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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Research projects and publications

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

Scientific research across several different domains

Mental illness as a sentencing determinant: A case law analysis based on a machine learning approach.

Thomaidou, M., & Berryessa, C. (2023). Criminal Justice and Behavior, 50(7).

Judicial decision-making based on interpretations of science: A qualitative-quantitative approach based on machine learning and natural language processing.

Thomaidou, M. A., & Berryessa, C. M. (2024). In Preparation.

Sentencing (book chapter)

Thomaidou, M. A., & Berryessa, C. M. (2024). APA Handbook of Forensic Psychology, 2nd edition. American Psychological Association

A jury of scientists: Formal education in biobehavioral sciences reduces the odds of punitive criminal sentencing.

Thomaidou, M. A., & Berryessa, C. M. (2022). Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 40(6).

A randomized pharmacological fMRI trial investigating D‐cycloserine and brain plasticity mechanisms in learned pain responses.

Thomaidou, M. A., Blythe, J. S., Veldhuijzen, D. S., Peerdeman, K. J., van Lennep, J. P. A., Giltay, E. J., Cremers, H. R., & Evers, A. W. M. (2022). Scientific Reports, 12.

Temporal structure of brain oscillations predicts learned nocebo responses to pain.

Thomaidou, M. A., Blythe, J. S., Houtman, S. J., Veldhuijzen, D. S., van Laarhoven, A. I. M., & Evers, A. W. M. (2021). Scientific Reports, 11(1), 9807.

A single administration of ‘microbial’ D-alanine to healthy volunteers augments reaction to negative emotions: A comparison with D-serine.

Capitão, L. P., Forsyth, J., Thomaidou, M. A., Condon, M. D., Harmer, C. J., & Burnet, P. W. (2020). Journal of Psychopharmacology, 34(5), 557–566.

How negative experiences influence the brain in pain: Neuroimaging and biobehavioral insights.

PhD dissertation (2022)

Learning mechanisms in nocebo hyperalgesia: The role of conditioning and extinction processes.

Thomaidou, M. A., Veldhuijzen, D. S., Peerdeman, K. J., Wiebing, N. Z. S., Blythe, J. S., & Evers, A. W. M. (2020). Pain, 161(7), 1597–1608.

Learned effects on cutaneous pain and itch: A meta-analysis of experimental behavioral findings.

Thomaidou, M. A., Blythe, J., Peerdeman, K., Van Laarhoven, A. I. M., van Schothorst, M., Veldhuijzen, D., & Evers, A. W. M. (2023). Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine.

An experimental investigation into the mediating role of pain-related fear in boosting nocebo hyperalgesia.

Thomaidou, M. A., Veldhuijzen, D. S., Meulders, A., & Evers, A. W. M. (2021). Pain, 162(1), 287–299.

How Negative Experience Influences the Brain: A Comprehensive Review of the Neurobiological Underpinnings of Nocebo Hyperalgesia.

Thomaidou, M. A., Peerdeman, K. J., Koppeschaar, M. I., Evers, A. W. M., & Veldhuijzen, D. S. (2021). Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15.

Placebo effects on cutaneous pain and itch: A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental results and methodology.

Blythe, J. S., Thomaidou, M. A., Peerdeman, K. J., Van Laarhoven, A. I. M., Van Schothorst, M. M. E., Veldhuijzen, D. S., & Evers, A. W. M. (2023). Pain, 164(6), 1181–1199.

Nocebo Effects on Cowhage-evoked Itch: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Classical Conditioning and Observational Learning.

Blythe, J., Peerdeman, K., Veldhuijzen, D., van Schothorst, M., Thomaidou, M., Laarhoven, A., & Evers, A. (2021). Acta Dermato Venereologica, 101(1), adv00370.

The Optimal Learning Cocktail for Placebo Analgesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Individual and Combined Techniques.

Van Lennep, J. (Hans) P. A., Van Middendorp, H., Veldhuijzen, D. S., Peerdeman, K. J., Blythe, J. S., Thomaidou, M. A., Heyman, T., & Evers, A. W. M. (2023). The Journal of Pain, S15265900.

Electrophysiological biomarkers reveal neural correlates of the discontinuity of mind.

Thomaidou, M. A. (2017). MSc Thesis Clinical Neuropsychology, VU Amsterdam.

Mental illness as a sentencing determinant: A case law analysis based on a machine learning approach.

Thomaidou, M., & Berryessa, C. (2023). Criminal Justice and Behavior, 50(7).

Judicial decision-making based on interpretations of science: A qualitative-quantitative approach based on machine learning and natural language processing.

Thomaidou, M. A., & Berryessa, C. M. (2024). In Preparation.

Sentencing (book chapter)

Thomaidou, M. A., & Berryessa, C. M. (2024). APA Handbook of Forensic Psychology, 2nd edition. American Psychological Association

A jury of scientists: Formal education in biobehavioral sciences reduces the odds of punitive criminal sentencing.

Thomaidou, M. A., & Berryessa, C. M. (2022). Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 40(6).

A randomized pharmacological fMRI trial investigating D‐cycloserine and brain plasticity mechanisms in learned pain responses.

Thomaidou, M. A., Blythe, J. S., Veldhuijzen, D. S., Peerdeman, K. J., van Lennep, J. P. A., Giltay, E. J., Cremers, H. R., & Evers, A. W. M. (2022). Scientific Reports, 12.

Temporal structure of brain oscillations predicts learned nocebo responses to pain.

Thomaidou, M. A., Blythe, J. S., Houtman, S. J., Veldhuijzen, D. S., van Laarhoven, A. I. M., & Evers, A. W. M. (2021). Scientific Reports, 11(1), 9807.

A single administration of ‘microbial’ D-alanine to healthy volunteers augments reaction to negative emotions: A comparison with D-serine.

Capitão, L. P., Forsyth, J., Thomaidou, M. A., Condon, M. D., Harmer, C. J., & Burnet, P. W. (2020). Journal of Psychopharmacology, 34(5), 557–566.

How negative experiences influence the brain in pain: Neuroimaging and biobehavioral insights.

PhD dissertation (2022)

Learning mechanisms in nocebo hyperalgesia: The role of conditioning and extinction processes.

Thomaidou, M. A., Veldhuijzen, D. S., Peerdeman, K. J., Wiebing, N. Z. S., Blythe, J. S., & Evers, A. W. M. (2020). Pain, 161(7), 1597–1608.

Learned effects on cutaneous pain and itch: A meta-analysis of experimental behavioral findings.

Thomaidou, M. A., Blythe, J., Peerdeman, K., Van Laarhoven, A. I. M., van Schothorst, M., Veldhuijzen, D., & Evers, A. W. M. (2023). Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine.

UPCOMING PROJECTS

Analysis of case law using machine learning (Rutgers University, 2024)

A natural language processing framework for evaluating judicial decisions (University of Mississippi / Rutgers University, 2024)

Neuroscience education in the criminal justice system (Book chapter, 2024)

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