dr. Ruth Mark

Bio

Ruth Mark is an Assistant professor at Tilburg University's department of Cognitive Neuropsychology. Her current research focuses on the family dynamics involved in the changing process from preclinical dementia to Mild Cognitive Impairment and progression from dementia diagnosis to end of life. Exploring the individual progression and exploring possible protective factors against either developing dementia and/or slowing down its progression once diagnosed is what interests her most.  She has published articles on Alzheimer’s dementia and their caregivers in many international peer-reviewed journals. Some of her publications have appeared in high-impact journals including Nature and Brain. She conducts both fundamental and applied research on memory, neurophysiology, emotion and behaviour in a variety of neurological populations and in the healthy elderly.

Expertise

Clinical Neuropsychology

Dementia

Neurological disorders

Caregivers

Neuropsychological Assessment

Courses

• Neuropsychology of Aging
• Clinical Neuropsychology

Recent publications

1. A comparison of music characteristics of funeral music from Croatia, …

   Hanser, W. E., Mark, R. E., & Vingerhoets, A. J. J. M. (2023). A comparison of music characteristics of funeral music from Croatia, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Psychological Topics, 32(1), 209-226.

2. Music and lyric characteristics of popular Dutch funeral songs

   Hanser, W. E., Mark, R. E., & Vingerhoets, A. J. J. M. (2023). Music and lyric characteristics of popular Dutch funeral songs. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying. Advance online publication.

3. A systematic review on the potential acceleration of neurocognitive a…

   Kerstens, C., Wildiers, H. P. M. W., Schroyen, G., Almela, M., Mark, R. E., Lambrecht, M., Deprez, S., & Sleurs, C. (2023). A systematic review on the potential acceleration of neurocognitive aging in older cancer survivors. Cancers, 15(4), Article 1215.

4. Stimulus material selection for the Dutch famous faces test for older…

   van den Elzen, E. H. T., Brehmer, Y., Van Deun, K., & Mark, R. E. (2023). Stimulus material selection for the Dutch famous faces test for older adults. Frontiers in Medicine, 10, Article 1124986.

5. Influence of sense of competence, empathy and relationship quality on…

   van den Kieboom, R., Mark, R., Snaphaan, L., van Assen, M., & Bongers, I. (2023). Influence of sense of competence, empathy and relationship quality on burden in dementia caregivers: A 15 months longitudinal study. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 42(3), 464-473.