Gabor Csifcsak
Job description
Gabor Csifcsak, MD, PhD, is a professor at the Research Group for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His teaching activities encompass courses in quantitative research methods and cognitive neuroscience/biological psychology. The main focus of his research is the neurobiology of cognitive processes (reinforcement learning, decision-making, attention, cognitive control) both in healthy adults and individuals with psychiatric conditions (major depressive disorder, ADHD, substance use disorder, schizophrenia), using various methods (electroencephalography, non-invasive brain stimulation, pupillometry, neuroimaging).
Andreas Alexandersen,
Steffen Rygg Aasen,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Matthias Mittner
:
Evidence for the efficacy of theta-burst stimulation above the angular gyrus for reducing mind wandering propensity: A successful pre-registered study
Ragnhild Nicolaisen Drevland,
Steffen Rygg Aasen,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Matthias Mittner
:
Reducing mind wandering using continuous theta burst stimulation
Andreas Alexandersen,
Krister Dahlberg,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Matthias Bodo Mittner
:
Unravelling the threads of thought: Probing the impact of contextual factors on mind wandering
Teodóra Vékony,
Bence C. Farkas,
Bianka Brezóczki,
Matthias Bodo Mittner,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Péter Simor
et al.:
Mind wandering enhances statistical learning
Samy Babiker,
Federica Luzzi,
Matthias Bodo Mittner,
Gabor Csifcsak
:
The Interplay Between Experimental Heat Pain and Noninvasive Stimulation of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex on Reinforcement Learning With Manipulated Outcome Contingencies
Péter Simor,
Teodóra Vékony,
Bence C. Farkas,
Orsolya Szalárdy,
Tamás Bogdány,
Bianka Brezóczki
et al.:
Mind Wandering during Implicit Learning Is Associated with Increased Periodic EEG Activity and Improved Extraction of Hidden Probabilistic Patterns
Viktória Roxána Balla,
Tünde Kilencz,
Szilvia Szalóki,
Vera Daniella Dalos,
Eino Partanen,
Gabor Csifcsak
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Motor dominance and movement-outcome congruency influence the electrophysiological correlates of sensory attenuation for self-induced visual stimuli
Steffen Rygg Aasen,
Ragnhild Nicolaisen Drevland,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Matthias Mittner
:
Increasing mind wandering with accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Ingrid Daae Rasmussen,
Matthias Bodo Mittner,
Nya Mehnwolo Boayue,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Per M Aslaksen
:
Tracking the current in the Alzheimer's brain - Systematic differences between patients and healthy controls in the electric field induced by tDCS
Hema Nawani,
Matthias Bodo Mittner,
Gabor Csifcsak
:
Modulation of mind wandering using transcranial direct current stimulation: A meta-analysis based on electric field modeling
Marte Christine Ørbo,
Ole Kristian Grønli,
Camilla Larsen,
Torgil Riise Vangberg,
Oddgeir Friborg,
Zsolt Turi
et al.:
The antidepressant effect of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS): study protocol for a randomized double-blind sham-controlled trial
Terezie Sedlinská,
Lara Bolte,
Eirik Melsæter,
Matthias Bodo Mittner,
Gabor Csifcsak
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Transcranial direct-current stimulation enhances Pavlovian tendencies during intermittent loss of control
Josephine Maria Groot,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Sven Wientjes,
Birte U. Forstmann,
Matthias Mittner
:
Catching wandering minds with tapping fingers: neural and behavioral insights into task-unrelated cognition
Jonas Linkas,
Luai A. Ahmed,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Nina Emaus,
Anne-Sofie Furberg,
Guri Grimnes
et al.:
C-Reactive Protein and TGF-α Predict Psychological Distress at Two Years of Follow-Up in Healthy Adolescent Boys : the Fit Futures Study
Jonas Linkas,
Luai Awad Ahmed,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Nina Emaus,
