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Tim Ziermans
Cognitive Neuroscientist

Curriculum vitae



Department of Psychology

University of Amsterdam



Publications


Neuromelanin-MRI and tobacco smoking in first episode psychosis patients and controls


M. Koster, J. Vermeulen, T. Ziermans, C. van Hooijdonk, J. Selten, J. Booij, L. de Haan, E. van de Giessen, M. van der Pluijm

Schizophrenia Research, vol. 297, 2026 Jul, pp. 1-7


Basic sensory risk markers characteristic of schizophrenia in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis


F. G. M. Ragalmuto, B. Oranje, T. Ziermans

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, vol. 187, 2026 May, p. 106764


Cognitive functioning in criminal offenders: A multi-level meta-analysis


J. C. Hutten, T. B. Ziermans, H. M. Geurts, G. J. M. Stams, J. E. van Horn

Aggression and Violent Behavior, vol. 88, 2026 May, p. 102159


Call to action on social cognition measures in clinical research


T. B. Ziermans, M. Hajdúk, A. E. Pinkham, SIRS Social Cognition Research Harmonization Group

Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, vol. 43, 2026 Mar


Resting-state connectivity and tobacco smoking in clinical high-risk for psychosis (NAPLS-3)


M. Koster, M. van der Pluijm, R. Veelers, E. van de Giessen, L. de Haan, G. van Wingen, T. Ziermans, J. Vermeulen

General Psychiatry, vol. 39, 2026 Feb


Tobacco Smoking and Gray Matter Volume in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study


M. Koster, M. van der Pluijm, M. Fraikin, G. van Wingen, E. van de Giessen, L. de Haan, J. Vermeulen, T. Ziermans

Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, vol. 5, 2025 Sep


The Effect of Exogenous Ketones on Signs and Symptoms of Schizophrenia Spectrum and Bipolar Disorders: Study Protocol for a Triple-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Crossover Pilot Study


D. A. M. Dielemans, Y. Yurtkap, M. van der Pluijm, M. R. Soeters, B. Oranje, D. J. A. Smit, T. Ziermans, M. J. van Tricht, S. Muthukumar, S. Prasad, R. L. van der Mieden van Opmeer, E. Dekeyster, A. M. Kamperman, J. R. B. Dyck, B. S. Rosema, R. Hoekstra, R. W. Kupka, L. de Haan, N. J. van Beveren, K. Huizer

Current Developments in Nutrition, vol. 9, 2025 Jun


The Association Between Chronic Tobacco Smoking and Brain Alterations in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies


M. Koster, L. Mannsdörfer, M. van der Pluijm, L. de Haan, T. Ziermans, G. van Wingen, J. Vermeulen

Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 51, 2025 May, pp. 608-624


Clinical prediction model for transition to psychosis in individuals meeting At Risk Mental State criteria


L. J. Bonnett, A. Hunt, A. Flores, C. Tudur Smith, F. Varese, R. Byrne, H. Law, M. Milicevic, R. Carney, S. Parker, A. R. Yung, IPPACT Study Group

Schizophrenia, vol. 11, 2025 Feb


Harmonizing cross-cultural and transdiagnostic assessment of social cognition by expert panel consensus


A. E. Pinkham, M. Hajdúk, T. Ziermans, SIRS Social Cognition Research Harmonization Group

Schizophrenia, vol. 11, 2025 Feb


Neuropsychological assessment of aggressive offenders: a Delphi consensus study


J. C. Hutten, J. E. van Horn, S. S. Hoppenbrouwers, T. B. Ziermans, H. M. Geurts, Forensic Neuropsychology Consortium

Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 15, 2024


Mental health care use of autistic adults: Identifying longitudinal patterns using sequence analysis


I. Selten, T. Ziermans, I. Rapoport, K. Jonkman, H. M. Geurts

Autism, vol. 29, 2024 Dec, pp. 1431–1445


The association of tobacco smoking and metabolite levels in the anterior cingulate cortex of first-episode psychosis patients: A case-control and 6-month follow-up 1H-MRS study


M. Koster, M. van der Pluijm, E. van de Giessen, A. Schrantee, C. F. M. van Hooijdonk, J.-P. Selten, J. Booij, L. de Haan, T. Ziermans, J. Vermeulen

Schizophrenia Research, vol. 271, 2024 Sep, pp. 144-152


A Cross-sectional Conceptual Replication and Longitudinal Evaluation of the PANSS-Autism-Severity-Score Measure Suggests it Does Not Capture Autistic Traits in Individuals With Psychosis


