Saskia Haegens

Saskia Haegens is a neuroscientist affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and Division of Systems Neuroscience at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York, as well as the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition & Behavior at Radboud University in Nijmegen. Haegens' research focuses on neural oscillations, particularly alpha and beta rhythms, and their roles in sensory processing, perceptual decision-making, working memory, and attention. Haegens has published extensively on how oscillatory dynamics support cognitive functions across modalities, including investigations into the mechanistic bases of selective attention, the laminar organization of neural rhythms, and the relationship between neural activity and behavioral performance. Research areas include EEG, neural oscillations, and working memory, with studies spanning both human neuroimaging and comparative primate neuroscience.