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Researcher

Ruth Krebs

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99 Results

2026

Motor activation in cue-guided behavior : neural evidence from human Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer (PIT)

Yulong HuangChen QuValeria GazzolaSara GarofaloFrancesca StaritaRuth KrebsLuigi A. E. DegniJunjie WeiGianluca FinottiGiuseppe di Pellegrino et al.

A1 Journal Article in NEUROIMAGE

2025

Adaptive minds : how we learn to arbitrate between different control modes

Leslie HeldSenne BraemRuth KrebsWim Notebaert

From cost to investment : neural and behavioral effort configurations across task and goal domains

Nanne KukkonenRuth KrebsSenne Braem

Human behavior and the natural environment : insights from environmental psychology

Ruth KrebsFlorian LangeSarah KuschAlessandra CarellaYannick JoyeAlexander Hooyberg

Pro-environmental decisions are hampered by their opportunity costs : evidence from effort-based decision-making

Nanne KukkonenFlorian LangeCasper Van den BosscheRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Reward and efficacy modulate the rate of anticipatory pupil dilation

Joshua EayrsHaya TobingSusanne Tabitha SteendamNicoleta PruteanWim NotebaertRoeljan WiersemaRuth KrebsNico Böhler

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

The cost of regulating effort : reward and difficulty cues with longer prediction horizons have a stronger impact on performance

Nanne KukkonenSenne BraemJens AllaertJoshua EayrsNicoleta PruteanSusanne Tabitha SteendamNico BöhlerRoeljan WiersemaWim NotebaertRuth Krebs

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF COGNITION

Value through cognitive effort : working for an environmental organization increases subsequent donations

Sarah KuschRuth KrebsFlorian Lange

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

2024

Addressing climate change with behavioral science : a global intervention tournament in 63 countries

Madalina VlasceanuKimberly C. DoellJoseph B. Bak-ColemanBoryana TodorovaMichael M. Berkebile-WeinbergSamantha J. GraysonYash PatelDanielle GoldwertYifei PeiAlek Chakroff et al.

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE ADVANCES

Attentional set and explicit expectations of perceptual load determine flanker interference

Joshua EayrsNanne KukkonenNicoleta PruteanSusanne Tabitha SteendamNico BöhlerRoeljan WiersemaRuth KrebsWim Notebaert

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE

Compensating for the mobile menace with extra effort : a pupillometry investigation of the mere presence effect of smartphones

Susanne Tabitha SteendamNicoleta PruteanFleur ClybouwJoshua EayrsNanne KukkonenWim NotebaertRuth KrebsRoeljan WiersemaNico Böhler

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Exploring distinct and joint contributions of the locus coeruleus and the substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area complex to reward and valence processing using high-resolution fMRI

Julie HallDanesh ShahnazianRuth Krebs

A2 Journal Article in IMAGING NEUROSCIENCE

Mind the instructions : reward cues are liked first, wanted later

Nicoleta PruteanLuc VermeylenNanne KukkonenSusanne Tabitha SteendamJoshua O. EayrsRuth KrebsRoeljan WiersemaEliana VassenaNico BöhlerWim Notebaert

A1 Journal Article in COGNITION

Neuroscientific approaches to understand barriers and promotors of pro-environmental behavior

Ruth KrebsNik Sawe

Bookchapter in Environmental Neuroscience

Reinforcement learning of adaptive control strategies

Leslie HeldLuc VermeylenDavid DignathWim NotebaertRuth KrebsSenne Braem

A2 Journal Article in COMMUNICATIONS PSYCHOLOGY

The effects of reinforcing task alternations on voluntary task selection

Leslie HeldLuc VermeylenRuth KrebsWim NotebaertSenne Braem

A1 Journal Article in COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY

The international climate psychology collaboration : climate change-related data collected from 63 countries

Kimberly C. DoellBoryana TodorovaMadalina VlasceanuJoseph B. Bak ColemanEkaterina ProniziusPhilipp SchumannFlavio AzevedoYash PatelMichael M. Berkebile-WinebergCameron Brick et al.

