Rens Huffmeijer
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. R. Huffmeijer
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 4080
- rhuffmeijer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7732-5175
Academic career
- MSc Psychology (cum laude)
- 2011: PhD
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen
- Opvoeding en Ontwikkeling
- Biro S., Peltola M.J., Huffmeijer R., Alink L.R.A., Bakermans M.J. & IJzendoorn M.H. van (2021), Frontal EEG asymmetry in infants observing separation and comforting events: the role of infants’ attachment relationship, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 48: 100941.
- Huffmeijer R., Barak-Levy Y. & Rippe R.C.A. (2020), Attractiveness and neural processing of infant faces: Effects of a facial abnormality but not dopamine, Physiology and Behavior 222: 112937.
- Beckerman M., Van Berkel S.R., Mesman J., Huffmeijer R. & Alink L.R.A. (2020), Are negative parental attributions predicted by situational stress? From a theoretical assumption toward an experimental answer, Child Maltreatment 25(3): 352-362.
- Kolijn L., Huffmeijer R., Van den Bulk B.G., Vrijhof C.I., Van IJzendoorn M.H. & Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. (2020), Effects of the Video-feedback intervention to promote positive parenting and sensitive discipline on mothers' neural responses to child faces: A randomized controlled ERP study including pre- and post-intervention measures, Social Neuroscience 15(1): 108-122.
- Van Wijk I.C., Huffmeijer R., Bosdriesz J.R., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J., Kolijn L., Van IJzendoorn M.H., Vrijhof C.I. & Van den Bulk B.G. (2019), Behavioral genetics of temperament and frontal asymmetry in early childhood, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 179: 348-361.
- Biro S., Peltola M., Huffmeijer R., Alink L.R.A. & Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2019), Does infants’ attachment relationship bias their neural processing of animated parent-child interactions. SRCD Biennial Meeting 2019, Baltimore. Baltimore: Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).
- Van Wijk I.C., Van den Bulk B.G., Euser S., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J., Van IJzendoorn M.H. & Huffmeijer R. (2019), Social judgments, frontal asymmetry, and aggressive behavior in young children: A replication study using EEG, Neuropsychologia 126: 120-127.
- Huffmeijer R., Eilander J., Mileva-Seitz V.R. & Rippe R.C.A. (2018), Changes in face-specific neural processing explain reduced cuteness and approachability of infants with Cleft lip, Social Neuroscience 13(4): 439-450.
- Biro S., Alink L.R.A., Huffmeijer R., Bakermans M.J. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2017), Attachment quality is related to the synchrony of mother and infant monitoring patterns, Attachment & Human Development 19(3): 243-258.
- Biro S., Alink L.R.A., Huffmeijer R., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2017), Attachment quality is related to the synchrony of mother and infant monitoring patterns.. International Convention for Psychological Science (ICPS) 23 3 2017-25 3 2017 [conference poster].
- Biro S., Alink L.R.A., Huffmeijer R., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2017), Disorganized attachment disrupts synchrony of mother and infant monitoring patterns. Biennial meeting of SRCD, Austin. Biennial meeting of SRCD 6 4 2017-8 4 2017 [conference poster].
- Huffmeijer R. & Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. (2017), Neurobiologische achtergronden van opvoeding. In: Van IJzendoorn M.H., Van Rosmalen L. (Eds.) Pedagogiek in beeld.. 55-66.
- Kolijn L., Euser S., Van den Bulk B.G., Huffmeijer R., Van IJzendoorn M.H. & Bakermans M.J. (2017), Which neural mechanisms mediate the effects of a parenting intervention program on parenting behavior: Design of a randomized controlled trial, BMC Psychology 5: e9.
- Heckendorf E., Huffmeijer R., Bakermans M.J. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2016), Neural processing of familiar and unfamiliar children's faces: Effects of experienced love withdrawal, but no effects of neutral and threatening priming, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 10: e231.
- Peltola M.J., Leppänen J., Forssman L., Yrttiaho S., Puura K., Biro S., Huffmeijer R., Alink L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & Van IJzendoorn M. (2016), Kiintymyssuhde ja kasvonilmeiden havaitseminen vauvaiässä.
