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Pre-prints:

  • Francken, J. C., Beerendonk, L., Molenaar, D., Fahrenfort, J. J., Kiverstein, J. D., Seth, A. K., & van Gaal, S. (n.d.). An academic survey on theoretical foundations, common assumptions and the current state of the field of consciousness science. Psyarxiv.com. http://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8mbsk
  • Fong, C. Y., Law, W. H. C., Fahrenfort, J. J., Braithwaite, J. J., & Mazaheri, A. (2021). Attenuated alpha oscillations as an index of cortical hyperexcitability: Evidence from migraine patients. medRxiv, 2021.04.21.21255858. http://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.21.21255858
  • Bouwer, F. L., Fahrenfort, J. J., Millard, S. K., & Slagter, H. A. (2020). A silent disco: Persistent entrainment of low-frequency neural oscillations underlies beat-based, but not memory-based temporal expectations. bioRxiv, 2020.01.08.899278. http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.08.899278
  • Canales-Johnson, A., Teixeira Borges, A. F., Komatsu, M., Fujii, N., Fahrenfort, J. J., Miller, K. J., & Noreika, V. (2019). Broadband Signal Rather than Frequency-Specific Rhythms Underlies Prediction Error in the Primate Auditory Cortex. bioRxiv, 821942. http://doi.org/10.1101/821942

Peer-reviewed articles:

