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  • Nuiten S, de Gee JW, Zantvoord JB, Sterzer P, Fahrenfort J & van Gaal S. Task-evoked (phasic) and baseline (tonic) arousal distinctly shape human decision bias. [preprint]
  • de Gee JW, Schwarz-Roman K, Alonso-Marmelstein L, & Rouw R. Sound-evoked pupil dilation quantifies misophonic symptoms. [preprint]
  • de Gee JW, Kloosterman N, Braun A, & Donner TH. 2025. Catecholamines reduce choice history biases in perceptual decision making. PLOS Biology, 23(9): e3003361. [pdf] [data + code]
  • Beerendonk L*, Mejias J*, Nuiten S, de Gee JW, Zantvoord, JB, Fahrenfort J & van Gaal S. 2025. Adaptive arousal regulation: Pharmacologically shifting the peak of the Yerkes-Dodson curve by catecholaminergic enhancement of arousal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 122 (28), e2419733122. (*=Equal contribution) [pdf] [data + code]
  • Hebisch J, Ghassemieh A, Zhecheva E, Brouwer M, van Gaal S, Schwabe L, Donner TH* & de Gee JW*. 2024. Task-irrelevant stimuli reliably boost phasic pupil-linked arousal but do not affect decision formation. Scientific Reports, 14 (1), 28380. (=Equal contribution) [pdf] [data] [code]
  • Mocchi M, Bartoli E, Magnotti J, de Gee JW, Metzger B, Pascuzzi B, Mathura R, Pulapaka S, Goodman W, Sheth S, McGinley MJ & Bijanki K. 2024. Aperiodic spectral slope tracks the effects of brain state on saliency responses in the human auditory cortex. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 30751. [pdf]
  • de Gee JW, Mridha Z, Hudson S, Shi Y, Ramsaywak H, Smith S, Karediya N, Thompson M, Jaspe K, Zhang W & McGinley MJ. 2024. Strategic self-control of arousal boosts sustained attention. Current Biology, 34 (18), 4114-4128.e6. [pdf] [data + code]
  • Nuiten S, de Gee JW, Zantvoord JB, Fahrenfort J & van Gaal S. 2024. Pharmacological elevation of catecholamine levels improves perceptual decisions, but not metacognitive insight. eNeuro, 11 (7), 1-20. [pdf] [data + code]
  • Zou J, de Gee JW, Mridha Z, Trinh S, Erskine A, Jing M, Yao J, Walker S, Li Y, McGinley MJ & Hires SA. 2024. Goal-directed motor actions drive acetylcholine dynamics in sensory cortex. eLife, RP96931. [url]
  • Beerendonk L*, Mejias J*, Nuiten S, de Gee JW, Fahrenfort J & van Gaal S. 2024. A disinhibitory circuit mechanism explains a general principle of peak performance during mid-level arousal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 121 (5), e2312898121. (*=Equal contribution) [pdf] [data + code]
  • Nuiten S, de Gee JW, Fahrenfort J & van Gaal S. 2023. Catecholaminergic neuromodulation and selective attention jointly shape perceptual decision making. eLife, 12, RP87022. [pdf] [data + code]
  • Mazancieux A, Mauconduit F, Amadon A, de Gee JW, Donner TH & Meyniel F. 2023. Brainstem fMRI signaling of surprise across different types of deviant stimuli. Cell Reports, 42, 113405. [pdf]
  • Colizoli O, de Gee JW, van der Zwaag W & Donner TH. 2021. Functional magnetic resonance imaging responses during perceptual decision-making at 3 and 7 T in human cortex, striatum, and brainstem. Human Brain Mapping, 1-15. [pdf]
  • de Gee JW*, Correa MC*, Weaver M, Donner TH & van Gaal S. 2021. Pupil dilation and the slow wave ERP reflect surprise about choice outcome resulting from intrinsic variability in decision confidence. Cerebral Cortex, 31 (7), 3565-3578. (*=Equal contribution) [pdf] [data] [code]
  • Mridha Z*, de Gee JW*, Shi Y, Alkashgari R, Williams J, Suminski A, Ward MP, Zhang W & McGinley MJ. 2021. Graded recruitment of pupil-linked neuromodulation by parametric stimulation of the vagus nerve. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1-14. (*=Equal contribution) [pdf] [data] [code]
  • de Gee JW, Tsetsos K, Schwabe L, Urai AE, McCormick DA, McGinley MJ* & Donner TH*. 2020. Pupil-linked phasic arousal predicts a reduction of choice bias across species and decision domains. eLife, 9, e54014. (*=Equal contribution) [pdf] [data + code]
  • Urai EA, de Gee JW, Tsetsos K & Donner TH. 2019. Choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation. eLife, 8, e46331. [pdf] [data] [code]
  • Kloosterman NA, de Gee JW, Werkle-Bergner M, Garrett DD* Fahrenfort JJ*. 2019. Humans strategically shift decision bias by flexibly adjusting sensory evidence accumulation. eLife, 8, e37321. (*=Equal contribution) [pdf]
  • Colizoli O, de Gee JW, Urai EA & Donner TH. 2018. Task-evoked pupil responses reflect internal belief states. Scientific Reports, 8:13702. [pdf]
  • de Gee JW, Colizoli O, Kloosterman NA, Knapen T, Nieuwenhuis S & Donner TH. 2017. Dynamic modulation of decision biases by brainstem arousal systems. eLife, 6, e23232. [pdf] [data] [code]
  • Knapen T*, de Gee JW*, Brascamp J, Nuiten S, Hoppenbrouwers SS & Theeuwes J. 2016. Cognitive and ocular factors jointly determine pupil responses under equiluminance. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0155574. (*=Equal contribution) [pdf]
  • de Gee JW, Knapen T & Donner TH. 2014. Decision-related pupil dilation reflects upcoming choice and individual bias. 2014. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 111(5), E618-E625. [pdf] [data]