Josephine Maria Groot
Job description
The primary focus of my research is to deepen our understanding of the neurobiological basis of attention. I am especially interested in achieving mechanistic representations that explain how the brain gives rise to spontaneous thought processes such as mind wandering, by studying the interactions between subcortical nuclei in the deep brain, neuromodulatory systems, and cortical networks. To that end, I use a multidisciplinary approach that combines different imaging modalities and analysis techniques, including ultra-high field (7T) structural and functional MRI, pupillometry, cognitive modeling, and machine learning.
Publications outside Cristin
2024
Groot JM, Miletic S, Isherwood SJS, Tse DHY, Habli S, Håberg AK, Bazin P-L, Mittner M, Forstmann BU (2024) A high-resolution 7 Tesla resting-state fMRI dataset optimized for studying the subcortex. Data in Brief, doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110668
2023
Groot JM, Miletic S, Isherwood SJS, Tse DHY, Habli S, Håberg AK, Forstmann BU, Bazin P-L, Mittner M (2023) Echoes from intrinsic connectivity networks in the subcortex. Journal of Neuroscience, doi:10.1523/jneurosci.1020-23.2023
2022
Alexandersen A, Csifcsák G, Groot J, Mittner M (2022) The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on the interplay between executive control, behavioral variability and mind wandering: A registered report. Neuroimage: Reports, 2:100109. doi:10.1016/j.ynirp.2022.100109
Keuken MC, Liebrand LC, Bazin P-L, Alkemade A, Van Berendonk N, Groot JM, Isherwood SJS, Kemp S, Lute N, Mulder MJ, Trutti AC, Caan MWA, Forstmann BU (2022) A high-resolution multi-shell 3T diffusion magnetic resonance imaging dataset as part of the Amsterdam Ultra-high field adult lifespan database (AHEAD). Data in Brief, 42:108086. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108086
Groot JM, Csifcsák G, Wientjes S, Forstmann BU, Mittner M (2022) Catching wandering minds with tapping fingers: Neural and behavioral insights into task-unrelated cognition. Cerebral Cortex, 00:1-17. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhab494
2021
Groot JM, Boayue NM, Csifcsák G, Boekel W, Huster R, Forstmann BU, Mittner M (2021) Probing the neural signature of mind wandering with simultaneous fMRI-EEG and pupillometry. NeuroImage, 224:117412. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117412
2020
Isaacs BR, Mulder MJ, Groot JM, Van Berendonk N, Lute N, Bazin P-L, Forstmann BU, Alkemade A (2020) 3 versus 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging for parcellations of subcortical brain structures in clinical settings. PLoS One, 15:0236208. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0236208
Alkemade A, Pine KJ, Kirilina E, Keuken MC, Mulder M, Balesar R, Groot JM, Bleys RL, Trampel R, Weiskopf N, Herrler A, Möller H, Bazin P-L, Forstmann B (2020) 7 Telsa MRI followed by histological 3D reconstructions in whole-brain specimens. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 14:536838. doi:10.3389/fnana.2020.536838
Alkemade A, Mulder MJ, Groot JM, Isaacs BR, Van Berendonk N, Lute N, Isherwood SJS, Bazin P-L, Forstmann BU (2020) The Amsterdam Ultra-high field adult lifespan database (AHEAD): A freely available multimodal 7 Tesla submillimeter magnetic resonance imaging database. NeuroImage, 221:117200. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117200
2019
Turi Z, Csifcsak G, Boayue NM, Aslaksen P, Antal A, Paulus W, Groot J, Hawkins GE, Forstmann B, Opitz A, Thielscher A, Mittner M (2019) Blinding is compromised for transcranial direct current stimulation at 1 mA for 20 minutes in young healthy adults. European Journal of Neuroscience. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14403
Csifcsák G, Boayue NM, Aslaksen PM, Turi Z, Antal A, Groot J, Hawkins GE, Forstmann BU, Opitz A, Thielscher A, Mittner M (2019) Commentary: Transcranial stimulation of the frontal lobes increases propensity of mind-wandering without changing meta-awareness. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:130. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00130
Boayue NM, Csifcsák G, Aslaksen P, Turi Z, Antal A, Groot J, Hawkins GE, Forstmann B, Opitz A, Thielscher A, Mittner M (2020) Increasing propensity to mind-wander by transcranial direct current stimulation? A registered report. European Journal of Neuroscience, 51:755-780. doi:10.1111/ejn.14347
2018
Alkemade A, Groot JM, Forstmann BU (2018) Do we need a human post mortem whole-brain anatomical ground truth in in vivo magnetic resonance imaging? Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 12:110. doi:10.3389/fnana.2018.00110
Uhlig S, Groot J, Jansen E, Scherder E (2018) Rap & Sing Music Therapy and sleep in adolescents: A single-blind cluster randomized controlled trial. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy. doi: 10.1080/08098131.2018.1542613
Research interests
Spontaneous cognition, (internal) attention, ultra-high field (7T) structural and functional MRI, subcortex, neuromodulatory nuclei, pupillometry, machine learning, cognitive modeling, psychophysiology.
Teaching
Seminar group leader:
PSY-1511 Statistical Methods I
PSY-1513 Statistical Methods III
HEL-8024 Quantitative Research Methods
HEL-8030 Applied Linear Regression Analysis
