Tim van Timmeren
Tim van Timmeren
@tvantimmeren.bsky.social
Assistant prof @UniUtrecht 🇳🇱. Interested in habits, (behavioral) addictions, smartphone/social media use, the brain, fMRI, Comp Psychiatry. He/him
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Four large Dutch universities, including Leiden University where I work, have decided to throw international psychology bachelor programs under the bus in an effort to appease the rightwing government.

Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea.

eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...
Cutting international bachelor programs threatens psychological science » Eiko Fried
Two days ago, four Dutch universities announced discontinuing their English-speaking psychology bachelor programs (1, 2). I will briefly explain (1) how this decision came to be, (2) why this is such ...
eiko-fried.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
New preprint: Does the habit theory of addictions extend to disordered gambling?🤔 osf.io/preprints/os...

In this review paper with @lukeclark.bsky.social, we dive into the theory, examine the current evidence, and provide suggestions for future research! 📖✨
OSF
osf.io
March 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Very excited to share new research, out now in @EJNeuroscience:

“Cortico-striatal white-matter connectivity underlies the ability to exert goal-directed control” – new research with Irene van de Vijver and Sanne de Wit.

Available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Cortico‐striatal white‐matter connectivity underlies the ability to exert goal‐directed control
Research suggests that behavioural flexibility depends on the balance between goal-directed and habitual control. A previous study in humans found that distinct cortico-striatal white-matter pathways....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 24, 2024 at 2:18 PM