Biography
I am a PhD student at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge. I am particularly interested in the cognitive and social mechanisms that underlie human learning. My research examines the (cognitive) processes that shape engagement and outcomes of social media use. I have a background in methodology and statistics and focus on conducting open and reproducible research.
Interests
- Open, reproducible, and transparent research
- Digital media
- Mental health
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Addiction
Education
PhD in Medical Science, 2023-2027
University of Cambridge
MSc in Psychological Research, 2020-2022
University of Amsterdam
BSc in Psychology, 2017-2020
Radboud University
Publications & Preprints
(2024).
Overburdening associations: The dependency of psychopathy-related acquisitional learning deficits on processing load.
Personality and Individual Differences.
(2023).
The validation of online webcam-based eye-tracking: The replication of the cascade effect, the novelty preference, and the visual world paradigm.
Behavior Research Methods.
(2023).
No Impaired Integration in Psychopathy: Evidence from an Illusory Conjunction Paradigm.
Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment.
(2022).
Social economic decision-making and psychopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.
Experience
- Mechanisms linking social media use and mental health
- Social media and addiction
- Computational neuroscience
Research Assistant
- Social media use and mental health
- Reinforcement learning and social media
Research Assistant
- Cognitive correlates of psychopathic personality traits
- Associative learning deficits implicated in psychopathy
Teaching Assistant
- Meta-Analysis
- Addiction and Compulsive Disorders
- Scientific Writing and Presenting
Research Assistant
- Psychological processes underlying the formation of habits
- Long-term development of habits
Research Assistant & Intern
- Detection of deception by means of heuristic cues
- Classification performance in the concealed information test
Research Intern
- Impaired Integration and psychopathic traits
- Attentional bottleneck model of psychopathy
Research Intern
- Moral decision-making of psychopathic individuals
- Computational modelling of decision-making
Awards
Travel grant
Bursary
PhD Studentship
Editor’s Choice Award
Thesis Award
Certificates
Computational and mathematical modeling of cognition (summer school)
Computational social cognition (summer school)
Introduction to Probability and Data with R