- Biro S., Alink L.R.A., Huffmeijer R., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & IJzendoorn M.H. van (2015), Attachment and maternal sensitivity are related to infants’ monitoring of animated social interactions, Brain and Behavior 5(12): e00410.
- Schoenmaker C., Huffmeijer R., Van IJzendoorn M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J., Van den Dries L., Linting M., Van der Voort A. & Juffer F. (2015), Attachment and physiological reactivity to infant crying in young adulthood: Dissociation between experiential and physiological arousal in insecure adoptees, Physiology and Behavior 139: 549-556.
- Peltola M.J., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J., Alink L.R.A., Huffmeijer R., Biro S. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2014), Resting frontal EEG asymmetry in children: Meta-analyses of the effects of psychosocial risk factors and associations with internalizing and externalizing behavior, Developmental Psychobiology 56(6): 1377-1389.
- Peltola M.J., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J., Van IJzendoorn M.H., Biro S., Alink L.R.A., Huffmeijer R., Forssman L., Yrttiaho S., Puura K. & Leppanen J.M. (2014), Attachment-related individual differences in attention and neural responses to emotional expressions at 5 and 7 months of age. Conference paper ICIS, Berlin. Berlin, Germany.
- Biro S., Alink L.R.A., Peltola M.J., Huffmeijer R., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & Van IJzendoorn M.J. (2014), Attachment security biases infants' information processing during observation of others' social interaction. Conference paper ICIS, Berlin. Berlin, Germany.
- Huffmeijer R., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J., Alink L.R.A. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2014), Love withdrawal predicts electrocortical responses to emotional faces with performance feedback: A follow-up and extension, BMC Neuroscience 15: e68.
- Huffmeijer R., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J., Alink L.R.A. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2014), Reliability of event-related potentials: The influence of number of trials and electrodes, Physiology and Behavior 130: 13-22.
- Huffmeijer R., Van IJzendoorn M.H. & Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. (2013), Ageing and Oxytocin: A Call for Extending Human Oxytocin Research to Ageing Populations - A Mini-Review, Gerontology 59(1): 32-39.
- Tops M., Huffmeijer R., Linting M., Grewen K., Light K., Koole S., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2013), The role of oxytocin in familiarization-habituation responses to social novelty, Frontiers in Psychology 4: e761.
- Huffmeijer R., Alink L.R.A., Tops M., Grewen K.M., Light K.C., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2013), The impact of oxytocin administration and maternal love withdrawal on event-related potential (ERP) responses to emotional faces with performance feedback, Hormones and Behavior 63(3): 399-410.
- Riem M.M.E., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J., Huffmeijer R. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2013), Does intranasal oxytocin promote prosocial behavior to an excluded fellow player? A randomized controlled trial with Cyberball, Psychoneuroendocrinology 38: 1418-1425.
- Huffmeijer R., Alink L.R.A., Tops M., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2012), Asymmetric frontal brain activity and parental rejection predict altruistic behavior: Moderation of oxytocin effects, Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 12: 382-392.
- Huffmeijer R., Alink L.R.A., Tops M., Grewen K.M., Light K.C., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2012), Salivary levels of oxytocin remain elevated for more than two hours after intranasal oxytocin administration, Neuroendocrinology Letters 33: 21-25.
- Huffmeijer R. (14 December 2011), Shaping internal working models : parental love withdrawal, oxytocin, and asymmetric frontal brain activity affect socio-emotional information processing (PhD thesis, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): IJzendoorn, M.H. van; Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Tops, M.; Alink, L.R.A.
- Huffmeijer R., Tops M., Alink L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2011), Love withdrawal is related to heightened processing of faces with emotional expressions and incongruent emotional feedback: Evidence from ERPs, Biological Psychology 86(3): 307-313.
- Van IJzendoorn M.H., Huffmeijer R., Alink L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & Tops M. (2011), The impact of oxytocin administration on charitable donating is moderated by experiences of parental love-withdrawal, Frontiers in Psychology 2: 1-8.
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