Anne-Sofie Furberg,
Gunn Pettersen
et al.:
Two-year changes in sleep duration are associated with changes in psychological distress in adolescent girls and boys: the fit futures study
Jonas Linkas,
Luai A. Ahmed,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Nina Emaus,
Anne-Sofie Furberg,
Guri Grimnes
et al.:
Are pro-inflammatory markers associated with psychological distress in a cross-sectional study of healthy adolescents 15–17 years of age? : the Fit Futures study
Andreas Alexandersen,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Josephine Maria Groot,
Matthias Mittner
:
The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on the interplay between executive control, behavioral variability and mind wandering: A registered report
Ingrid Daae Rasmussen,
Nya Mehnwolo Boayue,
Matthias Mittner,
Martin Kragnes Bystad,
Ole Kristian Grønli,
Torgil Riise Vangberg
et al.:
High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves Delayed Memory in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: A Pilot Study Using Computational Modeling to Optimize Electrode Position
Gabor Csifcsak,
Jorunn Bjørkøy,
Sarjo Kuyateh,
Haakon Reithe,
Matthias Mittner
:
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation above the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Facilitates Decision-Making following Periods of Low Outcome Controllability
Gabor Csifcsak,
Birte U Forstmann,
Matthias Mittner
:
Transcranial stimulation and decision-making
Josephine Maria Groot,
Nya Mehnwolo Boayue,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Wouter Boekel,
Rene Huster,
Birte U Forstmann
et al.:
Probing the neural signature of mind wandering with simultaneous fMRI-EEG and pupillometry
Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt,
Dag Nordahl,
Inger Pauline Landsem,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Agnes Bohne,
Gerit Pfuhl
et al.:
Newborn Behavioral Observation, maternal
stress, depressive symptoms and the
mother-infant relationship: results from the
Northern Babies Longitudinal Study
(NorBaby)
Nya Mehnwolo Boayue,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Isabel Viola Kreis,
Carole Schmidt,
Iselin Caroline Finn,
Anna Elfrida Hovde Vollsund
et al.:
The interplay between executive control, behavioral variability and mind wandering: Insights from a high-definition transcranial direct-current stimulation study
Zsolt Turi,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Nya Mehnwolo Boayue,
Per M Aslaksen,
Andrea Antal,
Walter Paulus
et al.:
Blinding is compromised for transcranial direct current stimulation at 1 mA for 20 min in young healthy adults
Nya Mehnwolo Boayue,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Per M Aslaksen,
Zsolt Turi,
Andrea Antal,
Josephine Maria Groot
et al.:
Increasing propensity to mind‐wander by transcranial direct current stimulation? A registered report
Bernadett Ildikó Gál,
Tunde Kilencz,
Anita Albert,
Ildikó Demeter,
Klára Mária Hegedűs,
Zoltán Janka
et al.:
Mild effect of nalmefene on alcoholic cue-induced response invigoration in alcohol use disorder without accompanying changes in electrophysiological signatures of early visual processing and executive control
Gabor Csifcsak,
Eirik Melsæter,
Matthias Mittner
:
Intermittent Absence of Control during Reinforcement Learning Interferes with Pavlovian Bias in Action Selection
Viktória Roxána Balla,
Szilvia Szalóki,
Tünde Kilencz,
Vera Daniella Dalos,
Roland Németh,
Gabor Csifcsak
:
A novel experimental paradigm with improved ecological validity reveals robust action-associated enhancement of the N1 visual event-related potential in healthy adults
Adrienn A Rokszin,
Dora Gyori-Dani,
Janos Bacsi,
László G Nyúl,
Gabor Csifcsak
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Tracking changes in spatial frequency sensitivity during natural image processing in school age: an event-related potential study
Gabor Csifcsak,
Nya Mehnwolo Boayue,
Oula Puonti,
Axel Thielscher,
Matthias Mittner
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Effects of transcranial
direct current stimulation for treating depression: A modeling study.
