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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Different routes to liking - how readers arrive at narrative evaluati…

   Mak, M., Faber, M., & Willems, R. M. (2022). Different routes to liking: how readers arrive at narrative evaluations. Cognitive research: principles and implications, 7(72), 1-15.

4. Mapping dopaminergic projections in the human brain with resting-stat…

   Oldehinkel, M., Llera, A., Faber, M., Huertas, I., Buitelaar, J. K., Bloem, B. R., Marquand, A. F., Helmich, R. C., Haak, K., & Beckmann, C. F. (2022). Mapping dopaminergic projections in the human brain with resting-state fMRI. Elife, 11, 1-37. Article e71846.

5. Correction: Protocol of the Healthy Brain Study - An Accessible Resou…

   Healthy Brain Study consortium (2022). Correction: Protocol of the Healthy Brain Study: An Accessible Resource for Understanding the Human Brain and How It Dynamically and Individually Operates in Its Bio-Social Context . PLOS ONE, 17(4), 1-1. Article e0267071.