K. Chisholm, F. Schirmbeck, A. E. Pinkham, N. J. Sasson, C. J. P. Simons, L. de Haan, P. D. Harvey, D. L. Penn, T. Ziermans

Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 51, 2023 Nov, pp. 186–197


Integrating neuropsychological research on autism and psychosis to improve clinical outcomes


R. Schalbroeck, J. H. Foss-Feig, A. Jutla, T. B. Ziermans

Nature Reviews Psychology, vol. 2, 2023 Nov, pp. 723–739


A Meta-Analysis of Autism and Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis is Too Premature. Comment on: Vaquerizo-Serrano, Salazar de Pablo, Singh & Santosh (2021)


Tim Ziermans, Annabeth Groenman, Rik Schalbroeck

Journal of autism and developmental disorders, vol. 52, 2022 Nov, pp. 5079-5082


Comparing psychotic experiences in low-and-middle-income-countries and high-income-countries with a focus on measurement invariance


E. S. Jaya, C. Wüsten, B. Z. Alizadeh, T. van Amelsvoort, A. A. Bartels-Velthuis, N. J. van Beveren, R. Bruggeman, W. Cahn, L. de Haan, P. Delespaul, J. J. Luykx, I. Myin-Germeys, R. S. Kahn, F. Schirmbeck, C. J. P. Simons, N. E. van Haren, J. van Os, R. van Winkel, E. Fonseca-Pedrero, E. Peters, H. Verdoux, T. S. Woodward, T. B. Ziermans, T. M. Lincoln

Psychological Medicine, vol. 52, 2022 Jun, pp. 1509–1516


Autistic Symptoms and Social Functioning in Psychosis: A Network Approach


A.-M. Isvoranu, T. Ziermans, F. Schirmbeck, D. Borsboom, H.M. Geurts, L. de Haan, GROUP Investigators

Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 48, 2022 Jan, pp. 273-282


White matter, cognition and psychotic-like experiences in UK Biobank


M. J. Bosma, S. R. Cox, T. Ziermans, C. R. Buchanan, X. Shen, E. M. Tucker-Drob, M. J. Adams, H. C. Whalley, S. M. Lawrie

Psychological Medicine, vol. 53, 2021 Nov, pp. 2370–2379


Autistic traits in psychotic disorders: prevalence, familial risk, and impact on social functioning


T. B. Ziermans, F. Schirmbeck, F. Oosterwijk, H. M. Geurts, L. de Haan, GROUP Investigators

Psychological Medicine, vol. 51, 2021 Mar, pp. 1704–1713


Editorial: Neurobiology and Cognition Across the Autism-Psychosis Spectrum


N. J. Sasson, A. E. Pinkham, T. B. Ziermans

Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 12, 2021 Feb


Educating parents to enhance children's reasoning abilities: A focus on questioning style


A. M. Spruijt, T. B. Ziermans, M. C. Dekker, H. Swaab

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, vol. 66, 2020


Longitudinal trajectories of brain age in young individuals at familial risk of mood disorder from the Scottish Bipolar Family Study


L. de Nooij, M. A. Harris, E. L. Hawkins, T.-K. Clarke, X. Shen, S. W. Y. Chan, T. B. Ziermans, A. M. McIntosh, H. C. Whalley

Wellcome Open Research, vol. 4, 2020 Nov, p. 206


The Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome and Facial Affect Processing in Adolescents With and Without Autism


A. Maat, S. Therman, H. Swaab, T. Ziermans

Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 11, 2020 Aug


Educating parents to improve parent–child interactions: Fostering the development of attentional control and executive functioning


A. M. Spruijt, M. C. Dekker, T. B. Ziermans, H. Swaab

British Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 90, 2020 Jun, pp. 158-175


Autism Symptoms, Executive Functioning and Academic Progress in Higher Education Students


R. Dijkhuis, L. de Sonneville, T. Ziermans, W. Staal, H. Swaab

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, vol. 50, 2020 Apr, pp. 1353-1363


Impairments in cognitive empathy and alexithymia occur independently of executive functioning in college students with autism


T. Ziermans, Y. de Bruijn, R. Dijkhuis, W. Staal, H. Swaab

Autism, vol. 23, 2019 Aug, pp. 1519-1530


Emotional Arousal During Social Stress in Young Adults With Autism: Insights From Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability and Self-Report


R. R. Dijkhuis, T. Ziermans, S. van Rijn, W. Staal, H. Swaab

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, vol. 49, 2019 Jun, pp. 2524-2535


