Telefoon:	+31 (0)71 527 3407
E-Mail:	colzato@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Faculteit / Onderdeel:	Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Instituut Psychologie, Cognitieve Psychologie
Werkadres:	Pieter de la Court gebouw Wassenaarseweg 52 2333 AK Leiden Kamernummer 2B13A

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Dr. L. S. Colzato is Universitair Docent. She is interested in neuromodulation of cognition, the process how several classes of neuromodulators, as dopamine, regulate our cognition. For full details on her research programme, see http://www.lorenza-colzato.eu/
She is Chief Editor of Frontiers in Cognition: http://frontiersin.org/psychology/cognition/missionstatement/

Curriculum Vitae

Lees meer over haar Curriculum Vitae

In de media:
NRC-next- http://www.nrcnext.nl/blog/2009/11/25/nieuwsdieet-op-de-sportschool-lees-ik-soms-nrc/
Subsidie-Dopamine- http://www.fsw.leidenuniv.nl/psychologie/onderzoek/nieuws/6000-euro-subsidie-voor-dopamine-project-colzato.html
Organizator-Poster Competitie- http://www.fsw.leidenuniv.nl/psychologie/nieuws/libc-symposium-sleepless-in-leiden.html

In de media: Khat (qat):
Nieuwsbrief Universiteit Leiden: http://www.fsw.leidenuniv.nl/nieuws-2011/qatgebruik-maakt-impulsiever.html
Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110120073705.htm
DailyMail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1349194/Legal-plant-drug-khat-lead-reckless-criminal-behaviour.html
Parool: http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/265/GEZONDHEID/article/detail/1824548/2011/01/14/Qatgebruik-niet-ongevaarlijk.dhtml
NWO: http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_8D7EBA?open&nav=NWOP_5S4KTT

In de media: gaydar
Dailymail-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281966/Gaydar-really-exists-Scientists-prove-gays-pick-fellow-homosexuals.html
New York Daily News-http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/05/28/2010-05-28_gaydar_may_actually_exist_study_shows_gay_people_to_be_more_detailoriented_disce.html
Nieuws FSW-http://www.fsw.leidenuniv.nl/psychologie/nieuws/gaydar-mechanisme.html
Wetenschap Nu.nl-http://www.nu.nl/wetenschap/2260512/homo-herkent-seksuele-partner-met-zesde-zintuig-----.html

In de media: videogame
Videogame- Mare: http://www.mareonline.nl/artikel/0910/29/0101/
Videogame- Nieuwsbrief Universiteit Leiden: http://www.nieuws.leidenuniv.nl/nieuws-agenda/grotere-mentale-flexibiliteit-door-first-person-shooter-spellen.html
Videogame (press-release): http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/playing-violent-videogames-enhances-mental-flexibility-according-to-a-study-published-by-frontiers-in-cognition-147827.php 

In de media: cocaine
'Spuiten en Slikken' - BNN
'Snuivende studenten onderschatten gevolgen cocaïnegebruik' - Nieuwsbrief Universiteit Leiden
'Studenten gebruiken vaker cocaïne' - Mare
'Recreational cocaine use may impair inhibitory control' - Science Daily
'Cocaine de witte waan' - Nieuwsbrief Universiteit Leiden: http://www.nieuws.leidenuniv.nl/nieuws-agenda/lorenza-colzato-in-documentaire-coacaine-de-witte-waan.html 

In de media: alcohol and estrogen 
'Alcohol as self-medication'- Nieuwsbrief Universiteit Leiden: http://www.socialsciences.leiden.edu/news/alcohol-as-self-medication.html
'Is attention from females different?' - ScienceDaily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111214094659.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+(ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News)
Nieuwsbrief Universiteit Leiden:
http://news.leiden.edu/news-2011/is-attention-from-women-different-from-men.html 

In de media: religie
'Religie beinvloedt wat mensen zien' - Nieuwsbrief Universiteit Leiden
'Ongelovige ziet het grotere geheel' - Mare
'Religion alters visual perception' - New Scientist
'De Praktijk' - geluidsfragment Radio 1
'Imaging the buddhistic brain '- http://www.nieuws.leidenuniv.nl/symposium-libc-meditatie-verandert-hersenactiviteit.jsp - Nieuwsbrief Universiteit Leiden   
'Hersenonderzoek naar meditatie kweekt inzicht in religie' -http://www.mareonline.nl/artikel/0809/24/0701/ - Mare  
'Success Imag(in)ng the Buddhist Brain'-http://www.socialsciences.leiden.edu/psychology/libc-symposium.jsp   
'Religion causes a chronic biasing of visual attention'-http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2010/09/religion-causes-chronic-biasing-of.html
'Kijken door een religieuze bril'- http://www.nieuws.leidenuniv.nl/nieuws-agenda/religie-beinvloedt-de-visuele-focus-van-mensen.html - Nieuwsbrief Universiteit Leiden                                                          

