Dr Myrthe Faber

Bio

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Cognitive Science and Artificial intelligence. I am also a research affiliate in the Statistical Imaging Neuroscience at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. I was awarded an NWO Veni grant for my research project Drawn in or zoned out? Tracking the wandering mind during reading (2020-2025). I am interested in the cognitive and neural underpinnings of mind wandering, in particular in the context of discourse processing (e.g., reading, watching film). My research focuses on how the task influences mind wandering, and how brain networks interact to generate spontaneous thoughts. 

Courses

• Cognition and Process
• Bachelorthesis CSAI

Recent publications

1. A Wandering Mind is Not Always a Creative Mind: How Thought Dynamics …

   de Rooij, A., Atef, A., & Faber, M. (2024). A Wandering Mind is Not Always a Creative Mind: How Thought Dynamics Explain the Relationship between Mind Wandering and Creativity. The Journal of Creative Behavior. Advance online publication.

2. Minds - Big questions for linguistics in the age of AI

   Backus, A., Cohen, M., Cohn, N., Faber, M., Krahmer, E., Laparle, S., Maier, E., Miltenburg, E. V., Roelofsen, F., Sciubba, E., Scholman, M., Shterionov, D., Sie, M., Tomas, F., Vanmassenhove, E., Venhuizen, N., & Vos, C. D. (2023). Minds: Big questions for linguistics in the age of AI. Linguistics in the Netherlands, 40(1), 301-308.

3. Different kinds of simulation during literary reading - Insights from…

   Mak, M., Faber, M., & Willems, R. M. (2023). Different kinds of simulation during literary reading: Insights from a combined fMRI and eye-tracking study. Cortex, 162, 115-135.

4. Mind and body - The manifestation of mind wandering in bodily behavio…

   Dias Da Silva-van Riel, M., Branco, D., Postma, M., & Faber, M. (2022). Mind and body: The manifestation of mind wandering in bodily behaviors. In N. Dario, & L. Tateo (Eds.), New Perspectives on Mind Wandering Springer.

5. Windows to the mind - Neurophysiological indicators of mind wandering…

   Dias Da Silva-van Riel, M., Postma, M., & Faber, M. (2022). Windows to the mind: Neurophysiological indicators of mind wandering across tasks. In N. Dario, & L. Tateo (Eds.), New Perspectives on Mind Wandering Springer.