A1 Journal Article in SCIENTIFIC DATA

2023

The effect of target-related and target-irrelevant novel stimuli on response behaviour

Julie HallHaeme R. P. ParkRuth KrebsJudith Schomaker

A1 Journal Article in ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA

Think green : investing cognitive effort for a pro-environmental cause

Ruth KrebsArthur PrévelJulie HallVincent Hoofs

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

2022

Guiding spatial attention by multimodal reward cues

Vincent HoofsIvan GrahekNico BöhlerRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in ATTENTION PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS

Neural representations of task context and temporal order during action sequence execution

Danesh ShahnazianMehdi SenoussiRuth KrebsTom VergutsClay Holroyd

A1 Journal Article in TOPICS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE

2021

Associations between different white matter properties and reward-based performance modulation

Haeme ParkHelena VerhelstMichel QuakBen JeurissenRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Comparing the motivational value of rewards and losses in an EEG‐pupillometry study

Thomas CarstenMariam KostandyanNico BöhlerRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Effect of non-instructed instrumental contingency of monetary reward and positive affect in a cognitive control task

Arthur PrévelVincent HoofsRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE

Higher-order conditioning with simultaneous and backward conditioned stimulus : implications for models of Pavlovian conditioning

Arthur PrévelRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Neural underpinnings of valence-action interactions triggered by cues and targets in a rewarded approach/avoidance task

Vincent HoofsHaeme ParkLuc VermeylenNico BöhlerRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in CORTEX

Probing the relevance of the hippocampus for conflict-induced memory improvement

Markus RammBenedikt SundermannCarlos Alexandre GomesGabriel MöddelLisa LangenbruchMahboobeh Dehghan NayyeriPeter YoungBettina PfleidererRuth KrebsNikolai Axmacher

A1 Journal Article in NEUROIMAGE

Reward prospect improves inhibitory control in female university students with a history of childhood sexual and physical abuse

Meltem KiyarMiriam J. J. LommenRuth KrebsJudith K. DanielsSven Müller

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY

Selective reinforcement of conflict processing in the Stroop task

Arthur PrévelRuth KrebsNanne KukkonenSenne Braem

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

2020

Are all behavioral reward benefits created equally? An EEG-fMRI study

Mariam KostandyanHaeme ParkCarsten BundtCarlos Gonzalez-GarciaDavid WisniewskiRuth KrebsNico Böhler

A1 Journal Article in NEUROIMAGE

Bifrontal tDCS applied to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in heavy drinkers: Influence on reward-triggered approach bias and alcohol consumption

Marie-Anne VanderhasseltJens AllaertRudi De RaedtChris BaekenRuth KrebsSarah Herremans

A1 Journal Article in BRAIN AND COGNITION

Depression in Parkinson’s disease

Julie HallRuth KrebsAhmed Moustafa

Bookchapter in The nature of depression : an updated review

Effective connectivity modulations related to win and loss outcomes

Frederik Van de SteenRuth KrebsNigel ColenbierHannes AlmgrenDaniele Marinazzo

A1 Journal Article in NEUROIMAGE

Expecting the good : symbolic valence signals provoke action biases and undermine goal-directed behavior

Vincent HoofsArthur PrévelRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA

2019

Are losses more effective than rewards in improving performance in a cognitive task?

Thomas CarstenVincent HoofsNico BöhlerRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in MOTIVATION SCIENCE

Biasing actions by incentive valence in an approach/avoidance task

Vincent HoofsNico BöhlerRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY

Differential effects of sustained and transient effort triggered by reward : a combined EEG and pupillometry study

Mariam KostandyanKlaas BombekeThomas CarstenRuth KrebsWim NotebaertNico Böhler

A1 Journal Article in NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

Dissociating reward- and attention-driven biasing of global feature-based selection in human visual cortex

Haydee G. Garcia-LazaroMandy V. BartschNico BöhlerRuth KrebsSarah E. DonohueJoseph A. HarrisMircea A. SchoenfeldJens-Max Hopf

