Bart Boets
Biographic Data
| ID | 3480921 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bart Boets |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bart |
| FAMILY NAME | Boets |
| SIGNATURE | BOETS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4718-667X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Childhood adversity is associated with reduced threat‐safety discrimination and increased fear generalization in 12‐ to 16‐year‐olds
BACKGROUND: Childhood adversity poses a major transdiagnostic risk for a host of psychiatric disorders. Altered threat-related information processing has been put forward as a potential process underlying the association between childhood adversity and psychiatric disorders, with previous research providing support for decreased discrimination between threat and safety cues, in both children and adults exposed to adversity. This altered threat-sa…
Increasing perceived happiness in neutral faces by posing a smile
Previous research using electroencephalography has so far failed to provide strong and convincing evidence for the effects of facial feedback on the visual processing of emotional facial expressions. To fill this gap, we harnessed the power of electroencephalography frequency tagging, which offers excellent objective indication of implicit stimulus processing with high signal-to-noise ratio. Healthy adult participants ( N = 47) from diverse backg…
Chronic oxytocin improves neural decoupling at rest in children with autism
BACKGROUND: Shifts in peak frequencies of oscillatory neural rhythms are put forward as a principal mechanism by which cross-frequency coupling/decoupling is implemented in the brain. During active neural processing, functional integration is facilitated through transitory formations of "harmonic" cross-frequency couplings, whereas "nonharmonic" decoupling among neural oscillatory rhythms is postulated to characterize the resting, default state o…
The role of identity in the development of depressive, anxiety, and psychosis symptoms in adolescents exposed to childhood adversity
INTRODUCTION: Childhood adversity is a major risk factor for psychiatric disorders and has especially been associated with an admixture of depressive, anxiety, and psychosis symptoms. Identity formation, a main developmental task during adolescence, may be impacted by these adverse experiences and act as an important process in the association between childhood adversity and psychopathology. METHODS: We investigated the association between childh…
Can repeated intranasal oxytocin administration affect reduced neural sensitivity towards expressive faces in autism? A randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by difficulties in social communication and interaction. Crucial for efficient social interaction is the ability to quickly and accurately extract information from a person's face. Frequency-tagging electroencephalography (EEG) is a novel tool to quantify face-processing sensitivity in a robust and implicit manner. In terms of intervention approaches, intra…
Rapid neural categorization of angry and fearful faces is specifically impaired in boys with autism spectrum disorder
BACKGROUND: Difficulties with facial expression processing may be associated with the characteristic social impairments in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Emotional face processing in ASD has been investigated in an abundance of behavioral and EEG studies, yielding, however, mixed and inconsistent results. METHODS: We combined fast periodic visual stimulation (FPVS) with EEG to assess the neural sensitivity to implicitly detect b…
Frequency-Tagging Electroencephalography of Superimposed Social and Non-Social Visual Stimulation Streams Reveals Reduced Saliency of Faces in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties with social communication and interaction. The social motivation hypothesis states that a reduced interest in social stimuli may partly underlie these difficulties. Thus far, however, it has been challenging to quantify individual differences in social orientation and interest, and to pinpoint the neural underpinnings of it. In this study, we tested the neural sensitivity for socia…
Precise minds in uncertain worlds
There have been numerous attempts to explain the enigma of autism, but existing neurocognitive theories often provide merely a refined description of 1 cluster of symptoms.Here we argue that deficits in executive functioning, theory of mind, and central coherence can all be understood as the consequence of a core deficit in the flexibility with which people with autism spectrum disorder can process violations to their expectations.More formally w…
Working memory and individual differences in mathematics achievement
Precise minds in uncertain worlds
There have been numerous attempts to explain the enigma of autism, but existing neurocognitive theories often provide merely a refined description of 1 cluster of symptoms.Here we argue that deficits in executive functioning, theory of mind, and central coherence can all be understood as the consequence of a core deficit in the flexibility with which people with autism spectrum disorder can process violations to their expectations.More formally w…
Working memory and individual differences in mathematics achievement
Precise minds in uncertain worlds
There have been numerous attempts to explain the enigma of autism, but existing neurocognitive theories often provide merely a refined description of 1 cluster of symptoms.Here we argue that deficits in executive functioning, theory of mind, and central coherence can all be understood as the consequence of a core deficit in the flexibility with which people with autism spectrum disorder can process violations to their expectations.More formally w…
Rapid neural categorization of angry and fearful faces is specifically impaired in boys with autism spectrum disorder
BACKGROUND: Difficulties with facial expression processing may be associated with the characteristic social impairments in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Emotional face processing in ASD has been investigated in an abundance of behavioral and EEG studies, yielding, however, mixed and inconsistent results. METHODS: We combined fast periodic visual stimulation (FPVS) with EEG to assess the neural sensitivity to implicitly detect b…
Frequency-Tagging Electroencephalography of Superimposed Social and Non-Social Visual Stimulation Streams Reveals Reduced Saliency of Faces in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties with social communication and interaction. The social motivation hypothesis states that a reduced interest in social stimuli may partly underlie these difficulties. Thus far, however, it has been challenging to quantify individual differences in social orientation and interest, and to pinpoint the neural underpinnings of it. In this study, we tested the neural sensitivity for socia…
The role of identity in the development of depressive, anxiety, and psychosis symptoms in adolescents exposed to childhood adversity
INTRODUCTION: Childhood adversity is a major risk factor for psychiatric disorders and has especially been associated with an admixture of depressive, anxiety, and psychosis symptoms. Identity formation, a main developmental task during adolescence, may be impacted by these adverse experiences and act as an important process in the association between childhood adversity and psychopathology. METHODS: We investigated the association between childh…
Can repeated intranasal oxytocin administration affect reduced neural sensitivity towards expressive faces in autism? A randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by difficulties in social communication and interaction. Crucial for efficient social interaction is the ability to quickly and accurately extract information from a person's face. Frequency-tagging electroencephalography (EEG) is a novel tool to quantify face-processing sensitivity in a robust and implicit manner. In terms of intervention approaches, intra…
Chronic oxytocin improves neural decoupling at rest in children with autism
BACKGROUND: Shifts in peak frequencies of oscillatory neural rhythms are put forward as a principal mechanism by which cross-frequency coupling/decoupling is implemented in the brain. During active neural processing, functional integration is facilitated through transitory formations of "harmonic" cross-frequency couplings, whereas "nonharmonic" decoupling among neural oscillatory rhythms is postulated to characterize the resting, default state o…
Childhood adversity is associated with reduced threat‐safety discrimination and increased fear generalization in 12‐ to 16‐year‐olds
BACKGROUND: Childhood adversity poses a major transdiagnostic risk for a host of psychiatric disorders. Altered threat-related information processing has been put forward as a potential process underlying the association between childhood adversity and psychiatric disorders, with previous research providing support for decreased discrimination between threat and safety cues, in both children and adults exposed to adversity. This altered threat-sa…
Increasing perceived happiness in neutral faces by posing a smile
Previous research using electroencephalography has so far failed to provide strong and convincing evidence for the effects of facial feedback on the visual processing of emotional facial expressions. To fill this gap, we harnessed the power of electroencephalography frequency tagging, which offers excellent objective indication of implicit stimulus processing with high signal-to-noise ratio. Healthy adult participants ( N = 47) from diverse backg…
Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Audiology (5 works) · Autism (4 works) · Autism spectrum disorder (4 works) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Neuroscience (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)