hedonic compensation” (co-I, with Lotte van Dillen and Wilhelm Hofmann; 550,000 euros) |
| 2018 | Internal funding collaborative PET Dopamine imaging project (co-I; 100,000 euros, withdrawn) |
| 2017 | Leiden University Fund / Gratama Fund (25,000 euros) |
Other professional activities
| 2022 –2023 | Chair of Scientific Committee Dutch Psychonomic Society (NVP) biannual conference on Brain & Cognition (NVP). |
| 2020 – present | Board member European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN) |
| 2020 – 2023 | Member of project and development team Sylvius SSH labs |
| 2020 – present | Chair of Research Infrastructure Committee FSW (Facultair Infrastructuur Beraad) Leiden |
| 2020 – 2021 | Chair of sounding board group Sylvius SSH labs |
| 2019 – present | Member of Scientific Committee Dutch Psychonomic Society (NVP) biannual conference on Brain & Cognition (NVP). |
| 2018 | Co-organizer Conference European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN) 2018, Leiden |
| 2017 – 2018 | Coordinator working group Developing Advanced Neuroscientific Methods, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University |
| 2016 – 2020 | Member of project group High Performance Computing Centre, Leiden University |
| 2016 – present | Member of ICT Committee Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University |
| 2016 – 2022 | Webmaster website Consortium for European Research on Emotion (CERE) |
| 2016 | Co-organizer Conference Consortium for European Research on Emotion (CERE) 2016, Leiden |
| 2014 – 2020 | Key-user Sun Grid Engine (Corleone, Shark) high performance computer cluster FSW. |
| 2008 – 2010 | Member of Graduate Research Institute EPOS Curriciulum committee |
| 2008 – 2010 | Member of Dutch Psychonomic Society (NVP) Web committee |
| 2008 | Member of Leiden University FSW MA thesis award comittee |
Publications
Papers
Google Scholar profile | ResearchGate profile
* = authors contributed equally.
in progress
van Steenbergen, H., Gable, P.A., Fagan, H.A., Molteni, L., Midveris, A., & Huneke, N.T.M. (submitted). Seeing the bigger picture: Endorphins mediate attentional broadening after reward receipt. Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/pcvsb
Sanada, M. & van Steenbergen, H. (submitted). Convergence of emotion and conflict processing in the brain: Evidence from an EEG study. Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/fmbz7
in press
Bognar, M., Gyurkovics, M., Aczel, B.*, & van Steenbergen, H.* (in press) The curve of control: Non-monotonic effects of task difficulty on cognitive control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/ywup9
Calcott, R.D.*, Kolnes, M.*, van Steenbergen, H., & Dreisbach, G. (in press). The differential effects of reward prospect and reward reception: Dynamic performance adjustment versus stable performance. Motivation Science.
2024
Topel, S., Ma, I., van Steenbergen, H., van Duijvenvoorde, A.C.K., & de Bruijn, E.R.A. (2024). Adapting to uncertainty: The role of anxiety and fear of negative evaluation in learning in social and non-social contexts. Journal of Affective Disorders, 363, 310-319. Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/cjzmg
van Steenbergen, H., Wilderjans, T. F., Band, G. P. H., & Nieuwenhuis, S. T. (2024). Boosting arousal and cognitive performance through alternating posture: Insights from a multi-method laboratory study. Psychophysiology, 61, e14634. Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/c27u9
Murphy, S.L., van Meer, F., van Dillen, L.F., van Steenbergen, H., & Hofmann, W. (2024). Underwhelming pleasures: Toward a self-regulatory account of hedonic compensation and overconsumption. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 127, 312–333. Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/bd2xw/
Becker, D., Bijleveld, E., Braem, S., Fröber, K., Götz, F. J., Kleiman, T., Körner, A., Pfister, R., Reiter, A. M. F., Saunders, B., Schneider, I. K., Soutschek, A., van Steenbergen, H., & Dignath, D. (2024). An integrative framework of conflict and control. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28, 757-768.
2023
Topel, S., Ma, I., Sleutels, J., van Steenbergen, H., de Bruijn, E.R.A., & van Duijvenvoorde, A.C.K. (2023). Expecting the unexpected: A review of learning under uncertainty across development. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 23, 718-738.