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Does reward improve cognitive control? A comparison between formerly abused vs. neglected (vs. comparison) groups during the rewarded Stroop task

Sven MüllerMeltem KiyarRuth KrebsJudith DanielsMiriam Lommen

Interactions between incentive valence and action information in a cued approach–avoidance task

Vincent HoofsThomas CarstenNico BöhlerRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG

Investigating the motivational value of reward prospect and loss avoidance

Thomas CarstenRuth Krebs

Motivation and cognitive control in depression

Ivan GrahekAmitai ShenhavSebastian MusslickRuth KrebsErnst Koster

A1 Journal Article in NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Motivation and cognitive control in depression

Ivan GrahekErnst KosterRuth Krebs

Neural correlates of reward-related response tendencies in an equiprobable Go/NoGo task

Onur AsciSenne BraemHaeme ParkNico BöhlerRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Neural dynamics of reward-induced response activation and inhibition

Lihui WangWenshuo ChangRuth KrebsNico BöhlerJan TheeuwesXiaolin Zhou

A1 Journal Article in CEREBRAL CORTEX

Pupillary contagion is independent of the emotional expression of the face

Thomas CarstenCharlotte DesmetRuth KrebsMarcel Brass

A1 Journal Article in EMOTION

Temporal and spatial dynamics of effortful cognitive control and motivation

Mariam KostandyanNico BöhlerRuth Krebs

The impact of preceding and immediate valence signals on response selection in cognitive tasks

Vincent HoofsRuth KrebsNico Böhler

Winning smiles: signalling reward by overlapping and non-overlapping emotional valence differentially affects performance and neural activity

Haeme ParkMariam KostandyanNico BöhlerRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

2018

Cognitive control in depression : toward clinical models informed by cognitive neuroscience

Ivan GrahekJonas EveraertRuth KrebsErnst Koster

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Directed dynamical connectivity : methodological advancement and application to the motivated brain

Frederik Van de SteenDaniele MarinazzoRuth Krebs

Modulation of locus coeruleus activity by novel oddball stimuli

Ruth KrebsHaeme ParkKlaas BombekeNico Böhler

A1 Journal Article in BRAIN IMAGING AND BEHAVIOR

Smiling faces and cash bonuses : exploring common affective coding across positive and negative emotional and motivational stimuli using fMRI

Haeme ParkMariam KostandyanNico BöhlerRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

2017

Cognitive control and reward

Ruth KrebsMarty Woldorff

Bookchapter in Handbook of cognitive control

Cortical and subcortical coordination of visual spatial attention revealed by simultaneous EEG-fMRI recording

Jessica J GreenNico BöhlerKenneth C RobertsLing-Chia ChenRuth KrebsAllen W SongMarty G Woldorff

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The role of anterior cingulate cortex in the affective evaluation of conflict

Senne BraemJoseph KingFranziska KorbRuth KrebsWim NotebaertTobias Egner

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

The role of attention and motivation in proactive cognitive control processes

Zachary LangfordNico BöhlerRuth Krebs

2016

Preparing for (valenced) action: the role of differential effort in the orthogonalized go/no-go task

Hanne SchevernelsKlaas BombekeRuth KrebsNico Böhler

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

Strategic down-regulation of attentional resources as a mechanism of proactive response inhibition

Zachary LangfordRuth KrebsDurk TalsmaMG WoldorffNico Böhler

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral striatal hyperconnectivity during rewarded interference control in adolescents with ADHD

Ili MaMieke van HolsteinGabry MiesMaarten MennesJan BuitelaarRoshan CoolsAntonius CillessenRuth KrebsAnouk Scheres

A1 Journal Article in CORTEX

Voluntary inhibition of pain avoidance behavior: an fMRI study

Maggie LynnJelle DemanetRuth KrebsPieter Van DesselMarcel Brass

A1 Journal Article in BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Within-trial effects of stimulus-reward associations