Social Attention and Emotional Responsiveness in Young Adults With Autism


R. Dijkhuis, E. Gurbuz, T. Ziermans, W. Staal, H. Swaab

Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 10, Frontiers Media S.A., 2019 Jun


Individualized Prediction of Transition to Psychosis in 1,676 Individuals at Clinical High Risk: Development and Validation of a Multivariable Prediction Model Based on Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis


A. Malda, N. Boonstra, H. Barf, S. de Jong, A. Aleman, J. Addington, M. Pruessner, D. Nieman, L. de Haan, A. Morrison, A. Riecher-Rössler, E. Studerus, S. Ruhrmann, F. Schultze-Lutter, S. K. An, S. Koike, K. Kasai, B. Nelson, P. McGorry, S. Wood, A. Lin, A.Y. Yung, M. Kotlicka-Antczak, M. Armando, S. Vicari, M. Katsura, K. Matsumoto, S. Durston, T. Ziermans, L. Wunderink, H. Ising, M. van der Gaag, P. Fusar-Poli, G. H. M. Pijnenborg

Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 10, 2019 May


Linking Parenting and Social Competence in School-Aged Boys and Girls: Differential Socialization, Diathesis-Stress, or Differential Susceptibility?


A.M. Spruijt, M.C. Dekker, T.B. Ziermans, H. Swaab

Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 9, Frontiers Media SA, 2019 Jan


Psychotic Experiences and Related Distress: A Cross-national Comparison and Network Analysis Based on 7141 Participants From 13 Countries


C. Wüsten, B. Schlier, E. S. Jaya, GROUP Investigators, E. Fonseca-Pedrero, E. Peters, H. Verdoux, T. S. Woodward, T. B. Ziermans, T. M. Lincoln

Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 44, 2018 Nov, pp. 1185-1194


Attentional control and executive functioning in school-aged children: Linking self-regulation and parenting strategies


A. M. Spruijt, M. C. Dekker, T. B. Ziermans, H. Swaab

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, vol. 166, 2018 Feb, pp. 340-359


Self-regulation and quality of life in high-functioning young adults with autism


R. R. Dijkhuis, T. B. Ziermans, S. van Rijn, W. G. Staal, H. Swaab

Autism, vol. 21, 2017 Oct, pp. 896-906


Formal thought disorder and executive functioning in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Old leads and new avenues


T. Ziermans, H. Swaab, A. Stockmann, E. de Bruin, S. van Rijn

Journal of Autism and Development Disorders, vol. 47, 2017 Jun, pp. 1756-1768


Individual prediction of long-term outcome in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis: Applying machine learning techniques to brain imaging data


S. de Wit, T. B. Ziermans, M. Nieuwenhuis, P. F. Schothorst, H. van Engeland, R. S. Kahn, S. Durston, H. G. Schnack

Human Brain Mapping, vol. 38, 2017 Feb, pp. 704-714


Cognitive, Parent and Teacher Rating Measures of Executive Functioning: Shared and Unique Influences on School Achievement


M. C. Dekker, T. B. Ziermans, A. M. Spruijt, H. Swaab

Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 8, 2017 Jan


The impact of behavioural executive functioning and intelligence on math abilities in children with intellectual disabilities


M. C. Dekker, T. B. Ziermans, H Swaab

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, vol. 60, 2016 Nov, pp. 1086-1096


Brain development in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis: Longitudinal changes related to resilience


S. de Wit, L. M. Wierenga, B. Oranje, T. B. Ziermans, P. F. Schothorst, H. van Engeland, R. S. Kahn, S. Durston

NeuroImage: Clinical, vol. 12, 2016 Sep, pp. 542-549


Heterogeneity of Psychosis Risk Within Individuals at Clinical High Risk: A Meta-analytical Stratification


P. Fusar-Poli, M. Cappucciati, S. Borgwardt, S. W. Woods, J. Addington, B. Nelson, D. H. Nieman, D. R. Stahl, G. Rutigliano, A. Riecher-Rössler, A. E. Simon, M. Mizuno, T. Y. Lee, J. S. Kwon, M. M. L. Lam, J. Perez, S. Keri, P. Amminger, S. Metzler, W. Kawohl, W. Rössler, J. Lee, J. Labad, T. Ziermans, S. K. An, C.-C. Liu, K. A. Woodberry, A. Braham, C. Corcoran, P. McGorry, A. R. Yung, P. K. McGuire

JAMA Psychiatry, vol. 73, 2016 Feb, pp. 113-120


Confirmatory factor analysis of psychotic-like experiences in a general population sample


