CoActions Lab

Thomas Carsten

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Thomas completed his PhD in Psychology in 2019 at the University of Gent. As part of his doctoral dissertation, he investigated the motivational properties of rewards and losses on response facilitation. Drawing from his experience with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Electroencephalography (EEG), he joined the CoActions Lab in 2019. His goal is to investigate the integration of sensory evidence into motor plans. 

Non peer-reviewed publications

1. Carsten, T., Fievez, F., & Duque, J. (2022). Movement characteristics impact decision-making and vice versa. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.02.478832
2. Carsten, T., Derosiere, G., Wessel, M. J., Hummel, F. C., & Duque, J. (2022). Editorial: Mechanisms Underlying the Interplay Between Cognition and Motor Control: From Bench to Bedside. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 16, 907278. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.907278

Peer-reviewed publications (first author)

1. Carsten, T., Kostandyan, M., Boehler, C. N., Krebs, R. (2021). Comparing the motivational value of rewards and losses in an EEG-pupillometry study. European Journal of Neuroscience, 53, 1822–1838. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15064
2. Carsten, T., Hoofs, V., Boehler, C. N., & Krebs, R. M. (2019). Are losses more effective than rewards in improving performance in a cognitive task? Motivation Science, 5(3), 257–268. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000117
3. Carsten, T., Desmet, C., Krebs, R. M., & Brass, M. (2018). Pupillary contagion is independent of the emotional expression of the face. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000503

Posters

1. Carsten, T., Fievez, F., & Duque, J. (2022). Movement characteristics impact decision-making and vice versa. Belgian Society for Neuroscience (BSN), Brussels, Belgium.
2. Carsten, T., Bundt, C., Verbruggen, F., Krebs, R. (2018). Go for it: Effects of reward and loss targets on motor excitability. Psychonomic Society (Psychonomics), New Orleans, USA.

Contact

Institute of Neuroscience
Université catholique Louvain
Ave Mounier 53 - Bte B1.53.04
1200 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Other lab members

• Julie DUQUE, principal investigator
• Gérard DEROSIERE
• Goldy YADAV
• Shiyong SU
• Ronan DENYER
• Emmanuelle WILHELM
• Pierre VASSILIADIS
• Fanny FIEVEZ
• Thibault FUMERY
• Mantosh PATNAIK
• Fostine CHAISE
• Manon CHAVAUX