Shi K, Lei H, Chen L, Wang X, Li M, Haihambo N, Zhang Z, Qu X, Li X, Peng J, Zikereya T, Han C (2025). Distinct Mechanisms of Multiple Alpha-Band Activities in Frontal Regions Following an 8-Week Medium- (Yoga) and High-Intensity (Pamela) Exercise Intervention. CNS Neurosci Ther, 31(5), e70405. doi: 10.1111/cns.70405
Naem Haihambo
Dr. Ph.D.
Social neuroscience
Curriculum Vitae
- April 2023 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum
- 2019-2024 PhD researcher, Department of Psychology Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- 2020-2023 Research Honors Program Coordinator, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- 2017-2019 Clinical psychologist, Windhoek Central Hospital, Windhoek, Namibia
- 2014-2017 Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- 2015 Intern Clinical Psychologist, Fort England Psychiatric Hospital, Grahamstown, South Africa
- 2009-2013 Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Clinical Psychology, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
Methods and research interests
- Social neuroscience and social cognition
- Social prediction and predictive processing
- Loneliness and Social conformity
- Magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI);
- Non-invasive brain stimulation (e.g., tDCS)
Recent publications
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Haihambo N, Layiwola D, Blank H, Hurlemann R, Scheele D (2025). Loneliness and social conformity: A predictive processing perspective. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1547(1), 5-17. doi: 10.1111/nyas.15324
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Haihambo N, Baetens K, Deroost N, Baeken C, Van Overwalle F (2025). Crus control: effective cerebello-cerebral connectivity during social action prediction using dynamic causal modelling. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 20(1). doi: 10.1093/scan/nsaf019
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Xiao L, Guo Q, Haihambo N, Wu X, Yu S, Luo J (2025). Revealing the distinct impacts of effectiveness recognition and memory retention on the transfer of creative cognitive reappraisal. Cogn Emot, 39(2), 393-412. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2024.2414800
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Van Overwalle F, Heleven E, Haihambo N, Li M, Ma Q, Pu M, Baeken C, Deroost N, Baetens K (2024). Mentalizing About Dynamic Social Action Sequences Is Supported by the Cerebellum, Basal Ganglia, and Neocortex: A Meta-Analysis of Activation and Connectivity. Hum Brain Mapp, 45(18), e70098. doi: 10.1002/hbm.70098
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Lin Y, Huang S, Mao J, Li M, Haihambo N, Wang F, Liang Y, Chen W, Han C (2024). The neural oscillatory mechanism underlying human brain fingerprint recognition using a portable EEG acquisition device. Neuroimage, 294, 120637. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120637
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Wang B, Li M, Haihambo N, Qiu Z, Sun M, Guo M, Zhao X, Han C (2024). Characterizing Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) using alpha-band activity in resting-state electroencephalogram (EEG) combined with MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB). J Affect Disord, 355, 254-264. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.03.145
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Van Overwalle F, Ma Q, Haihambo N, Bylemans T, Catoira B, Firouzi M, Li M, Pu M, Heleven E, Baeken C, Baetens K, Deroost N (2024). A Functional Atlas of the Cerebellum Based on NeuroSynth Task Coordinates. Cerebellum, 23(3), 993-1012. doi: 10.1007/s12311-023-01596-4
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Li M, Haihambo N, Bylemans T, Ma Q, Heleven E, Baeken C, Baetens K, Deroost N, Van Overwalle F (2024). Create your own path: social cerebellum in sequence-based self-guided navigation. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 19(1). doi: 10.1093/scan/nsae015
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Van Overwalle F, Haihambo N, Ma Q, Li M, Martínez-Regueiro R, Argoub I, Firouzi M, Deroost N, Baeken C, Baetens K (2024). Cerebellar non-invasive stimulation of social and emotional mentalizing: A meta-analysis. Imaging Neurosci (Camb), 2. doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00334
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Haihambo N, Li M, Ma Q, Baeken C, Deroost N, Baetens K, Van Overwalle F (2024). Exciting the social butterfly: Anodal cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation modulates neural activation during predictive social mentalizing. Int J Clin Health Psychol, 24(3), 100480. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100480
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Haihambo N, Ma Q, Baetens K, Bylemans T, Heleven E, Baeken C, Deroost N, Van Overwalle F (2023). Two is company: The posterior cerebellum and sequencing for pairs versus individuals during social preference prediction. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, 23(6), 1482-1499. doi: 10.3758/s13415-023-01127-y
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Pu M, Heleven E, Ma Q, Bylemans T, Baetens K, Haihambo N, Baeken C, Deroost N, Van Overwalle F (2023). The posterior cerebellum and social action sequences in a cooperative context. Cerebellum, 22(4), 559-577. doi: 10.1007/s12311-022-01420-5
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Zhao X, Li M, Haihambo N, Wang X, Wang B, Sun M, Guo M, Han C (2023). Periodic Characteristics of Hepatitis Virus Infections From 2013 to 2020 and Their Association With Meteorological Factors in Guangdong, China: Surveillance Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill, 9, e45199. doi: 10.2196/45199
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Pu M, Ma Q, Haihambo N, Li M, Baeken C, Baetens K, Deroost N, Heleven E, Van Overwalle F (2023). Dynamic causal modeling of cerebello-cerebral connectivity when sequencing trait-implying actions. Cereb Cortex, 33(10), 6366-6381. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac510