Ruth KrebsJens-Max HopfNico Böhler

Bookchapter in Motivation and cognitive control

2015

Dysfunctional modulation of default mode network activity in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Baris MetinRuth KrebsRoeljan WiersemaTom VergutsRoos GasthuysJacob Van der MeereEric AchtenHerbert RoeyersEdmund Barke

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

Electrophysiological evidence for the involvement of proactive and reactive control in a rewarded stop-signal task

Hanne SchevernelsKlaas BombekeLiesbet Van der BorghtJens-Max HopfRuth KrebsNico Böhler

A1 Journal Article in NEUROIMAGE

Neural conflict-control mechanisms improve memory for target stimuli

Ruth KrebsNico BöhlerMaya De BelderT Egner

A1 Journal Article in CEREBRAL CORTEX

Preparing for (rewarded) action - electrophysiological evidence that action anticipitation is coupled to preparatory effort

Hanne SchevernelsKlaas BombekeRuth KrebsNico Böhler

The modulatory impact of reward and attention on global feature selection in human visual cortex

Jens-Max HopfMircea Ariel SchoenfeldAntje BuschschulteAnja RautzenbergRuth KrebsNico Böhler

A1 Journal Article in VISUAL COGNITION

2014

Anticipatory processes in brain state switching : evidence from a novel cued-switching task implicating default mode and salience networks

Justina SidlauskaiteRoeljan WiersemaHerbert RoeyersRuth KrebsEliana VassenaWim FiasMarcel BrassEric AchtenEdmund Barke

A1 Journal Article in NEUROIMAGE

Dissociating contributions of ACC and vmPFC in reward prediction, outcome and choice

Eliana VassenaRuth KrebsMassimo SilvettiWim FiasTom Verguts

A1 Journal Article in NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

Reward prospect rapidly speeds up response inhibition via reactive control

Nico BöhlerHanne SchevernelsJens-Max HopfChristian StoppelRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Task preparation processes related to reward prediction precede those related to task-difficulty expectation

Hanne SchevernelsRuth KrebsPatrick SantensMarty G WoldorffNico Böhler

A1 Journal Article in NEUROIMAGE

The role of motivation in action inhibition : an ERP study

Hanne SchevernelsRuth KrebsKlaas BombekeNico Böhler

Utilization of reward-prospect enhances preparatory attention and reduces stimulus conflict

B van den BergRuth KrebsMM LoristMG Woldorff

A1 Journal Article in COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

2013

Affective modulation of cognitive control is determined by performance-contingency and mediated by ventromedial prefrontal and cingulate cortex

Senne BraemJoseph KingFranziska KorbRuth KrebsWim NotebaertTobias Egner

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Distinct representations of attentional control during voluntary and stimulus-driven shifts across objects and locations

Christian M StoppelNico BöhlerHendrik StrumpfRuth KrebsHans-Jochen HeinzeJens-Max HopfMircea A Schoenfeld

A1 Journal Article in CEREBRAL CORTEX

Hippocampal networks habituate as novelty accumulates

Vishnu P MurtyIan C BallardKatherine E MacduffieRuth KrebsR Alison Adcock

A1 Journal Article in LEARNING & MEMORY

Picture novelty attenuates semantic interference and modulates concomitant neural activity in the anterior cingulate cortex and the locus coeruleus

Ruth KrebsWim FiasEric AchtenNico Böhler

A1 Journal Article in NEUROIMAGE

Reward associations reduce behavioral interference by changing the temporal dynamics of conflict processing

Ruth KrebsNico BöhlerLawrence G AppelbaumMarty G Woldorff

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Voluntary inhibition of pain avoidance behavior

Maggie LynnJelle DemanetRuth KrebsPieter Van DesselMarcel Brass

2012

Early markers of ongoing action-effect learning

Hannes RugeRuth KrebsUta Wolfensteller

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Electrophysiological recordings in humans reveal reduced location-specific attentional-shift activity prior to recentering saccades

