Achiel Fenneman

Achiel Fenneman is a researcher affiliated with the Faculty of Psychology and the Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, focusing on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of psychology and neuroscience. His work explores cognitive empathy, semantic representation, and memory-based decision-making mechanisms, with a commitment to preregistered methodologies in psychological research.

Research interests include:

• Cognitive Empathy and social cognition dynamics
• Memory-based decision-making using computational models like random walks
• Mnemonics and semantic fluency in behavioral economics
• Preregistered psychology to enhance research transparency

Recent activities:

• Lead author on a 2023 PLoS ONE study about company name fluency's impact on financial expectations
• Co-authored 2022 preprint modeling decision-making through episodic memory networks
• Currently involved in a 2025-2028 project with Lamm and Sanfey on mentalizing and memory systems