Bognar, M., Gyurkovics, M., van Steenbergen, H.*, & Aczel, B.* (2023). Phasic affective signals by themselves do not regulate cognitive control. Cognition and Emotion, 37, 650-665.
van Meer, F.*, van Steenbergen, H.*, & van Dillen, L.F. (2023). The effect of cognitive load on preference and intensity processing of sweet taste in the brain. Appetite, 188, 106630. Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/pc5sv/
Folz, J., Akdağ, R., Nikolić, M., van Steenbergen, H., & Kret, M.E. (2023). Facial mimicry and metacognitive judgments in emotion recognition are distinctly modulated by social anxiety and autistic traits. Scientific Reports, 13, 9730. Preprint: https://osf.io/e7w6k/
van Meer, F., Murphy, S., Hofmann, W., van Steenbergen, H., & van Dillen, L.F. (2023). Driven to snack: simulated driving increases subsequent consumption. Journal of Trial and Error. Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/2cnma/
2022
Hoekzema, E., van Steenbergen, H., Straathof, M., Beekmans, A., Freund, I.M., Pouwels, P.J.W., & Crone, E.A. (2022). Mapping the effects of pregnancy on resting state brain activity, white matter microstructure, neural metabolite concentrations and grey matter architecture. Nature Communications, 13, 6931.
Kolnes, M., Gentsch, K., van Steenbergen, H.*, & Uusberg, A.* (2022). The mystery remains: Breadth of attention in flanker and Navon tasks unaffected by affective states induced by an appraisal manipulation. Cognition and Emotion, 36, 836-854.
Folz, J., Fiacchino, D, Nikolic, .M., van Steenbergen, H., & Kret, M.E. (2022). Reading your emotions in my physiology? Reliable emotion interpretations in absence of a robust physiological resonance. Affective Science, 3, 480-497.
2021
van Steenbergen, H., Sauter, D., Saunders, B., & Pourtois, G. (2021). Editorial overview: Positive affect: Taxonomies, mechanisms and applications. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 39, iii–viii. Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/q637k
Bas-Hoogendam, J.M., van Steenbergen, H., Kadosh, K.C., Westenberg, P.M. , & van der Wee, N.J.A. (2021). Intrinsic functional connectivity in families genetically enriched for social anxiety disorder – an endophenotype study. EBioMedicine, 69, 103445.
van Steenbergen, H., de Bruijn, E.R.A., van Duijvenvoorde, A.C.K., & van Harmelen, A.-L. (2021). How positive affect buffers stress responses. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 39, 153-160.
Paul, K., Pourtois, G., van Steenbergen, H., Gable, P., & Dreisbach, G. (2021). Finding a balance: Modulatory effects of positive affect on attentional and cognitive control. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 39, 136-141.
2020
Bas-Hoogendam, J.M., van Steenbergen, H., Tissier, R.L.M., van der Wee, N.J.A., & Westenberg, P.M. (2020). Altered neurobiological processing of unintentional social norm violations: a multiplex, multigenerational fMRI study on social anxiety endophenotypes. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 5, 981–990.
Landman, L.L. & van Steenbergen, H. (2020). Emotion and conflict adaptation: The role of phasic arousal and self-relevance. Cognition and Emotion, 34, 1083-1096.
Zekveld, A.A., van Scheepen, J.A.M., Versfeld, N.E., Kramer, S.E., & van Steenbergen, H. (2020). The influence of hearing loss on cognitive control in an auditory conflict task: Behavioral and pupillometry findings. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63, 2483-2492.
Pourtois, G., Braem, S., Notebaert, W., & van Steenbergen, H. (2020). What is cognitive control without affect? [Editorial]. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 153, 91-94.
Langeslag, S.J.E.* & van Steenbergen, H.* (2020). Cognitive control in romantic love: The roles of infatuation and attachment in interference and adaptive cognitive control. Cognition and Emotion, 34, 596-603.
Bas-Hoogendam, J.M., van Steenbergen, H., van der Wee, N.J.A., & Westenberg, P.M. (2020). Amygdala hyperreactivity to faces conditioned with a social-evaluative meaning: A multiplex, multigenerational fMRI study on social anxiety endophenotypes. NeuroImage: Clinical, 26, 102247.
Berger, A., Mitschke, V., Dignath, D., Eder, A., & van Steenbergen, H. (2020). The face of control: Corrugator supercilii tracks aversive conflict signals in the service of adaptive cognitive control. Psychophysiology, 57, e13524. Preprint: https://osf.io/3qah7
2019
Bas-Hoogendam, J.M., van Steenbergen, H., Blackford, J.U., Tissier, R.L.M., van der Wee, N.J.A., & Westenberg, P.M. (2019). Impaired neural habituation to neutral faces in families genetically enriched for social anxiety disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 36, 1143-1153.