S. Therman, T. B. Ziermans

Psychiatry Research, vol. 235, 2016 Jan, pp. 197-199


Neurocognitive and clinical predictors of long-term outcome in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis: a 6-year follow-up


T. Ziermans, S. de Wit, P. Schothorst, M. Sprong, H. van Engeland, R. Kahn, S. Durston

PLoS ONE, vol. 9, 2014, pp. e93994


Adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis: long-term outcome of individuals who recover from their at-risk state


S. de Wit, P. F. Schothorst, B. Oranje, T. B. Ziermans, S. Durston, R. S. Kahn

European Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 24, 2014 Jun, pp. 865-73


Quantitative and qualitative symptomatic differences in individuals at Ultra-High Risk for psychosis and healthy controls


E. Velthorst, E. M. Derks, P. Schothorst, H. Becker, S. Durston, T. Ziermans, D. H. Nieman, L. de Haan

Psychiatry Research, vol. 210, 2013 Dec, pp. 432-437


Working memory brain activity and capacity link MAOA polymorphism to aggressive behavior during development


T. Ziermans, I. Dumontheil, C. Roggeman, M. Peyrard-Janvid, H. Matsson, J. Kere, T. Klingberg

Translational Psychiatry, vol. 2, 2012 Feb, pp. e85


Reduced prepulse inhibition as an early vulnerability marker of the psychosis prodrome in adolescence


T. B. Ziermans, P. F. Schothorst, M. Sprong, M. J. C. M. Magnée, H. van Engeland, C. Kemner

Schizophrenia Research, vol. 134, 2012 Jan, pp. 10-15


Neuroendocrine markers of high risk for psychosis: salivary testosterone in adolescent boys with prodromal symptoms


S. van Rijn, A. Aleman, L. de Sonneville, M. Sprong, T. Ziermans, P. Schothorst, H. van Engeland, H. Swaab

Psychological Medicine, vol. 41, 2011 Sep, pp. 1815-1822


Influence of the COMT genotype on working memory and brain activity changes during development


I. Dumontheil, C. Roggeman, T. Ziermans, M. Peyrard-Janvid, H. Matsson, J. Kere, T. Klingberg

Biological Psychiatry, vol. 70, 2011 Aug, pp. 222-229


Affective dysfunctions in adolescents at risk for psychosis: emotion awareness and social functioning


S. van Rijn, P. Schothorst, M. van 't Wout, M. Sprong, T. Ziermans, H. van Engeland, A. Aleman, H. Swaab

Psychiatry Research, vol. 187, 2011 May, pp. 100-105


Misattribution of facial expressions of emotion in adolescents at increased risk of psychosis: the role of inhibitory control


S. van Rijn, A. Aleman, L. de Sonneville, M. Sprong, T. Ziermans, P. Schothorst, H. van Engeland, H. Swaab

Psychological Medicine, vol. 41, 2011 Mar, pp. 499-508


Reduced prepulse inhibition in adolescents at risk for psychosis: a 2-year follow-up study


T. Ziermans, P. Schothorst, M. Magnée, H. van Engeland, C. Kemner

Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, vol. 36, 2011 Mar, pp. 127-134


Transition and remission in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis


T. B. Ziermans, P. F. Schothorst, M. Sprong, H. van Engeland

Schizophrenia Research, vol. 126, 2011 Mar, pp. 58-64


No evidence for structural brain changes in young adolescents at ultra high risk for psychosis


T. B. Ziermans, S. Durston, M. Sprong, H. Nederveen, N. E. M. van Haren, H. G. Schnack, B. E. Lahuis, P. F. Schothorst, H. van Engeland

Schizophrenia Research, vol. 112, 2009 Jul, pp. 1-6


Pathways to psychosis: a comparison of the pervasive developmental disorder subtype Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder and the "At Risk Mental State"


M. Sprong, H. E. Becker, P. F. Schothorst, H. Swaab, T. B. Ziermans, P. M. Dingemans, D. Linszen, H. van Engeland

Schizophrenia Research, vol. 99, 2008 Feb, pp. 38-47


Dopamine Transporter Genotype Conveys Familial Risk of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Through Striatal Activation


S. Durston, J. A. Fossella, M. J. Mulder, B. J. Casey, T. B. Ziermans, M. N. Vessaz, H. van Engeland

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 47, 2008 Jan, pp. 61-67


Activation in ventral prefrontal cortex is sensitive to genetic vulnerability for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder


S. Durston, M. Mulder, B. J. Casey, T. Ziermans, H. van Engeland

Biological Psychiatry, vol. 60, 2006 Nov, pp. 1062-1070

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