Heleen A. Slagter, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior
1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2280, USA
Phone: ++1-608-265-6602, Fax: ++1-608-265-8737
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My Work

I am an Assistant Research Scientist at the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. My research centers around questions related to the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying attention, consciousness, and emotion x cognition interactions. I also have a special interest in the effects of mental training on cognition and behavior. My research uses a variety of measures, including behavioral, psychophysiological (EEG/ERP, skin conductance, pupil width, etc.), and functional neuroimaging measures.

Research Publications

Slagter, H.A., Johnstone, T., Beets, I.A.M., & Davidson, R.J. (submitted). Competition for conscious representation over time: An fMRI study.

Lutz, A., Slagter, H.A., Rawlings, N.B., Francis, A.D., Greischar, L.L., & Davidson, R.J. (submitted). Mental training enhances stability of attention by reducing cortical noise.

Lapate, R.C., van Reekum, C.M., Norris, C.J., Slagter, H.A., Greischar, L.L., & Davidson, R.J. (submitted). Luminance and sociality modulate the post-auricular reflex.

Hamidi, M., Slagter, H.A., Tononi, G., & Postle, B.R. (in press). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation affects behavior by biasing endogenous cortical oscillations. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience.

Hamidi, M., Slagter, H.A., Tononi, G., & Postle, B.R. (2009). Brain responses evoked by high-frequency repetitive TMS: An ERP study. Brain Stimulation.

Shackman, A.J., McMenamin, B.W., Slagter, H.A., Maxwell, J.S., Greischar, L.L., & Davidson, R.J. (2009). Electromyogenic artifacts and electroencephalographic inferences. Brain Topography.

Colzato, L.S., Slagter, H.A., van den Wildenberg, W., & Hommel, B. (2009). Closing one's eyes to reality: Evidence for a dopaminergic basis of psychoticism from spontaneous eye blink rates. Personality and individual differences. 46(3), 377-380.

Slagter, H.A., Lutz, A., Greischar, L.L., Nieuwenhuis, S., & Davidson, R.J. (2009). Theta phase synchrony and conscious target perception: Impact of intensive mental training. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Colzato, L.S., Slagter, H.A., Spape, M.M.A., & Hommel, B. (2008). Blinks of the eye predict blinks of the mind. Neuropsychologia,  46(13),  3179-3183.

Lutz, A, Slagter, H.A., Dunne, J.D., & Davidson, R.J. (2008). Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12(4), 163-169.

Talsma, D., Kok, A., Slagter, H.A., Cipriani, G. (2008). Attentional orienting across the sensory modalities. Brain and Cognition, 66(1), 1-10.

Slagter, H.A., Lutz, A., Greischar, L.L., Francis, A.D., Nieuwenhuis, S., Davis, J.M., & Davidson, R.J. (2007). Mental training affects distribution of limited brain resources. PLoS Biology, e128.

Slagter, H.A., Giesbrecht, G., Kok, A., Weissman, D.H., Kenemans, J.L., Woldorff, M.G., & Mangun, G.R. (2007). fMRI evidence for both generalized and specialized components of attentional control. Brain Research, 1177, 90-102.

Talsma, D., Mulckhuyse, M., Slagter, H.A., & Theeuwes, J. (2007). Faster, more intense! The relation between electrophysiological reflections of attentional orienting, sensory gain control and speed of responding. Brain Research, 1178, 92-105.

Slagter, H.A., Weissman, D.H., Giesbrecht, B., Kenemans, J.L., Mangun, G.R., Kok, A., & Woldorff, M.G. (2006). Brain regions activated by endogenous preparatory set-shifting as revealed by fMRI. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 6(3):175-189.

Ramautar, J.R., Slagter, H.A., Kok, A., & Ridderinkhof, K.R. (2006). Probability effects in the stop-signal paradigm: The insula and the significance of failed inhibition. Brain Research, 1105(1):143-154.

Talsma, D., Slagter, H.A., Nieuwenhuis, S., Hage, J., & Kok, A. (2005). The orienting of visuospatial attention: An event-related brain potential study. Brain Research Cognitive Brain Research, 25(1): 117-129.

Slagter, H.A., Kok, A., Mol, N., Talsma, D., & Kenemans, J.L. (2005). Generating spatial and non-spatial attentional control: An ERP  study. Psychophysiology, 42(4), 428-439.

Nieuwenhuis, S., Slagter, H.A., Alting von Geusau, N.J., Heslenfeld, D., & Holroyd, C.B. (2005). Knowing good from bad: Differential activation of human cortical areas by positive and negative outcomes. European Journal of Neuroscience, 21(11), 3161-3168.

Slagter, H.A., Kok, A., Mol, N., & Kenemans, J.L. (2005). Spatio-temporal dynamics of top-down control: directing attention to  location and/or color as revealed by ERPs and source modeling. Brain Research Cognitive Brain Research, 22, 333-348.

Jansma, J.M., Ramsey, N.F., Slagter, H.A., & Kahn, R.S (2001). Functional anatomical correlates of controlled and automatic processing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 13(6): 730-743.

Davidson, R.J. & Slagter, H.A. (2000). Probing emotion in the developing brain: Functional neuroimaging in the assessment of the neural substrates of emotion in normal and disordered children and adolescents. Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev., 6(3): 166-70.