Subsidies:
NWO-VENI grant (€200,000): Integrative Neuromodulation of Cognitive Control

Projecten

Effect of video game training on cognitive control in aging. Collaborations: Guido Band ( Leiden University)
Cognitive impairments among recreational users of cocaine. Collaborations: (UVA), Antonio Verdejo-Garcia (University of Granada)
Cognitive impairments among khat users. Collaborations: Manuel J. Ruiz (University of Granada)
Genetics of cognitive control. Collaborations: (University of Toronto), Wery van den Wildenberg (UVA), (Leiden University)
The effect of emotion and motivation on cognitive control. Collaborations: (Leiden University)
Feature binding in psychotic children. Collaborations: (Leiden University), (Leiden University)
The effect of religion on cognitive control. Collaborations: Wery van den Wildenberg (UVA), Bernhard Hommel (Leiden University), Anna Borghi, (University of Bologna), Prof. Shulan Hsieh (National Cheng Kung University) 
Social valence of cognitive representations. Collaborations: Wery van den Wildenberg (UVA), Bernhard Hommel (Leiden University)  

Publicaties

Colzato, L.S., van den Wildenberg, W., Zmigrod, S., & Hommel, B. (in press). Action video gaming and cognitive control: Playing first person shooter games is associated with improvement in working memory but not action inhibition. Psychological Research.
Colzato, L.S., Pratt, J., & Hommel, B. (2012). Estrogen modulates Inhibition of Return in healthy human females. Neuropsychologia, 50, 98-103. 
Colzato, L.S., van Wouwe, N., Hommel, B., Zmigrod, S., Ridderinkhof, R., & Wylie, S. (2012). Dopaminergic modulation of the updating of stimulus-response episodes in Parkinson's disease. Behavioural Brain Research, 228, 82-96. 
Colzato, L. S, Slagter, H., A., de Rover, M., & Hommel, B. (2011). Dopamine and the Management of Attentional Resources: Genetic Markers of Striatal D2 Dopamine Predict Individual Differences in the Attentional Blink. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23, 3576-3585.
Colzato, L.S. van Muiden, J., Band, G., & Hommel, B. (2011). Genetic modulation of training and transfer in older adults: BDNF Val66Met polymorphism is associated with wider useful field of view. Frontiers in Cognition. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00199
Colzato, L.S., van der Does, A.J.W., Kouwenhoven, C., Elzinga, B.M., & Hommel, B. (2011). BDNF Val66Met polymorphism is associated with higher anticipatory cortisol stress response, anxiety, and alcohol consumption in healthy adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.04.010    
Colzato, L. S, Ruiz, M., van den Wildenberg, W., & Hommel, B. (2011). Khat use is associated with impaired working memory and cognitive flexibility. PLoS ONE. 6(6): e20602. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020602 
Colzato, L. S, Ruiz, M., van den Wildenberg, W., Bajo, M.T., & Hommel, B. (2011). Long-term effects of chronic Khat use: Impaired inhibitory control. Frontiers in Psychology, 1:219.
Colzato, L. S., van den Wildenberg, W., van der Does, W.A.J., & Hommel, B. (2010). Genetic Markers of Striatal Dopamine Predict Individual Differences in Dysfunctional, but not Functional Impulsivity. Neuroscience, 170, 782-788.  
Colzato, L. S., Hommel, B., van den Wildenberg, W., & Hsieh, S. (2010). Buddha as an eye opener: A link between prosocial attitude and attentional control.   Frontiers in Psychology, 1:156. 
Colzato, L.S., van Beest, I., van den Wildenberg, W.P.M., Scorolli, C., Dorchin, S., Meiran, N., Borghi, A.M., & Hommel, B. (2010). God: Do I have your attention? Cognition, 117, 87-94. 
Colzato, L. S., Waszack, F. Nieuwenhuis, S. T., Posthuma, D., & Hommel, B. (2010). The flexible mind is associated with the Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met polymorphism:  Evidence for a role of dopamine in the control of task switching. Neuropsychologia, 48, 2764-2768. 
Colzato, L. S., Pratt, J., & Hommel, B. (2010). Dopaminergic control of attentional flexibility: Inhibition of Return is associated with the dopamine transporter gene (DAT1). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14 (53), doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00053. 
