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Tim van Timmeren

@tvantimmeren.bsky.social
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Assistant prof @UniUtrecht 🇳🇱. Interested in habits, (behavioral) addictions, smartphone/social media use, the brain, fMRI, Comp Psychiatry. He/him

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Tim van Timmeren @tvantimmeren.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Now published in Current Addiction Reports: Does the habit theory of addictions extend to disordered gambling? With @lukeclark.bsky.social
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Does the Habit Theory of Addictions Extend to Disordered Gambling? - Current Addiction Reports
Purpose of Review ‘Habit theory’ is a pervasive framework that describes addiction as a transition from goal-directed use (e.g. of drugs) to habitual response, accompanied by a neurobiological shift i...
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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🚨New pre-print🚨 osf.io/preprints/ps... What if the relationship between smartphone use and mental health depends not just on specific harmful or beneficial activities, but also on how users transition between activities?
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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...
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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 ...
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Tim van Timmeren @tvantimmeren.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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! 📖✨
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Tim van Timmeren @tvantimmeren.bsky.social · 24/07/2024
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....
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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....
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