  • Nuiten, S. A., Canales-Johnson, A., Beerendonk, L., Nanuashvili, N., Fahrenfort, J. J., Bekinschtein, T., & van Gaal, S. (2021). Preserved sensory processing but hampered conflict detection when stimulus input is task-irrelevant. eLife, 10. http://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64431
  • Stein, T., Kaiser, D., Fahrenfort, J. J., & van Gaal, S. (2021). The human visual system differentially represents subjectively and objectively invisible stimuli. Plos Biology, 19(5), e3001241. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001241
  • van Driel, J., Olivers, C. N. L., & Fahrenfort, J. J. (2021). High-pass filtering artifacts in multivariate classification of neural time series data. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 352(2), 109080.  PDF
  • Kellij, S., Fahrenfort, J. J., Lau, H. C., Peters, M. A. K., & Odegaard, B. (2020). An investigation of how relative precision of target encoding influences metacognitive performance. Attention Perception & Psychophysics, 19(4), 1–13.   PDF
  • Munneke, J., Fahrenfort, J. J. *, Sutterer, D., Theeuwes, J., & Awh, E. (2020). Multivariate analysis of EEG activity indexes contingent attentional capture. NeuroImage, 117562.   PDF (* shared first author)
  • Canales-Johnson, A., Beerendonk, L., Blain, S., Kitaoka, S., Ezquerro-Nassar, A., Nuiten, S., Fahrenfort, J. J., van Gaal, S., Bekinschtein, T. A  (2020). Decreased Alertness Reconfigures Cognitive Control Networks. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(37), 7142.  PDF
  • Kloosterman, N. A., Kosciessa, J. Q., Lindenberger, U., Fahrenfort, J. J., & Garrett, D. D. (2020). Boosts in brain signal variability track liberal shifts in decision bias. eLife, 9, 341.  PDF
  • Ort, E., Fahrenfort, J. J., Reeder, R., Pollmann, S., & Olivers, C. N. L. (2019). Frontal cortex differentiates between free and imposed target selection in multiple-target search. Neuroimage, 202, 116133. PDF
  • Gunseli, E., Fahrenfort, J. J., van Moorselaar, D., Daoultzis, K. C., Meeter, M., & Olivers, C. N. L. (2019). EEG dynamics reveal a dissociation between storage and selective attention within working memory. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1–13. PDF
  • Ort, E., Fahrenfort, J. J., ten Cate, T., Eimer, M., & Olivers, C. N. (2019). Humans can efficiently look for but not select multiple visual objects. eLife, 8, 45. PDF
  • Kloosterman, N. A., de Gee, J. W., Werkle-Bergner, M., Lindenberger, U., Garrett, D. D. , & Fahrenfort, J. J.  (2019). Humans strategically shift decision bias by flexibly adjusting sensory evidence accumulation. eLife, 8, 795. PDF  
  • Weaver, M. D., Fahrenfort, J. J., Belopolsky, A., & van Gaal, S. (2019). Independent neural activity patterns for sensory- and confidence-based information maintenance during category-selective visual processing. eNeuro, ENEURO.0268–18.2018. PDF
  • van Driel, J., Ort, E., Fahrenfort, J. J., & Olivers, C. N. L. (2019). Beta and theta oscillations differentially support free versus forced control over multiple-target search. Journal of Neuroscience, 2547–18. PDF
  • van den Boomen, C., Fahrenfort, J. J., Snijders, T. M., & Kemner, C. (2019). Slow segmentation of faces in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Neuropsychologia, 127, 1–8. PDF
  • van Loon, A. M., Olmos-Solis, K., Fahrenfort, J. J.*, & Olivers, C. N. L.  (2018). Current and future goals are represented in opposite patterns in object-selective cortex. eLife, 7, e38677. PDF  
  • Ort, E., Fahrenfort, J. J., & Olivers, C. N. L. (2018). Lack of free choice reveals the cost of multiple-target search within and across feature dimensions. Attention Perception & Psychophysics, 10, 1–14. PDF
  • Fahrenfort, J. J., van Driel, J., van Gaal, S., & Olivers, C. N. L. (2018). From ERPs to MVPA Using the Amsterdam Decoding and Modeling Toolbox (ADAM). Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12. PDF
  • Fahrenfort, J. J., van Leeuwen, J., Olivers, C. N. L., & Hogendoorn, H. (2017). Perceptual integration without conscious access. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(14), 3744–3749. PDF
  • Ort, E., Fahrenfort, J. J., & Olivers, C. N. L. (2017) Lack of Free Choice Reveals the Cost of Having to Seach for More Than One Object. Psychological Science. PDF
  • Fahrenfort, J. J., Grubert, A., Olivers, C. N. L., & Eimer, M. (2017). Multivariate EEG analyses support high-resolution tracking of feature-based attentional selection. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 1886. PDF
  • Bault, N., Fahrenfort, J. J., Pelloux, B., Ridderinkhof, K. R., & van Winden, F. (2017). An affective social tie mechanism: Theory, evidence, and implications. Journal of Economic Psychology, 61 IS -, 152–175. PDF
  • Grubert, A., Fahrenfort, J. J., Olivers, C. N. L., & Eimer, M. (2017). Rapid top-down control over template-guided attention shifts to multiple objects. NeuroImage, 146, 843–858. PDF
  • van Loon, A. M., Fahrenfort, J. J., van der Velde, B., Lirk, P. B., Vulink, N. C. C., Hollmann, M. W., et al. (2016). NMDA Receptor Antagonist Ketamine Distorts Object Recognition by Reducing Feedback to Early Visual Cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 26(5), 1986–1996. PDF
  • Vandenbroucke, A. R. E., Fahrenfort, J. J., Meuwese, J. D. I., Scholte, H. S., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2016). Prior Knowledge about Objects Determines Neural Color Representation in Human Visual Cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 26(4), 1401–1408. PDF
  • Van Den Boomen, C., Fahrenfort, J. J., Snijders, T. M., & Kemner, C. (2015). Segmentation precedes face categorization under suboptimal conditions. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:667.
  • Bault, N., Pelloux, B., Fahrenfort, J. J., Ridderinkhof, K. R., & van Winden, F. (2015). Neural dynamics of social tie formation in economic decision-making. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(6), 877–884. PDF
  • Meuwese, J. D. I., van Loon, A. M., Lamme, V. A. F., & Fahrenfort, J. J. * (2014). The subjective experience of object recognition: comparing metacognition for object detection and object categorization. Attention Perception & Psychophysics, 76(4), 1057–1068. PDF * Senior author
  • Vandenbroucke, A. R. E., Sligte, I. G., Barrett, A. B., Seth, A. K., Fahrenfort, J. J., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2014). Accurate metacognition for visual sensory memory representations. Psychological Science, 25(4), 861–873. PDF
  • Vandenbroucke, A. R. E., Fahrenfort, J. J., Sligte, I. G., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2014). Seeing without knowing: neural signatures of perceptual inference in the absence of report. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26(5), 955–969. PDF
  • Fahrenfort, J. J., Snijders, T. M., Heinen, K., van Gaal, S., Scholte, H. S., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2012). Neuronal integration in visual cortex elevates face category tuning to conscious face perception. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(52), 21504–21509. PDF
  • Vandenbroucke, A. R. E., Sligte, I. G., Fahrenfort, J. J., Ambroziak, K. B., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2012). Non-Attended Representations are Perceptual Rather than Unconscious in Nature. PLoS ONE, 7(11): e50042. PDF
  • Fahrenfort, J. J., van Winden, F.A.A.M., Pelloux, B., Stallen, M., Ridderinkhof, K.R. (2011). Neural correlates of dynamically evolving interpersonal ties predict prosocial behaviour. Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience, 6. PDF
  • van Gaal, S., Lamme, V. A. F., Fahrenfort, J. J., & Ridderinkhof, K. R. (2011). Dissociable brain mechanisms underlying the conscious and unconscious control of behavior. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(1), 91–105. PDF
  • van Gaal, S., Scholte, H. S., Lamme, V. A. F., Fahrenfort, J. J. & Ridderinkhof, K. R. (2011). Pre-SMA gray-matter density predicts individual differences in action selection in the face of conscious and unconscious response conflict. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(2), 382-390. PDF
  • Fahrenfort, J. J., Scholte, H. S., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2008). The spatiotemporal profile of cortical processing leading up to visual perception. Journal of Vision, 8(1):12, 1-12. PDF
  • van Gaal, S., Ridderinkhof, K. R., Fahrenfort, J. J., Scholte, H. S. & Lamme, V. A. F. (2008) Frontal Cortex Mediates Unconsciously Triggered Inhibitory Control. Journal of Neuroscience, 28, 8053-8062. PDF
  • Scholte, H. S., Jolij, J., Fahrenfort, J. J. , & Lamme, V. A. F. (2008)
    Feedforward and Recurrent Processing in Scene Segmentation: Electroencephalography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20: 2097-2109. PDF
  • Fahrenfort, J. J., Scholte, H. S., & Lamme, V. A. F. (2007). Masking disrupts reentrant processing in human visual cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 1488-1497. PDF
    [This paper won the A.F. Sandersprice for the best article originating from PhD research by EPOS members]