Gabor Csifcsak,
Viktoria Roxana Balla,
Vera Daniella Dalos,
Tunde Kilencz,
Edit Magdolna Biro,
Gabor Urban
et al.:
Action-associated modulation of visual event-related potentials evoked by abstract and ecological stimuli
Nya Mehnwolo Boayue,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Oula Puonti,
Axel Thielscher,
Matthias Mittner
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Head models of healthy and depressed adults for simulating the electric fields of non-invasive electric brain stimulation [version 2; referees: 2 approved]
Gaspar Lukacs,
Gula Bartosz,
Emese Szegedi-Hallgato,
Gabor Csifcsak
:
Association-based Concealed Information Test: A Novel Reaction Time-Based Deception Detection Method
Gaspar Lukacs,
Bela Weiss,
Vera Daniella Dalos,
Tunde Kilencz,
Szabina Tudja,
Gabor Csifcsak
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The first independent study on the complex trial protocol version of the P300-based concealed information test: Corroboration of previous findings and highlights on vulnerabilities
Steffen Rygg Aasen,
Samy Babiker,
Aurora Marie Kleivik Vangen,
Silje Balsnes Haugan,
Sanna Aurora Sandell,
Ingvild Saksvik-Lehouillier
et al.:
ICON2025 - The Effects of Partial Sleep Deprivation on Mind Wandering, Executive Performance and Affect
Andreas Alexandersen,
Steffen Rygg Aasen,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Matthias Bodo Mittner
:
Modulating mind wandering with non-invasive brain stimulationA registered replication:Reducing mind wandering with continous theta burst stimulation
2024 ARKIV
Marte Christine Ørbo,
Sabine Høier,
Torgil Riise Vangberg,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Ole Kristian Grønli,
Per Matti Aslaksen
:
The cerebral and cognitive changes after intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) treatment for depression: study protocol for a randomized double-blind sham-controlled trial
Steffen Rygg Aasen,
Ragnhild Nicolaisen Drevland,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Matthias Bodo Mittner
:
Mind wandering and brain stimulation: Can we reduce mind wandering with intermittent theta burst stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex?
Steffen Rygg Aasen,
Ragnhild Nicolaisen Drevland,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Matthias Bodo Mittner
:
Ebbs and flows of attention away: Reducing mind wandering with intermittent theta burst stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex?
Andreas Alexandersen,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Josephine Maria Groot,
Matthias Mittner
:
The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on the interplay between executive control, behavioral variability and mind wandering: A registered report
2022 ARKIV
Jonas Linkas,
Luai A. Ahmed,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Nina Emaus,
Anne-Sofe Furberg,
Guri Grimnes
et al.:
Correction to: Are pro-infammatory markers associated with psychological distress in a cross-sectional study of healthy adolescents 15–17 years of age? The Fit Futures study (BMC Psychology, (2022), 10, 1, (65), 10.1186/s40359-022-00779-8)
Jonas Linkas,
Luai A. Ahmed,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Nina Emaus,
Anne-Sofie Furberg,
Guri Grimnes
et al.:
Corrigendum: C-Reactive Protein and TGF-α Predict Psychological Distress at Two Years of Follow-Up in Healthy Adolescent Boys: The Fit Futures Study (Front. Psychol., (2022), 13, 823420, 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.823420)
Oddny Johnsen,
Camilla Larsen,
Ole Kristian Grønli,
Per Matti Aslaksen,
Gabor Csifcsak,
Marte Christine Ørbo
:
Forsker på behandling av depresjon
08. June 2022 ARKIV
Gabor Csifcsak,
Nya Mehnwolo Boayue,
Per M Aslaksen,
Zsolt Turi,
Andrea Antal,
Josephine Maria Groot
et al.:
Commentary: Transcranial stimulation of the frontal lobes increases propensity of mind-wandering without changing meta-awareness
Gabor Csifcsak,
Matthias Mittner
:
Linking brain networks and behavioral variability to different types of mind-wandering
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Publications outside Cristin
- Prekovic S, Đurđević DF, Csifcsák G, Šveljo O, Stojković O, Janković M, Koprivšek K, Covill LE, Lučić M, Van den Broeck T, Helsen C, Ceroni F, Claessens F, Newbury DF. Multidisciplinary investigation links backward-speech trait and working memory through genetic mutation. Sci Rep. 2016;6:20369.
- Rokszin AA, Győri-Dani D, Nyúl LG, Csifcsák G. Electrophysiological correlates of top-down effects facilitating natural image categorization are disrupted by the attenuation of low spatial frequency information. Int J Psychophysiol. 2016;100:19-27.
- Rokszin AA, Gyri-Dani D, Linnert S, Krajcsi A, Tompa T, Csifcsák G. The interplay of holistic shape, local feature and color information in object categorization. Biol Psychol. 2015 May 14;109:120-131.