Colzato, L.S., Hommel, B., & Shapiro, K. (2010). Religion and the Attentional Blink: Depth of faith predicts depth of the blink. Frontiers in Psychology, 1:147. 
Colzato, L. S., van Hooidonk, L., van den Wildenberg, W., Harinck, F., & Hommel, B. (2010). Sexual orientation biases attentional control: a possible gaydar mechanism. Frontiers in Cognition,  1(13), doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00013. 
Colzato, L. S., van Leeuwen, P.J.A., van den Wildenberg, W., & Hommel, B. (2010). DOOM’d to switch: Superior cognitive flexibility in players of first person shooter games. Frontiers in Cognition, 1(8), doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00008. 
Colzato, L. S., Hertsig, G., van den Wildenberg, W., & Hommel, B. (2010). Estrogen modulates inhibitory control in healthy human females: Evidence from the stop-signal paradigm. Neuroscience, 167, 709-715. 
Colzato, L. S. (2010). Grotere mentale flexibiliteit door schietspellen. Neuropraxis, 4, 110-115. 
Colzato, L. S., & Silk, J. (2010 ). Editorial: Imag(in)ing the Buddhist Brain. Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, 45, 591-595. 
Colzato, L. S., Huizinga, M., & Hommel, B. (2009). Recreational polydrug use of cocaine impairs cognitive flexibility but not working memory. Psychopharmacology, 207, 225-234. 
Colzato, L. S., van den Wildenberg W., & Hommel, B. (2009). Reduced attentional scope in cocaine polydrug users. PLoS ONE, 4(6): e6043. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006043. 
Colzato, L. S., van den Wildenberg, W. P. M., van Wouwe, N. C., Pannebakker, M. M.  & Hommel, B. (2009). Dopamine and inhibitory action control: Evidence from spontaneous eye blink rates. Experimental Brain Research, 196, 467-474. 
Colzato, L. S., & Hommel, B. (2009). Recreational use of cocaine eliminates Inhibition of Return. Neuropsychology, 23, 125-129. 
Colzato, L. S., Slagter, H. A., van den Wildenberg, W., & Hommel, B. (2009). Closing one's eyes to reality: Evidence for a dopaminergic basis of psychoticism from spontaneous eye blink rates. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 377-380. 
Colzato, L. S., van den Wildenberg W., & Hommel, B. (2008). Losing the big picture: How religion controls visual attention. PLoS ONE 3(11): e3679. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003679 
Colzato, L. S., Bajo, M. T., van den Wildenberg, W., Paolieri, D., Nieuwenhuis, S. T., La Heij, W., & Hommel, B. (2008). How does bilingualism improve executive control? A comparison of active and reactive inhibition mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 34, 302-312.
Colzato, L. S., & Hommel, B. (2008). Cannabis, cocaine, and visuomotor integration: Evidence for a role of dopamine D1 receptors in binding perception and action. Neuropsychologia, 46, 1570-1575.
Colzato, L. S., Kool, W., & Hommel, B. (2008). Stress modulation of visuomotor binding. Neuropsychologia, 46, 1542-1548. 
Colzato, L. S., Slagter, H. A., Spapé, M. A., & Hommel, B. (2008). Blinks of the eye predict blinks of the mind. Neuropsychologia, 46, 3179-3183. 
Colzato, L. S., Spapé, M., Pannebakker, M., & Hommel, B. (2007). Working memory and the Attentional Blink:Blink size is predicted by individual differences in operation span. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14 (6), 1051-1057.
Colzato, L. S., van den Wildenberg, W., & Hommel, B. (2007). Impaired inhibitory control in recreational cocaine users. PLoS ONE 2(11): e1143. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001143
Colzato, L. S., van Wouwe, N. C., & Hommel, B. (2007). Spontaneous Eye-Blink Rate predicts the strength of visuomotor binding. Neuropsychologia, 45, 2387-2392. 
Colzato, L. S., van Wouwe, N. C., & Hommel, B. (2007). Feature binding and affect: Emotional modulation of visuo-motor integration. Neuropsychologia, 45, 440-446. 
