Publications

Journal publications

Potiron, A., Francken, J.C., El Aidy, S. (2026). Rethinking microbiome health through functional dynamics. Cell Host & Microbe. link

Piai, V. & Francken, J.C. (2026). Explaining what? Time for nuance in the field of neurobiology of language. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/hdtg8_v1

Van Dongen, N.N.N., Nak, J.J., Woodward, J.F., Scheel, A.M., Haig, B.D., Van Bork, R., Blanken, T.F., De Ron, J., Finneman, A., Haslbeck, J., Francken, J.C., Eronen, M.I., Van Lissa, C., Dijstelbloem, H., Borsboom, D. (2026). Establishing Psychological Phenomena: An Alternative Methodological Perspective on Scientific Practice. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/rh9cu_v1

Gnodde, S. Aslanov, V., Fahrenfort, J.J., Francken, J.C., Hogan, A., Olcese, U., Stein, T. (2026). Posterior but not frontal neural signatures of subjective visibility in report-independent EEG decoding. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.20.719596v1

Francken, J.C. (2025). How to build a cognitive ontology: A practical task-oriented approach for cognitive neuroscience. https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26785/

Piai, V., Madan, C.R., Francken, J.C. (2025). Language and/or Memory: How to Slice the Domain-Cake? Cognitive Neuropsychology link

Mazor, M., Brown, S., Ciaunica, A., Demertzi, A., Fahrenfort, J.J., Faivre, N., Francken, J.C., Lamy, D., Lenggenhager, B., Moutoussis, M., Nizzi, M., Salomon, R., Soto, D., Stein, T., Lubianiker, N. (2023). The Scientific Study of Consciousness Cannot and Should Not Be Morally Neutral. Perspectives on Psychological Science link

Francken, J.C., Slors, M., Craver, C.F. (2022). Cognitive ontology and the search for neural mechanisms: Three foundational problems. Synthese link

Francken, J.C., Beerendonk, L., Molenaar, D., Fahrenfort, J. J., Kiverstein, J.D., Seth, A.K., & van Gaal, S. (2022). An academic survey on theoretical foundations, common assumptions and the current state of the field of consciousness science. Neuroscience of Consciousness link

Francken, J.C. & Slors, M. (2019). De nieuwe neurofilosofie. Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte [Dutch Journal for Academic Philosophy] link

Slors, M., Francken, J.C., Strijbos, D. (2019). Intentional content in psychopathologies requires an expanded interpretivism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences link

Francken, J.C. & Slors, M. (2018). Neuroscience and everyday life: Facing the translation problem. Brain and Cognition link

Simanova I., Francken J.C., de Lange F.P., Bekkering H. (2016). Linguistic priors shape categorical perception. Language, Cognition & Neuroscience link

Francken J.C., Meijs E.L., Hagoort, P., van Gaal, S., de Lange F.P. (2015). Exploring the automaticity of language-perception interactions: Effects of attention and awareness. Scientific Reports link

Francken J.C., Meijs E.L., Ridderinkhof, O.M., Hagoort, P., de Lange F.P., van Gaal, S. (2015). Manipulating awareness dissociates feed-forward from feedback models of language-perception interactions. Neuroscience of Consciousness link

Francken J.C., Kok P., Hagoort P., de Lange F.P. (2015). The behavioral and neural effects of language on motion perception. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience link

Francken J.C. & Slors, M. (2014). From Commonsense to Science, and Back: The Use of Cognitive Concepts in Neuroscience. Consciousness & Cognition link

Willems R.M. & Francken J.C. (2012). Embodied semantics: taking the next step. Frontiers in Psychology link

Francken J.C., van Gaal S., de Lange F.P. (2012). Response to Desender & Van den Bussche: On the absence of a relationship between discriminability and priming. Consciousness & Cognition link

Francken J.C., van Gaal S., de Lange F.P. (2011). Immediate and long-term priming effects are independent of prime awareness. Consciousness & Cognition link

Book publications

Niccolo Negro & Jolien C. Francken (under review). Beyond fragmentation: Pluralistic integration as a framework for consciousness science. In: Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup & Morten Overgaard (Eds.), Underdog Theories of Consciousness. Palgrave Macmillan

Jolien Francken & Riet van Bork (2026). Measurement across the sciences. In: The Edge of Knowing – Curiosity, Complexity and Collaboration at the Institute for Advanced Study of the University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam University Press link

Jolien Francken & Marc Slors (2023). Bewustzijn. Elementaire Deeltjes 80. Amsterdam: Athenaeum link

Jolien Francken & Marc Slors (2019). Themanummer: De nieuwe neurofilosofie. Amsterdam University Press

Max van der Linden, Sander Bosch, Jolien Francken, Simon van Gaal, Andrea Manneke, Suzanne Oosterwijk, Annemie Ploeger (2017). Hersenwerk. Neurowetenschappen in de 21ste eeuw. Amsterdam: Boom link

Jolien Francken (2016). Viewing the world through language-tinted glasses. Elucidating the neural mechanisms of language-perception interactions. Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands link

Other publications

Jolien Francken & Marc Slors (2024). Mensen zijn stukjes van het universum, maar wél met een eigen wil. NRC Handelsblad link

Jolien Francken (2022). Interdisciplinaire wetenschappers kennen het belang van definities. Website Beste-ID link

Monique Flecken & Jolien Francken (2016). Ich sehe was, was du nicht sagst! Wie die Sprache unsere Wahrnehmung faerbt. MPG Yearbook

Jolien Francken (2013). Schrijven versus typen: wat zegt de neurowetenschap? 4W Kennisnet

Jolien Francken (2012). Help, mijn hersenen getuigen tegen mij!  Actioma, Juridisch Faculteitsblad Radboud Universiteit

Jolien Francken (2010). Veiligheid & privacy: twee kanten van dezelfde medaille. Cimedart, Faculteitsblad Wijsbegeerte Universiteit van Amsterdam

Jonne van Overbeeke, Jolien Francken, Yvo Roos (2008). Time is brain. 2 jaar Acute HersenHulp AMC 2006-2008. Afdeling Neurologie, AMC Amsterdam