- Nemeth VL, Kurgyis E, Csifcsák G, Maraz A, Almasi DA, Drotos G, Szikszay P, Ando B, Janka Z, Must A. The impact of intermediate-term alcohol abstinence on memory retrieval and suppression. Front Psychol. 2014;5:1396. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01396.
- Domján N, Csifcsák G, Drótos G, Janka Z, Szendi I. Different patterns of auditory information processing deficits in chronic schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychotic features. Schizophr Res. 2012; 139(1-3):253-9.
- Németh D, Janacsek K, Csifcsak G, Szvoboda G, Howard JH Jr, Howard DV. Interference between sentence processing and probabilistic implicit sequence learning. PLoS One. 2011; 8;6(3):e17577.
- Szendi I, Racsmány M, Cimmer C, Csifcsák G, Kovács ZA, Szekeres G, Galsi G, Tóth F, Nagy A, Garab EA, Boda K, Gulyás G, Kiss JG, Dombi J, Pléh C, Janka Z. Two subgroups of schizophrenia identified by systematic cognitive neuropsychiatric mapping. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2010; 260(3):257-266.
- Csifcsak G, Nitsche MA, Baumgärtner U, Paulus W, Treede RD, Antal A. Electrophysiological correlates of reduced pain perception after transcranial theta-burst stimulation. Neuroreport, 2009; 20(12):1051-1055.
- Csifcsak G, Antal A, Hillers F, Levold M, Bachmann CG, Happe S, Nitsche MA, Ellrich J, Paulus W. Modulatory Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Laser-Evoked Potentials. Pain Med. 2009; 10(1):122-132.
- Sáry Gy, Koteles K, Kaposvari P, Lenti L, Csifcsak G, Franko E, Benedek Gy, Tompa T. The representation of Kanizsa illusory contours in the monkey inferior temporal cortex. Eur J Neurosci. 2008; 28(10):2137-2146.
- Poreisz Cs, Csifcsák G, Antal A, Levold M, Hillers F, Paulus W. Theta burst stimulation of the motor cortex reduces laser-evoked pain perception. Neuroreport, 2008; 19(2):193-196.
- Antal A, Brepohl N, Poreisz C, Boros K, Csifcsak G, Paulus W. Transcranial direct current stimulation over somatosensory cortex decreases experimentally induced acute pain perception. Clin J Pain. 2008; 24(1):56-63.
- Poreisz Cs, Antal A, Boros K, Brepohl N, Csifcsák G, Paulus W. Attenuation of N2 amplitude of laser-evoked potentials by theta burst stimulation of primary somatosensory cortex. Exp Brain Res, 2008; 185(4):611-621.
- Cimmer C, Szendi I, Csifcsak G, Szekeres G, Ambrus Kovacs Z, Somogyi I, Benedek G, Janka Z, Keri S. Abnormal neurological signs, visual contrast sensitivity, and the deficit syndrome of schizophrenia. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2006; 30(7):1225-1230.
Research interests
- Mind wandering
- Executive functions
- Reinforcement learning
- Decision-making
- Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS, TMS)
- Neurobiology of psychiatric disorders (ADHD, depression, schizophrenia)
Teaching
- PSY-1511/1511 Statistics and methods I
- PSY-1513/1521 Statistics and methods III
- PSY-2552 Cognitive neuroscience
- PSY-1004 Biological psychology
- PSY-8016 Research presentations
Member of research group
Member of project
Transkraniell Magnet Stimulering som behandling for depresjon
Developing non-invasive brain stimulation methods for clinical and cognitive neuroscience
Modulating mind-wandering using non-invasive brain stimulation
The neural basis of off-task cognition
Understanding the neural basis of reinforcement learning
Brain stimulation and executive functions
Forskerlinjen i psykologi
Developing non-invasive brain stimulation methods for clinical and cognitive neuroscience
Modulating mind-wandering using non-invasive brain stimulation
The neural basis of off-task cognition
Understanding the neural basis of reinforcement learning
Brain stimulation and executive functions
Forskerlinjen i psykologi
Attachments:
- CV_Csifcsak (pdf)