Colzato, L. S., Raffone, A., & Hommel, B. (2006). What do we learn from binding features? Evidence for multilevel feature integration. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32, 705-716. 
Colzato, L. S., van Wouwe, N. C., Lavender, T., & Hommel, B. (2006). Intelligence and cognitive flexibility: Fluid intelligence correlates with feature “unbinding” across perception and action. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13(6), 1043-1048. 
Colzato, L. S., Warrens, M., & Hommel B. (2006). Priming and binding in and across perception and action: A correlational analysis of the internal structure of event files. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Part A, 59, 1785-1804. 
Colzato, L. S., Fagioli, S., Erasmus, V., & Hommel B. (2005). Caffeine, but not nicotine enhances visual feature binding. European Journal of Neuroscience, 21, 591-595. 
Colzato, L. S., Erasmus, V., & Hommel, B. (2004). Moderate alcohol consumption in humans impairs feature binding in visual perception but not across perception and action. Neuroscience Letters, 360, 103-105.
Dolk, T., Hommel, B., Colzato, L.S., Schuetz-Bosbach, S., Prinz, W., & Lepelt, R. (2011). How 'social' is the social Simon effect? Frontiers in Psychology, 2:84.
Hommel, B., Colzato, L.S., Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M., & van den Wildenberg, W.P.M. (2011). Action control and religion: Faith-specific modulation of the Simon effect but not stop-signal performance. Cognition, 120, 177-185. 
Hommel, B., Colzato, L.S., Fischer, R., & Christoffels, I. (2011). Bilingualism and creativity: Benefits in convergent thinking come with losses in divergent thinking. Frontiers in Psychology, 2:273.
Hommel, B., Fischer, R., Colzato, L.S., van den Wildenberg, W.P.M., & Cellini, C. (in press). The effect of fMRI (noise) on cognitive control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 
Hommel, B., & Colzato, L. S. (2010). Religion as a control guide: on the impact of religion on cognition. Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, 45, 596-604. 
Hommel, B., & Colzato, L. S. (2010). Games with(out) Frontiers: Towards an integrated science of human cognition. Frontiers in Psychology, 1:2. 
Hommel, B., Colzato, L. S., & van den Wildenberg, W. P. M. (2009). How social are task representations? Psychological Science, 20, 794-798. 
Hommel, B., & Colzato, L. S. (2009). When an object is more than a binding of its features: Evidence for two mechanisms of visual feature integration. Visual Cognition, 17, 120-140. 
Hommel, B., & Colzato, L. S. (2004). Visual attention and the temporal dynamics of feature integration. Visual Cognition, 11, 483-521. 
Hommel, B., Pratt, J., Colzato, L., & Godijn, R. (2001). Symbolic control of visual attention. Psychological Science, 12, 360-365. 
Keizer, A. W., Colzato, L. S., & Hommel, B. (2008). Integrating faces, houses, motion, and action: Spontaneous binding across ventral and dorsal processing streams. Acta Psychologica, 127, 177-185. 
Keizer, A. W., Nieuwenhuis, S., Colzato, L. S., Theeuwisse, W., Rombouts, S. A. R. B., & Hommel, B. (2008). When moving faces activate the house area: an fMRI study of object file retrieval. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 4:50.
Kowal, M., Colzato, L.S., & Hommel, B. (2011). Decreased spontaneous eye blink rates in chronic cannabis user: Evidence for striatal cannabinoid-dopamine interactions. PLoS ONE, 6(11): e26662. 
Kühn, S., Keizer, A., Colzato, L.S., Rombouts, S.A.R.B., & Hommel, B. (2011). The neural underpinnings of event-file management: Evidence for stimulus-induced activation of, and competition among stimulus-response bindings. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23, 896-904. 
Vlainic, E., Liepelt, R., Colzato, L.S., Prinz, W., & Hommel, B. (2010). The virtual co-actor: The Social Simon effect does not rely on online feedback from the other. Frontiers in Psychology, 1:208.
Zmigrod, S., de Sonneville, L.M.J., Colzato, L.S., Swaab, H. & Hommel, B. (in press). Cognitive control of feature bindings: Evidence from children with autistic spectrum disorder. Psychological Research.