Dignath, D., Berger, A., Spruit, I.M., & van Steenbergen, H. (2019). Temporal dynamics of error-related corrugator supercilii and zygomaticus major activity: Evidence for implicit emotion regulation following errors. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 146, 208-216.
van Steenbergen, H.*, Eikemo, M.*, & Leknes, S. (2019). The role of the opioid system in decision making and cognitive control: A review. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 19, 435-458. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/WS9DR
Spapé M.M.*, Verdonschot, R.G., & van Steenbergen, H.* (2019) The E-Primer: An introduction to creating psychological experiments in E-Prime. Second edition updated for E-Prime 3. Leiden: Leiden University Press. www.e-primer.com
Warren, C.M., Tona, K.D., Ouwerkerk, L., van Paridon, J., Poletiek, F., van Steenbergen, H., Bosch, J.A., & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2019). The neuromodulatory and hormonal effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation as evidenced by salivary alpha amylase, salivary cortisol, pupil diameter, and the P3 event-related potential. Brain Stimulation, 12, 635-642.
2018
van der Wel, P. & van Steenbergen, H. (2018). Pupil dilation as an index of effort in cognitive control tasks: A review. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25, 2005-2015.
Bas-Hoogendam, J.M., van Steenbergen, H., Tissier, R.L.M., Houwing-Duistermaat, J.J., Westenberg, P.M., & van der Wee, N.J.A. (2018). Subcortical brain volumes, cortical thickness and cortical surface area in families genetically enriched for social anxiety disorder – a multiplex multigenerational neuroimaging study. EBioMedicine, 36, 410-428.
Bas-Hoogendam, J.M., Harrewijn, A., Tissier, R.L.M., van der Molen, M., van Steenbergen, H., van Vliet, I., Reichart, C., Houwing-Duistermaat, J., Slagboom, P.E., van der Wee, N., & Westenberg, P.M. (2018). The Leiden Family Lab study on Social Anxiety Disorder: a multiplex, multigenerational family study on neurocognitive endophenotypes. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 27, e1616.
van Dillen, L.F.* & van Steenbergen, H.* (2018) Tuning down the hedonic brain: Working memory load reduces neural responses to high-calorie food images in the nucleus accumbens. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 18, 447-459.
Spruit, I.M., Wilderjans, T.M., & van Steenbergen, H. (2018). Heart work after errors: Behavioral adjustment following error commission involves cardiac effort. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 18, 375-388.
Bas-Hoogendam, J.M., van Steenbergen, H., Kreuk, T., van der Wee, N.J.A., & Westenberg, P.M. (2018). Not intended, still embarrassed: social anxiety modulates the experience of unintentional social norm violations. European Psychiatry, 52, 15-21.
2017
Bas-Hoogendam, J.M.*, van Steenbergen, H.* , Pannekoek, J.N., Fouche, J.-P., Lochner, C., Hattingh, C.J., Roelofs, K., Furmark, T., Månsson, K.N.T., Frick, A., Engman, J., Boraxbekk, C.-J., Carlbring, P., Andersson, G., Fredrikson, M., Straube, T., Peterburs, J., Klumpp, H., Phan, K.L., Cremers, H.R., Stein, D.J., & van der Wee, N.J.A. (2017). Voxel-based morphometry multi-center mega-analysis of brain structure in social anxiety disorder. NeuroImage: Clinical, 16, 678-688.
van Peer, J.M.*, Enter, D.*, van Steenbergen, H., Spinhoven, P., & Roelofs, K. (2017). Exogenous testosterone affects early threat processing in socially anxious and healthy women. Biological Psychology, 129, 82-89.
Kuipers, M., Richter, M., Scheepers, D., Immink, M., Sjak-Shie, E., & van Steenbergen, H. (2017). How effortful is cognitive control? Insights from a novel method measuring single-trial evoked beta-adrenergic cardiac reactivity. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 119, 87-92.
van Steenbergen, H., Watson, P., Wiers, R.W., Hommel, B., & de Wit, S. (2017). Dissociable corticostriatal circuits underlie goal-directed versus cue-elicited habitual food seeking after satiation: Evidence from a multimodal MRI study. European Journal of Neuroscience, 46, 1815–1827.
van Steenbergen, H., Warren, C.M., Kühn, S., de Wit, S., Wiers, R.W., & Hommel, B. (2017). Representational precision in visual cortex reveals outcome encoding and reward modulation during action preparation. NeuroImage, 157, 415-428.