Ruth KrebsNico BöhlerHelen ZhangMircea A SchoenfeldMarty G Woldorff

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Motivating inhibition: reward prospect speeds up response cancellation

Nico BöhlerJens-Max HopfChristian M StoppelRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in COGNITION

On the influence of reward on action-effect binding

Paul Simon Muhle-KarbeRuth Krebs

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Spatiotemporal dynamics of feature-based attention spread: evidence from combined electroencephalographic and magnetoencephalographic recordings

Christian Michael StoppelNico BöhlerHendrik StrumpfRuth KrebsHans-Jochen HeinzeJens-Max HopfMircea Ariel Schoenfeld

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The influence of different stop-signal response time estimation procedures on behavior–behavior and brain–behavior correlations

Nico BöhlerLawrence G AppelbaumRuth KrebsJens-Max HopfMarty G Woldorff

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

The involvement of the dopaminergic midbrain and cortico-striatal-thalamic circuits in the integration of reward prospect and attentional task demands

Ruth KrebsNico BöhlerKenneth C RobertsAllen W SongMarty G Woldorff

A1 Journal Article in CEREBRAL CORTEX

2011

Novelty increases the mesolimbic functional connectivity of the substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area (SN/VTA) during reward anticipation: evidence from high-resolution fMRI

Ruth KrebsDorothee HeipertzHartmut SchuetzeEmrah Duzel

A1 Journal Article in NEUROIMAGE

Substantia nigra activity level predicts trial-to-trial adjustments in cognitive control

Nico BöhlerNico BunzeckRuth KrebsToemme NoesseltMircea A SchoenfeldHans-Jochen HeinzeThomas F MünteMarty G WoldorffJean-Yves Hopf

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Task-load-dependent activation of dopaminergic midbrain areas in the absence of reward

Nico BöhlerJens-Max HopfRuth KrebsChristian M StoppelMircea A SchoenfeldHans-Jochen HeinzeToemme Noesselt

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The neural underpinnings of how reward associations can both guide and misguide attention

Ruth KrebsNico BöhlerTobias EgnerMarty G Woldorff

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The role of stimulus salience and attentional capture across the neural hierarchy in a stop-signal task

Nico BöhlerLawrence G AppelbaumRuth KrebsLing-Chia ChenMarty G Woldorff

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

2010

High-field FMRI reveals brain activation patterns underlying saccade execution in the human superior colliculus

Ruth KrebsMarty G WoldorffClaus TempelmannNils BodammerToemme NoesseltNico BöhlerHenning ScheichJens-Max HopfEmrah DuezelHans-Jochen Heinze et al.

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Pinning down response inhibition in the brain : conjunction analyses of the stop-signal task

Nico BöhlerLG AppelbaumRuth KrebsJM HopfMG Woldorff

A1 Journal Article in NEUROIMAGE

The influence of reward associations on conflict processing in the stroop task

Ruth KrebsNico BöhlerMarty G Woldorff

A1 Journal Article in COGNITION

The saccadic re-centering bias is associated with activity changes in the human superior colliculus

Ruth KrebsMircea-A SchoenfeldNico BöhlerAllen W SongMarty G Woldorff

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE

2009

Personality traits are differentially associated with patterns of reward and novelty processing in the human substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area

Ruth KrebsBjörn H SchottEmrah Düzel

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Sensory MEG responses predict successful and failed inhibition in a stop-signal task

Nico BöhlerTF MünteRuth KrebsHJ HeinzeMA SchoenfeldJM Hopf

A1 Journal Article in CEREBRAL CORTEX

The novelty exploration bonus and its attentional modulation

Ruth KrebsBjörn H SchottHartmut SchuetzeEmrah Duzel

A1 Journal Article in NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

2008

Mesolimbic functional magnetic resonance imaging activations during reward anticipation correlate with reward-related ventral striatal dopamine release

Björn H SchottLuciano MinuzziRuth KrebsDavid ElmenhorstMarkus LangOliver H WinzConstanze I SeidenbecherHeinz CoenenHans-Jochen HeinzeKarl Zilles et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE