Eike KofiBuabang Cognitive Neuroscientist

Publications

Publications

2026
Does time pressure reveal habits? Divergent results from outcome devaluation and response remapping paradigms
Rafei, P., Suddell, S., Buabang, E. K., Urcelay, G., Gillan, C. M. • Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
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Better data, better policy: Distinguishing income poverty and financial stress may promote better temporal decision-making
Buabang, E. K., Ashcroft-Jones, S., Ruggeri, K. • PsyArXiv [Preprint]
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The significance of SIGs: Reflections from the first five years of the EHPS Habit Special Interest Group
Gardner, B., Edgren, R., Phipps, D., Buabang, E. K., Figueiredo, E., Mullan, B., Lally, P. • PsyArXiv [Preprint]
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2025
Leveraging cognitive neuroscience for making and breaking real-world habits
Buabang, E. K., Donegan, K. R., Rafei, P., Gillan, C. M. • Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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Critical review of the habit theory in substance use disorder and application of Moors' goal-directed theory
*Buabang, E. K., *Köster, M., Hogarth, L., & Moors, A. • Current Addiction Reports
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Neural dynamics of covert habit activation and control in humans
Buabang, E. K., Suddell, S., Donegan, K. R., Grogan, J. P., Rafei, P., O'Connell, R. G., Gillan, C. M. • bioRxiv [Preprint]
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Compulsivity is associated with accelerated stimulus-response habit learning
Donegan, K. R., Suddell, S., De Forest, S., Sun, J., Gallagher, E., Hanlon, A. K., Buabang, E. K., Gillan, C. M. • PsyArXiv [Preprint]
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Money buys mental health: A multidimensional analysis of social, financial, and emotional well-being in 92 countries
Ruggeri, K., …, Buabang, E. K., …, Pelica, S. • PsyArXiv [Preprint]
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2024
Exploring the role of goal-dependent processes in action slips under time pressure
Van Dessel, P., Boddez, Y., De Houwer, J., Buabang, E. K., Moors, A., & Köster, M. • Motivation Science
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A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19
Ruggeri, K., …, Buabang, E. K., …, Willer, R. • Nature
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On the interplay between stimulus-driven and goal-directed processes in the decision to fight or flee
Köster, M., Fischer, M., Bossuyt, E., Buabang, E. K., & Moors, A. • Collabra: Psychology
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2023
A goal-directed account of action slips: The reliance on old contingencies
*Buabang, E. K., *Köster, M., Boddez, Y., Van Dessel, P., De Houwer, J., & Moors, A. • Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
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The role of goal-directed and habitual processes under stress after outcome devaluation with taste aversion
Buabang, E. K., Boddez, Y., Wolf, O. T., & Moors, A. • Behavioral Neuroscience
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Reasons to remain critical about the literature on habits: A commentary on Wood et al. (2022)
De Houwer, J., Buabang, E. K., Boddez, Y., Köster, M., & Moors, A. • Perspectives on Psychological Science
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A value accumulation account of unhealthy food choices: Testing the influence of outcome salience under varying time constraints
*Köster, M., *Buabang, E. K., Ivancir, T., & Moors, A. • Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
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2022
Validation and measurement invariance of the Personal Financial Wellness Scale: A multinational study in 7 countries
Buabang, E. K., Ashcroft-Jones, S., Esteban Serna, C., Kastelic, K., Kveder, J., Lambertus, A., Mueller, T. S., & Ruggeri, K. • European Journal of Psychological Assessment
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The globalizability of temporal discounting
Ruggeri, K., …, Buabang, E. K., …, Garcia-Garzon, E. • Nature Human Behaviour
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2021
Don't make a habit out of it: Impaired learning conditions can make goal-directed behavior seem habitual
Buabang, E. K., Boddez, Y., De Houwer, J., & Moors, A. • Motivation Science
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2018
Commentary: Sleep deprivation promotes habitual control over goal-directed control: Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence
Boddez, Y., Buabang, E. K., Zenses, A., & Descheemaeker, M. • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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The persuasive power of knowledge: Testing the confidence heuristic
Pulford, B. D., Colman, A. M., Buabang, E. K., & Krockow, E. M. • Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
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2016
Study protocol on cognitive performance in Bulgaria, Croatia, and the Netherlands: The Normacog Brief Battery
Jakob, L., Bojanic, L., Tsvetanova, D. D., Buabang, E. K., De Bles, N. J., Sarafoglou, A., Dijkzeul, A., & Del Pino, R. • Frontiers in Psychology
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* denotes shared first-authorship. List last checked October 2026.