Bas-Hoogendam, J.M., van Steenbergen, H., Kreuk, T., van der Wee, N.J.A., & Westenberg, P.M. (2017). How embarrassing! The behavioral and neural correlates of processing social norm violations. PLoS ONE, 12, e0176326.
van Steenbergen, H., Weissman, D., Stein, D.J., Malcolm-Smith, S., & van Honk, J. (2017). More pain, more gain: Blocking the opioid system boosts adaptive cognitive control. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 80, 99-103.
2016
van Steenbergen, H.* & Bocanegra, B.R.* (2016). Promises and pitfalls of web-based experimentation in the advance of replicable psychological science. A reply to Plant. Behavior Research Methods, 48, 1713–1717.
2015
Kowal, M.A., van Steenbergen, H., Colzato, L.C., Hazekamp, A., van der Wee, N., Manai, M., Durieux, J., & Hommel, B. (2015). Dose-dependent effects of cannabis on the neural correlates of error monitoring in regular cannabis users. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 25, 1943-1953.
Watson, P., van Steenbergen, H., de Wit, S., Wiers, R.W., & Hommel, B. (2015). Limits of action-outcome acquisition. Brain Research, 1626, 45-53.
Barnhoorn, J., Haasnoot, E., Bocanegra, B.R., & van Steenbergen, H. (2015). QRTEngine: An easy solution for running online reaction time experiments using Qualtrics. Behavior Research Methods, 47, 918-929. www.qrtengine.com
Rondeel, E.W.M., van Steenbergen, H., Holland, R.W., & van Knippenberg, A. (2015). A closer look at cognitive control: Differences in resource allocation during updating, inhibition and switching as revealed by pupillometry. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9:494.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2015). Does conflict help or hurt cognitive control? Initial evidence for an inverted U-shape relationship between perceived task difficulty and conflict adaptation. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:974.
Bas-Hoogendam, J.M.*, Andela, C.D.*, van der Werff, S.J.A., Pannekoek, N., van Steenbergen, H., Meijer, O.C., van Buchem, M.A., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., van der Mast, R.C., Biermasz, N.R., van der Wee, N.J.A., & Pereira, A.M. (2015). Altered neural processing of emotional faces in remitted Cushing’s disease. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 59, 134-146.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., Hommel, B., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2015). Hedonic hotspots regulate cingulate-driven adaptation to cognitive demands. Cerebral Cortex, 25, 1746-1756.
van Steenbergen, H., Haasnoot, E, Bocanegra, B.R., Berretty, E.W., & Hommel, B. (2015). Practice explains abolished behavioural adaptation after human dorsal anterior cingulate cortex lesions. Scientific Reports, 5:9721.
Kowal, M.A., Hazekamp, A., Colzato, L.C., van Steenbergen, H., van der Wee, N., Durieux, J., Manai, M., & Hommel, B. (2015). Cannabis and creativity: highly potent cannabis impairs divergent thinking in regular cannabis users. Psychopharmacology, 232, 1123-1134.
van Steenbergen, H. (2015). Affective modulation of cognitive control: A biobehavioral perspective. In G. Gendolla, M. Tops, S. Koole (Eds.) Handbook of Biobehavioral Approaches to Self-Regulation (pp. 89-107). Springer.
2014
Spapé M.M.*, Verdonschot, R.G., Van Dantzig, S., & van Steenbergen, H.* (2014) The E-Primer: An introduction to creating psychological experiments in E-Prime. Leiden: Leiden University Press. www.e-primer.com
Hengstler, M., Holland, R.W., van Steenbergen, H., van Knippenberg, A. (2014). The influence of approach-avoidance motivational orientation on conflict adaptation. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 14, 548-560.
van Steenbergen, H., Langeslag, S.J.E., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2014). Reduced cognitive control in passionate lovers. Motivation and Emotion, 38, 444-450.
Brown, S.B.R.E, van Steenbergen, H., Kedar, T., Nieuwenhuis, S. (2014). Effects of arousal on cognitive control: Empirical tests of the conflict-modulated Hebbian-learning hypothesis. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8:23.
2013
van Steenbergen, H. & Band, G.P.H. (2013). Pupil dilation in the Simon task as a marker of conflict processing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:215.
Bruyneel, L., van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., Hommel, B., De Raedt, R., & Koster, E.H.W. (2013). Happy but still focused: Failures to find evidence for a mood-induced widening of visual attention. Psychological Research, 77, 320-332.