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Han C, Zhao X, Li M, Haihambo N, Teng J, Li S, Qiu J, Feng X, Gao M (2023). Enhancement of the neural response during 40 Hz auditory entrainment in closed-eye state in human prefrontal region. Cogn Neurodyn, 17(2), 399-410. doi: 10.1007/s11571-022-09834-x
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Han C, Guo M, Ke X, Zeng L, Li M, Haihambo N, Lu J, Wang L, Wei P (2023). Oscillatory biomarkers of autism: evidence from the innate visual fear evoking paradigm. Cogn Neurodyn, 17(2), 459-466. doi: 10.1007/s11571-022-09839-6
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Haihambo N, Ma Q, Baetens K, Pu M, Deroost N, Baeken C, van Overwalle F (2023). To Do or Not to Do: The cerebellum and neocortex contribute to predicting sequences of social intentions. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, 23(2), 323-339. doi: 10.3758/s13415-023-01071-x
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Ma Q, Pu M, Haihambo N, Baetens K, Heleven E, Deroost N, Baeken C, Van Overwalle F (2023). Effective cerebello-cerebral connectivity during implicit and explicit social belief sequence learning using dynamic causal modeling. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 18(1). doi: 10.1093/scan/nsac044
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Cao Y, Li M, Haihambo N, Wang X, Zhao X, Wang B, Sun M, Guo M, Han C (2023). Temporal dynamic characteristics of human monkeypox epidemic in 2022 around the world under the COVID-19 pandemic background. Front Public Health, 11, 1120470. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1120470
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Ma Q, Pu M, Li M, Haihambo N, Baetens K, Heleven E, Deroost N, Baeken C, Van Overwalle F (2023). Can transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the cerebellum improve implicit social and cognitive sequence learning?. Int J Clin Health Psychol, 23(2), 100355. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2022.100355
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Pu M, Ma Q, Heleven E, Delplanque J, Baetens K, Haihambo N, Baeken C, Deroost N, Van Overwalle F (2022). This is not who you are: The posterior cerebellum and stereotype-inconsistent action sequences. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, 22(5), 1090-1107. doi: 10.3758/s13415-022-01005-z
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Van Overwalle F, Pu M, Ma Q, Li M, Haihambo N, Baetens K, Deroost N, Baeken C, Heleven E (2022). The Involvement of the Posterior Cerebellum in Reconstructing and Predicting Social Action Sequences. Cerebellum, 21(5), 733-741. doi: 10.1007/s12311-021-01333-9
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Zhao X, Li M, Haihambo N, Jin J, Zeng Y, Qiu J, Guo M, Zhu Y, Li Z, Liu J, Teng J, Li S, Zhao Y, Cao Y, Wang X, Li Y, Gao M, Feng X, Han C (2022). Changes in Temporal Properties of Notifiable Infectious Disease Epidemics in China During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Population-Based Surveillance Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill, 8(6), e35343. doi: 10.2196/35343
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Ma Q, Pu M, Haihambo N, Baetens K, Heleven E, Deroost N, Baeken C, Van Overwalle F (2022). The posterior cerebellum and temporoparietal junction support explicit learning of social belief sequences. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, 22(3), 467-491. doi: 10.3758/s13415-021-00966-x
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Haihambo N, Ma Q, Baeken C, Deroost N, Baetens K, Heleven E, Overwalle F (2022). Social thinking is for doing: the posterior cerebellum supports predictions of social actions based on personality traits. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 17(2), 241-251. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsab087
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Cao Y, Li M, Haihambo N, Zhu Y, Zeng Y, Jin J, Qiu J, Li Z, Liu J, Teng J, Li S, Zhao Y, Zhao X, Wang X, Li Y, Feng X, Han C (2022). Oscillatory properties of class C notifiable infectious diseases in China from 2009 to 2021. Front Public Health, 10, 903025. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.903025
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Ma Q, Pu M, Heleven E, Haihambo N, Baetens K, Baeken C, Deroost N, Van Overwalle F (2021). The posterior cerebellum supports implicit learning of social belief sequences. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, 21(5), 970-992. doi: 10.3758/s13415-021-00910-z
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Pu M, Ma Q, Heleven E, Haihambo N, Van Overwalle F (2021). Erratum to: The posterior cerebellum and inconsistent trait implications when learning the sequence of actions. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 16(10), 1112. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsab091
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Pu M, Ma Q, Heleven E, Haihambo N, Van Overwalle F (2021). The posterior cerebellum and inconsistent trait implications when learning the sequence of actions. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 16(7), 696-706. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsab037
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Han C, Li M, Haihambo N, Cao Y, Zhao X (2021). Enlightenment on oscillatory properties of 23 class B notifiable infectious diseases in the mainland of China from 2004 to 2020. PLoS One, 16(6), e0252803. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252803
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Han C, Li M, Haihambo N, Babuna P, Liu Q, Zhao X, Jaeger C, Li Y, Yang S (2021). Mechanisms of recurrent outbreak of COVID-19: a model-based study. Nonlinear Dyn, 106(2), 1169-1185. doi: 10.1007/s11071-021-06371-w