Publications

Peer‑reviewed research.

Work from my years in neuroscience — on catecholamines and brain state, attention, and the dynamics of decision‑making.

Calder‑Travis, J, van den Brink, RL, Thawani, S, Schwabe, L, & Donner, TH. (2026). Cortex‑wide dynamics of internal decisions about behavioral context. eLife, 15:RP110682.

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van den Brink, RL, Hagena, K, Wilming, N, Murphy, PR, Calder‑Travis, J, Finsterbusch, J, Büchel, C, & Donner, TH. (2023). Brainstem arousal systems adaptively shape large‑scale cortical interactions for flexible decision‑making. bioRxiv.

van den Brink, RL, Hagena, K, Wilming, N, Murphy, PR, Büchel, C, & Donner, TH. (2023). Flexible sensory‑motor mapping rules manifest in correlated variability of stimulus and action codes across the brain. Neuron, 111:571–584.

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Pfeffer, T, Ponce‑Alvarez, A, Tsetsos, K, Meindertsma, T, Gahnström, C, van den Brink, RL, Nolte, G, Engel, AK, Deco, G, & Donner, TH. (2021). Circuit mechanisms for the chemical modulation of cortex‑wide network interactions and behavioral variability. Science Advances, 7(29):eabf5620.

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van den Brink, RL, Murphy, PR, Desender, K, de Ru, N, & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2021). Temporal expectation hastens sensory encoding but does not affect evidence quality. Journal of Neuroscience, 41(1):130–143.

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Gao, R, van den Brink, RL, Pfeffer, T, & Voytek, B. (2020). Neuronal timescales are functionally dynamic and shaped by cortical microarchitecture. eLife, 9:e61277.

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van den Brink, RL, Pfeffer, T, & Donner, TH. (2019). Brainstem modulation of large‑scale intrinsic cortical activity correlations. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13:340.

Reteig, LC, van den Brink, RL, Prinssen, S, Cohen, MX, Slagter, HA. (2019). Sustaining attention for a prolonged period of time increases temporal variability in cortical responses. Cortex, 117:16–32.

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van den Brink, RL, Nieuwenhuis, S, & Donner, TH. (2018). Amplification and suppression of distinct brainwide activity patterns by catecholamines. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(34):7476–7591.

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Shine, JM, van den Brink, RL, Hernaus, D, Nieuwenhuis, S, & Poldrack, RA. (2018). Catecholaminergic manipulation alters dynamic network topology across cognitive states. Network Neuroscience, 5:1–41.

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van den Brink, RL. (2017). Catecholamine function, brain state dynamics, and human cognition. Doctoral thesis, Leiden University.

van den Brink, RL, Nieuwenhuis, S, Eilander, HJ, van Boxtel, GJM, van Luijtelaar, ELJM, & Wijnen, VJM. (2017). Task‑free spectral EEG dynamics track and predict patient recovery from severe acquired brain injury. NeuroImage: Clinical, 17:43–52.

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Warren, CM., van den Brink, RL, Nieuwenhuis, S, & Bosch, JA. (2017). Norepinephrine transporter blocker atomoxetine increases salivary alpha amylase. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 78:233–236.

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van den Brink, RL, Murphy, PR, & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2016). Pupil diameter tracks lapses of attention. PLoS ONE, 10(11):e0165274.

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van den Brink, RL, Pfeffer, T, Warren, CM, Murphy, PR, Tona, KD, van der Wee, NJ, Giltay, EJ, van Noorden, MS, Rombouts, SARB, Donner, TH, & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2016). Catecholaminergic neuromodulation shapes intrinsic MRI functional connectivity in the human brain. Journal of Neuroscience, 36(30):7865–7876.

Warren, CM, Eldar, E, van den Brink, RL, Tona, KD, van der Wee, NJ, Giltay, EJ, van Noorden, MS, Bosch, JA, Wilson, RC, Cohen, JD, & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2016). Norepinephrine‑mediated increases in gain enhance the precision of cortical representations. Journal of Neuroscience, 36(21):5699–5708.

van den Brink, R.L., Wynn, S.C., & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2014). Post‑error slowing as a consequence of disturbed low‑frequency oscillatory phase entrainment. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(33):11096–11105.

van den Brink, RL, Cohen, MX, van der Burg, E, Talsma, D, Vissers, ME, & Slagter, HA. (2014). Subcortical, modality‑specific pathways contribute to multisensory processing in humans. Cerebral Cortex, 24(8):2169–2177.

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