Kowal, M.A., Hazekamp, A., Colzato, L.C., van Steenbergen, H., & Hommel, B. (2013). Modulation of cognitive and emotional processing by cannabidiol: the role of the anterior cingulate cortex. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:147.
de Laat, S., Hengstler, M., Holland. R.W., van Steenbergen, H., & van Knippenberg, A. (2013). Dat kan niet goet zijn: Domein-generiek conflict verhoogt cognitieve controle. In R. Dotsch, E.K. Papies, T.M. Pronk, B.T. Rutjens, J. van der Toorn, & E.G. Ufkes (Eds.), Jaarboek sociale psychologie 2013 (pp. 121-124). Groningen: Aspo Pers.
2012
van Steenbergen, H. (2012) The Drive to Control: How Affect and Motivation Regulate Cognitive Control [Dissertation]. Enschede: Ipskamp Drukkers B.V.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2012). Reward valence modulates conflict-driven attentional adaptation: Electrophysiological evidence. Biological Psychology, 90, 234-241.
van Steenbergen, H., Booij, L., Band, G.P.H., Hommel, B., & van der Does, A.J.W. (2012). Affective regulation of cognitive-control adjustments in remitted depressive patients after acute tryptophan depletion. Cognitive, Affective, &Behavioral Neuroscience, 12, 280-286.
Brown, S.B.R.E., van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H, de Rover, M., & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2012). Functional significance of the emotion-related late positive potential, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6:33.
Jepma, M., Verdonschot, R.G., van Steenbergen, H., Rombouts, S.A., & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2012). Neural mechanisms underlying the induction and relief of perceptual curiosity. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 6:5.
Hengstler, M., Holland, R.W., van Steenbergen, H., & van Knippenberg, A. (2012). Conflict Adaptatie Gereguleerd: De Invloed van Lichaamsfeedback op Conflict Adaptatie. In N. van de Ven, M. Baas, L. van Dillen, D. Lakens, A.M. Lokhorst, & M. Strick (Eds.) Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2011, 75-86. Groningen: ASPO Pers.
2009-2011
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2011). Threat but not arousal narrows attention: evidence from pupil dilation and saccade control. Frontiers in Psychology, 2: 281.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2010). In the mood for adaptation: How affect regulates conflict-driven control. Psychological Science, 21, 1629-1634. osf
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2009). Reward counteracts conflict adaptation: Evidence for a role of affect in executive control. Psychological Science, 20, 1473-1477.
Band, G.P.H., van Steenbergen, H., Ridderinkhof, K.R., Falkenstein, M., & Hommel, B. (2009). Action-effect negativity: Irrelevant action effects are monitored like relevant feedback. Biological Psychology, 82, 211-218.
Talks
van Steenbergen, H. (2024). The impact of naltrexone on positive affect and attentional scope. ESCAN (European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience) conference, Ghent (Belgium), May 2024
van Steenbergen, H. (2023). How positive affect buffers stress responses. Tilburg Emotions Conference, October 2023.
van Steenbergen, H. (2023). De rol van emoties tijdens cognitieve conflicten. Studium Generale, Leiden University, February 2023.
van Steenbergen, H. (2022). Stand up for your brain: The effect of body posture on arousal, effort, and executive functions. Dutch Psychonomic Society (NVP) biannual conference on Brain & Cognition, April 2022.
van Steenbergen, H. (2022). How positive affect buffers stress responses. Resilience meets criminology, Social Resilience and Security Symposium, April 2022.
van Steenbergen, H. (2022). Broadening the scope: How affective states influence attention and stress responses. Amsterdam Interdisciplinary Centre for Emotion colloquium, April 2022.
van Steenbergen, H. (2022). Stand up for your brain: The effect of body posture on arousal, effort, and executive functions. TeaP online, March 2022.
van Steenbergen, H. (2021). Using Twitter sentiment to investigate resilience to cyberbullying. Social Resilience and Security Research Seminar, Leiden University, November 2021.
van Steenbergen, H. (2021). Using Twitter sentiment to investigate resilience to cyberbullying. Our Digital Future Expert Meeting, Leiden University, October 2021.
van Steenbergen, H. (2021). Affective modulation of cognitive control. DFG Conflict network meeting, Tuebingen (Germany), October 2021.
van Steenbergen, H. (2021). Stand up for your brain: The effect of body posture on mental fatigue and cognitive performance, ESCAN (European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience) conference, Budapest (Hungary) [virtual], June 2021.
van Steenbergen, H. (2021). The role of the opioid system in decision making and cognitive control. Dutch Neuroscience Meeting, Lunteren (the Netherlands) [virtual], June 2021.
