Dr. Jana Klaus

Martinus J. Langeveldgebouw
Heidelberglaan 1
Kamer H048
3584 CS Utrecht

Dr. Jana Klaus

Assistant Professor
Experimental Psychology
+31 30 253 3043
j.klaus@uu.nl

Publications

2026

Scholarly publications

Klaus, J., Smits, F. M., Aleman, A., Baeken, C., van Eijndhoven, P., van den Heuvel, O. A., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2026). US FDA premarket approval of tDCS depression treatment is not yet scientifically justified. The Lancet Psychiatry. Advance online publication. [DOI]

2025

Scholarly publications

Klaus, J. (2025). Netzwerk der Sprachproduktion. In K. Sidiropoulos (Ed.), Transkranielle Gleichstromstimulation bei Aphasien und erworbenen Sprechstörungen (pp. 153-163). Springer. [DOI]
Wolfs, E. M. L., Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2025). Functional cerebello–cortico–limbic connectivity in aggression: A resting-state 7T fMRI study in healthy volunteers. Imaging Neuroscience, 3, Article IMAG.a.42. [DOI] [Repository]
Kruithof, E. S., Witteveen, Y., Kalligeri Skentzou, E., Theodorakopoulou, M. E., Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2025). Effects of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation on reversal learning performance during threat of shock. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 25(1), Article 100558. [DOI] [Repository]
Kruithof, E. S., Drop, E. M., Gerits, D., Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2025). Continuous theta burst stimulation to the medial posterior cerebellum impairs reversal learning in healthy volunteers. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 25(3), 618-630. [DOI] [Repository]

2024

Scholarly publications

Klaus, J., Stoodley, C. J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2024). Neurodevelopmental trajectories of cerebellar grey matter associated with verbal abilities in males with autism spectrum disorder. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 67, Article 101379. [DOI] [Repository]
Kruithof, E. S., Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2024). Cerebellar Asymmetry of Motivational Direction: Anger-Dependent Effects of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Aggression in Healthy Volunteers. Cerebellum, 23(4), 1426-1434. [DOI] [Repository]
Klaus, J., Wolfs, E. ML., & Schutter, D. JLG. (2024). Cerebellar roots of aggression in violent psychopathic offenders: evidence from structural neuroimaging studies. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 55, Article 101333. [DOI] [Repository]

2023

Scholarly publications

Wolfs, E. M. L., Van der Zwaag, W., Priovoulos, N., Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2023). The cerebellum during provocation and aggressive behaviour: A 7 T fMRI study. Imaging Neuroscience, 1, 1-18. [DOI] [Repository]
Kruithof, E. S., Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2023). The human cerebellum in reward anticipation and outcome processing: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 149, Article 105171. [DOI] [Repository]
Schutter, D. J. L. G., Smits, F., & Klaus, J. (2023). Mind matters: A narrative review on affective state-dependency in non-invasive brain stimulation. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 23(3), Article 100378. [DOI] [Repository]
Wolfs, E. M. L., van Lutterveld, R., Varkevisser, T., Klaus, J., Geuze, E., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2023). Lower cerebello-cortical functional connectivity in veterans with reactive aggression symptoms: A pilot study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 159, 42-49. [DOI] [Repository]
Wolfs, E. M. L., Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2023). Correction: Cerebellar Grey Matter Volumes in Reactive Aggression and Impulsivity in Healthy Volunteers. Cerebellum, 22(2), 234. [DOI] [Repository]
Wolfs, E. M. L., Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2023). Cerebellar Grey Matter Volumes in Reactive Aggression and Impulsivity in Healthy Volunteers. The Cerebellum, 22(2), 223-233. [DOI] [Repository]

2022

Scholarly publications

Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2022). Non-invasive Brain Stimulation of the Cerebellum in Emotion. In M. Adamaszek, M. Manto, & D. J. L. G. Schutter (Eds.), The Emotional Cerebellum (1 ed., pp. 109-121). (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology; Vol. 1378). Springer. [DOI] [Repository]
Kruithof, E. S., Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2022). The cerebellum in aggression: Extending the cortico-limbic dual-route model of motivation and emotion. Motivation Science, 8(2), 150-160. [DOI]
Bongaerts, F. L. P., Schutter, D. J. L. G., & Klaus, J. (2022). Cerebellar tDCS does not modulate language processing performance in healthy individuals. Neuropsychologia, 169, 1-8. Article 108206. [DOI] [Repository]

2021

Scholarly publications

Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. (2021). Electrode montage-dependent intracranial variability in electric fields induced by cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-11. Article 22183 . [DOI] [Repository]
Villca Ponce, G., Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. (2021). A Brief History of Cerebellar Neurostimulation. Cerebellum, 21, 715-730. [DOI] [Repository]
Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2021). Functional topography of anger and aggression in the human cerebellum. NeuroImage, 226, 1-11. Article 117582. [DOI] [Repository]

2020

Scholarly publications

Klaus, J., & Hartwigsen, G. (2020). Failure to Improve Verbal Fluency with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation. Neuroscience, 449, 123-133. [DOI] [Repository]
Piai, V., Klaus, J., & Rossetto, E. (2020). The lexical nature of alpha-beta oscillations in context-driven word production. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 55, 1-11. Article 100905. [DOI] [Repository]
Friehs, M., Klaus, J., Singh, T., Frings, C., & Hartwigsen, G. (2020). Perturbation of the right prefrontal cortex disrupts interference control. NeuroImage, 222, Article 117279. [DOI] [Repository]
Klaus, J., Schutter, D. J. L. G., & Piai, V. (2020). Transient perturbation of the left temporal cortex evokes plasticity‐related reconfiguration of the lexical network. Human Brain Mapping, 41, 1061–1071. [DOI] [Repository]

2019

Scholarly publications

Klaus, J., & Schriefers, H. (2019). Bilingual Word Production. In J. W. Schwieter, & M. Paradis (Eds.), The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism (pp. 214-229). Wiley-Blackwell. [DOI]
Klaus, J., & Hartwigsen, G. (2019). Dissociating semantic and phonological contributions of the left inferior frontal gyrus to language production. Human Brain Mapping, 40(11), 3279-3287. [DOI]

2018

Scholarly publications

Klaus, J., Lemhöfer, K., & Schriefers, H. (2018). The second language interferes with picture naming in the first language: evidence for L2 activation during L1 production. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 33(7), 867-877. [DOI] [Repository]
Klaus, J., & Schriefers, H. (2018). An investigation of the role of working memory capacity and naming speed in phonological advance planning in language production. The Mental Lexicon, 13(2), 159-185. [DOI]
Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2018). Non-invasive brain stimulation to investigate language production in healthy speakers: A meta-analysis. Brain and Cognition, 123, 10-22. [DOI] [Repository]
Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2018). The Role of Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Language Processing. Neuroscience, 377, 197-205. [DOI]
Klaus, J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2018). Putting focus on transcranial direct current stimulation in language production studies. PLoS One, 13(8), Article e0202730. [DOI] [Repository]

2017

Scholarly publications

Klaus, J., Mädebach, A., Oppermann, F., & Jescheniak, J. D. (2017). Planning sentences while doing other things at the same time: Effects of concurrent verbal and visuospatial working memory load. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70(4), 811-831. [DOI] [Repository]
Jescheniak, J. D., Kurtz, F., Schriefers, H., Günther, J., Klaus, J., & Mädebach, A. (2017). Words We Do Not Say-Context Effects on the Phonological Activation of Lexical Alternatives in Speech Production. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance, 43(6), 1194-1206. [DOI]