Dr D. Bertens (Dirk)

Assistant professor - Donders Centre for Cognition
Assistant professor - Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
Assistant professor - Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology

Contact

d.bertens@donders.ru.nl

Visiting address

Thomas van Aquinostraat 4
6525 GD NIJMEGEN

Postal address

Postbus 9104
6500 HE NIJMEGEN

After obtaining his PhD and his registration as a healthcare psychologist (GZ-psycholoog), Dirk Bertens currently has a joint position at rehabilitation centre 'Klimmendaal Revalidatiespecialisten' (Arnhem) and the Department of Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology of the uu77. He is a clinical neuropsychologist and works clinically with persons with acquired brain injury. In addition, he is teaching and lecturing several courses in both the Bachelor’s and Master’s programme in Psychology (RU). His current research focuses on errorless learning, brain gaming and cognitive rehabilitation.

Research group

Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology

Tags: neuropsychology, errorless learning, cognitive rehabilitation

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Key publications

Bertens, D., Fasotti, L., Boelen, D.H.E. & Kessels, R.P.C. (2016). Moderators, mediators, and nonspecific predictors of treatment outcome in an intervention for everyday task improvement in persons with executive deficits after brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 97 (1), 97-103. doi:
Bertens, D., Fasotti, L., Egger, J.I.M., Boelen, D.H.E. & Kessels, R.P.C. (2016). Reliability of an adapted version of the Modified Six Elements Test as a measure of executive function. Applied Neuropsychology - Adult, 23 (1), 35-42. doi:
Bertens, D., Kessels, R.P.C., Boelen, D.H.E. & Fasotti, L. (2016). Transfer effects of errorless Goal Management Training on cognitive function and quality of life in brain-injured persons. Neurorehabilitation, 38 (1), 79-84. doi:
Bertens, D., Kessels, R.P.C., Fiorenzato, E., Boelen, D.H.E. & Fasotti, L. (2015). Do old errors always lead to new truths? A randomized controlled trial of errorless goal management training in brain-injured patients. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 21 (8), 639-649. doi:
Bertens, D., Frankenmolen, N.L., Boelen, D.H.E., Kessels, R.P.C. & Fasotti, L. (2015). Validity of an adapted scoring method for a Modified Six Elements Test in individuals with brain injury. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 30 (2), 122-129. doi:

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