van Steenbergen, H. (2020). Stand up for your brain: the effects of body posture on fatigue, physiology, and cognitive performance. Geneva Motivation Lab, Geneva (Switzerland), December 2020.
van Steenbergen, H. (2020). Positive affect and cognitive control. Presentation at Sociale Veerkracht en Veiligheid consortium, Leiden (Netherlands) [Virtual], November 2020.
van der Wee, N.J.A. & van Steenbergen (2020) The Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition: Introduction and examples of collaboration. University of Southampton, Department of Psychiatry [Virtual]. November 2020.
van Steenbergen, H. (2020). Stand up for your brain: the effects of body posture on fatigue, physiology, and cognitive performance, Geneva Motivation Lab, Geneva (Switzerland), December 2020.
van Steenbergen, H. (2020). Positive affect and cognitive control. Presentation at Lorentz workshop on Positive Affect, Leiden (Netherlands), March 2020.
van Steenbergen, H. (2019). The role of integral emotions in cognitive control. Presentation at Tilburg Emotion Symposium, Tilburg (Netherlands), October 2019.
van Steenbergen, H. (2019). The power and pitfalls of positive affect: Context-dependent effects of mood on effort. Presentation at International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE) Conference, Amsterdam (Switzerland), July 2020.
van Steenbergen, H. (2019). The affective nature of cognitive control. Presentation at EASP meeting on cognitive conflict, Tuebingen (Germany), July 2019.
van Steenbergen, H. (2019). The affective nature of cognitive control. Presentation at University of Dundee (invited talk), Dundee (Scotland, UK), May 2019.
van Steenbergen, H. (2019). The affective nature of cognitive control. Presentation at Freiburg University (invited talk), Freiburg (Germany), January 2019.
van Steenbergen, H. (2018). The role of effort in cognitive control and decision making. Presentation at Motivation Brain Behavior lab, Brain & Spine Institute (invited talk), Paris (France), December 2018.
van Steenbergen, H. (2018). The role of effort in cognitive control: Evidence from physiological measures. Presentation at Dept. of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and APH research Institute, VU University Medical Center (invited talk), Amsterdam, November, 2018.
van Steenbergen, H. (2018). The affective nature of errors and its neurochemical modulation. Presentation at ESCAN (European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience) conference, Leiden (Netherlands), July 2018.
van Steenbergen, H., (2018). The affective nature of errors and its modulation by the opioid system. Presentation at CERE (Consortium of European Research on Emotion) Conference, Glasgow (Scotland, UK), April 2018.
van Steenbergen, H. (2018). The affective nature of errors and its neurochemical modulation. Presentation at TeaP (Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen), Marburg (Germany), March 2018.
van Steenbergen, H. (2017). How effortful is cognitive control? Evidence from pupillometry, facial EMG, and a novel cardiovascular measure. Presentation at NVP (Dutch Society for Psychonomics ) Winter conference, Egmond aan Zee (Netherlands), December 2017.
van Steenbergen, H. (2017). The affective nature of cognitive control. Presentation at Ghent University (invited talk), Ghent (Belgium), November 2017.
van Steenbergen, H. (2017). The role of the mu-opioid system in adaptive cognitive control. Presentation at Control Processes Conference, Amsterdam (Netherlands), October 2017.
van Steenbergen, H. (2017). Beyond pleasure and pain: The role of the mu-opioid system in cognitive control. Presentation at Motivational & Cognitive Control Lab, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen (Netherlands), May 2017.
van Steenbergen, H. (2016). The affective nature of cognitive control. Presentation at University of Wuerzburg (invited talk), Wuerzbrug (Germany), December 2016.
van Steenbergen, H., (2016). Pupil dilation in cognitive control tasks: Is it aversive conflict, effort, or both? Presentation at CERE (Consortium of European Research on Emotion) Conference, Leiden (Netherlands), July 2016.
van Steenbergen, H., (2016). The neural encoding of outcomes and its role in action control. Presentation at ESCAN (European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience) conference, Porto (Portugal), June 2016.
van Steenbergen, H., (2016). Pupil dilation in cognitive control tasks: Is it conflict, effort, or both? Presentation at TeaP (Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen), Heidelberg (Germany), March 2016.
van Steenbergen, H., (2015). The role of outcome encoding and reward processing in action control. Presentation at NVP (Dutch Society for Psychonomics ) Winter conference, Egmond aan Zee (Netherlands), December 2015.
van Steenbergen, H., Watson, P., Wiers, R.W., Hommel, B., & de Wit, S. (2015). Neural mechanisms of habitual and goal-directed food-seeking after satiation. Presentation at International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE) Conference, Geneva (Switzerland), July 2015.