Commentaries:

  • Fahrenfort, J. J., & van Gaal, S. (2020). Criteria for empirical theories of consciousness should focus on the explanatory power of mechanisms, not on functional equivalence. Cognitive Neuroscience, 72, 1–2. PDF
  • Fahrenfort, J. J., & van Gaal, S. (2012). Responses in the Fusiform Face Area do not cause conscious face perception. Journal of Neuroscience. link
  • Fahrenfort, J. J., Lamme, V. A. F. (2012). A true science of consciousness explains phenomenology. Comment on Cohen and Dennett. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 16(3), 138-139. PDF
  • van Gaal, S. & Fahrenfort, J. J. (2008). The Relationship between Visual Awareness, Attention, and Report. Journal of Neuroscience, 28: 5401-5402. PDF

Book chapters:

  • Fahrenfort, J. J. (2020) Multivariate methods to track the spatiotemporal profile of feature-based attentional selection using EEG.  Pollmann (Ed.), Spatial learning and attention guidance. Neuromethods. New York, Springer.  PDF  (OSF preprint)

If you want to know the citation scores of these papers, have a look at my Google Scholar profile.

My PhD thesis "Conscious and Unconscious Vision" was finished in 2009: PDF
It has accompanying propositions ("stellingen") in Dutch: PDF

Below is some (really) old stuff that I wrote during my Master Thesis:

  • Fahrenfort, J. J. (1999). Qualitative differences between conscious and unconscious processes vs. dissociated measures. Level of analysis in unconscious processing. Master thesis. PDF
  • Fahrenfort, J. J. (1999). Explorative investigations into non-conscious visual localization of stimuli using a paradigm of hypnotically induced blindness. Possible analogues to blindsight. Final research project. PDF
  • Fahrenfort, J. J., Jehee, J. & Tal, M. (1997). Een neurale verklaring voor het ontstaan van de Müller-Lyer illusie. (English translation: A neural explanation for the origin of the Müller-Lyer illusion. Available in Dutch only). Research project. PDF
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