van Steenbergen, H., Watson, P., Wiers, R.W., Hommel, B., & de Wit, S. (2015). The neural underpinnings of habitual and goal-directed food-seeking during satiation. Presentation at ICPS (International Convention of Psychological Science), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 2015.
van Steenbergen, H., Nieuwenhuis, S., Band, G.P.H., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Hommel, B. (2014). Neural mechanisms underlying the hedonic counter-regulation of cognitive control. Presentation at ESCAN (European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience) conference, Dortmund, May 2014.
van Steenbergen, H., Nieuwenhuis, S., Band, G.P.H., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Hommel, B. (2014). Affect and goal-directed action. Presentation at the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health (invited talk), University of Cape Town, South Africa, February 2014.
van Steenbergen, H., Hengstler, M., Holland, R., & van Knippenberg, A. Controlled by the Body: The Effect of Approach and Avoidance Actions on Adjustments in Cognitive Control. Presentation at APS (Association for Psychological Science) Convention, Washington D.C. (USA), May 2013.
van Steenbergen, H., Hengstler, M., Holland, R., & van Knippenberg, A. Controlled by the Body: The Effects of Approach and Avoidance Movements on the Implementation of Difficult Actions. Presentation at Annual Meeting SSM (Society for the Study of Motivation), Washington D.C. (USA), May 2013.
van Steenbergen, H., Nieuwenhuis, S., Band, G.P.H., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Hommel, B. (2012). Humor Regulates Cognitive Control: A Neural Mechanism. Presentation at the Amsterdam Center for the Study of Adaptive Control in Brain And Behavior (ACACIA), Amsterdam (invited talk), University of Amsterdam, November 2012.
van Steenbergen, H., de Wit, S., Watson, P., Wiers, R.W., Hommel, B. (2012). Integrating motivational and ideomotoraccounts of action control: The case of the differential outcomes effect. Presentation at NWO BCIA-Programmes for Excellence meeting, Utrecht, July 2012.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., Nieuwenhuis, S., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., van der Does, A.J.W., Booij, L, & Hommel, B. (2012). How affect regulates the mobilization of cognitive control. Presentation at Annual Meeting SSM (Society for the Study of Motivation), Chicago (USA), May 2012.
van Steenbergen, H., Nieuwenhuis, S., Band, G.P.H., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Hommel, B. (2011). Humor regulates cognitive control: a neural mechanism. Presentation at NVP Winterconference, Egmond aan Zee (Netherlands), December 2011.
van Steenbergen, H., Nieuwenhuis, S., Band, G.P.H., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Hommel, B. (2011). The affective regulation of cognitive control: behavioral and neural evidence. Presentation at Geneva Motivation Lab (invited lecture), University of Geneva, November 2011.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., Hommel, B., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2011). Humor regulates cognitive control. Presentation at ESCoP Conference, San Sebastian (Spain), October 2011.
van Steenbergen, H., Nieuwenhuis, S., Band, G.P.H., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Hommel, B. (2011). The affective regulation of cognitive control: behavioral and neural evidence. Presentation at Behavioral Science Institute (invited lecture),Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands), February 2011.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2010). Neural interactions between conflict and reward processing. Presentation at EPOS workshop The influence of emotions on cognition (Co-motion), Universiteit Leiden (Netherlands), December 2010.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2010). Het nut van cognitieve ruzie: De rol van emotie bij de controle van intelligent gedrag.[The benefit of cognitive quarrels: the role of emotion in controlling intelligent behavior].Presentation at Lustrum Symposium Ratio en Emotie, Universiteit Leiden (Netherlands), May 2010.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2009). Reward counteracts conflict adaptation: evidence from physiological measures. Presentation at NVP Wintercongres, Egmond aan Zee (Netherlands), December 2009.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2009). Positive affect and executive control. Presentation at European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) Conference, Krakow, September 2009.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2009). Affective modulations of conflict adaptation. Presentation at International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE) Conference, Leuven (Belgium), August 2009.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2007). Hot cognition: How emotions shape information processing.Presentation at Wetenschapsdag, Universiteit Leiden, December 2007.
Posters
van Steenbergen, H.*, Eikemo, M., * Leknes, S. (2019). The role of the opioid system in decision making and cognitive control. Poster at International Symposium on Motivational and Cognitive Control (MCC), Berlin, Germany, September 2019. pdf
Barnhoorn, J., Haasnoot, E., Bocanegra, B.R., & van Steenbergen, H. (2015). QRTEngine: An easy solution for running online reaction time experiments using Qualtrics. Poster at ICPS (International Convention of Psychological Science), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 2015. pdf
van Steenbergen, H. & Band, G.P.H. (2013). Pupil dilation in the Simon task as a marker of conflict processing. Posterpresented at Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie (NVP) Winterconference, Egmond aan Zee (Netherlands), December 2013. pdf
van Steenbergen, H. & Band, G.P.H. (2013). Pupil dilation in the Simon task as a marker of conflict processing. Poster presented at Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Annual Meeting, Florence (Italy), October 2013. pdf
van Steenbergen, H., de Wit, S., Watson, P., Wiers, R.W., Hommel, B. (2012). Integrating motivational and ideomotoraccounts of action control: The case of the differential outcomes effect. Poster presented at NWO BCIA-Programmesfor Excellence meeting, Utrecht, July 2012.
van Steenbergen, H., Nieuwenhuis, S., Band, G.P.H., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Hommel, B. (2012). Humor regulates cognitive control: a neural mechanism. Poster presented at APS (Association for Psychological Science) Convention, Chicago (USA), May 2012.
van Steenbergen, H., Nieuwenhuis, S., Band, G.P.H., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Hommel, B. (2011). Humor regulates cognitive control: a neural mechanism. Poster at ICON XI (International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience), Palma, Mallorca (Spain), September 2011.
van Steenbergen, H., Nieuwenhuis, S., Band, G.P.H., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Hommel, B. Positive affect reduces conflict-driven executive control: behavioral and neural evidence. Poster presented at NIMH IBSC Conference on “How do Executive Function and Emotion Interact?”, Boulder, Colorado, January 2011.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2010). Positive affect and control. Poster presented at Donders Discussions, Nijmegen, October 2010. pdf
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2010). Reward counteracts conflict-driven adaptations in cognitive control: evidence from behavioral and physiological measures. Poster at Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregan, October 2010.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2010). Positive affect and control. Poster presented at Motivational and Cognitive Control Symposium, Oxford (UK), June 2010. pdf
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2010). Positive affect and control. Poster presented at Consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE) Conference, Lille (France), April 2010. pdf
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2009). Positive affect and executive control. Poster presented at Social and Affective Neuroscience (SAN) Conference, New York, October 2009. pdf
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2009). How emotional arousal drives reflexive saccades. Poster presented at International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE) Conference, Leuven (Belgium), August 2009.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2009). Emotional arousal drives reflexive saccades. Poster at Banff Annual Seminar in Cognitive Science (BASICS 2009), Banff (Canada), May 2009.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2008). Emotional arousal drives reflexive saccades. Poster presented at Workshop Neuroscience and Cognition (Neurocog 08), Ghent (Belgium), December 2008.
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2008). How mood influences attention. Poster presented at Workshop Neurocognitive approaches to control and working memory, Leiden, May 2008. pdf
van Steenbergen, H., Band, G.P.H., & Hommel, B. (2007). How mood influences attention. Poster presented at NVP Winter conference, Egmond aan Zee, December 2007. pdf
van Steenbergen, H., Keizer, A., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., Colzato, L., & Hommel, B. (2007). Posterior insular cortex involvedin action-effect integration. Poster presented at Wetenschapsmiddag Psychologie, Universiteit Leiden, June 2007. pdf
Band, G.P.H., Van Steenbergen, H., Hommel, B., Ridderinkhof, K.R., & Falkenstein, M. (2007). Feedback ERN to irrelevant action consequences. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) Annual Meeting, New York, May 2007.
Band, G.P.H., Van Steenbergen, H., & Van der Ham, R. (2006). Automatic activation of stimulus-task associations in the motor cortex. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, May 2006.
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| 14-Nov-13 | knowmore.tv: Can’t Concentrate? You May Be in Love |
| 14-Nov-13 | Huffington Post: Being In Love Makes You A Less Productive Person, Says Study |
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| 7-Nov-13 | Nederlands Dagblad: Pril verliefd, dan sneller afgeleid |
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| 4-Nov-13 | Universiteit Leiden: Persbericht |
| 4-Nov-13 | NWO nieuwsbericht |
| Apr-13 | Annual Report Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition 2012 ”The bright side of a bad mood: How negative emotions can enhance cognitive control” |
| 30-Nov-12 | Experiment NL 5 2012 (magazine NWO), page 93 |
| 26-May-12 | De Psychonoom: Een negatieve stemming kan soms best positief uitpakken |
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