Brennen er opprinnelig fra Watford i England. Han er utdannet med bachelorgrad i psykologi fra University of Exeter og ph.d. i kognitiv psykologi fra University of Nottingham. Etter doktorgraden var han forsker ved Université Pierre-Mendès-France og Université de Savoie, før han ble postdoktor ved Psykologisk institutt ved UiO. Han var førsteamanuensis i psykologi ved Universitetet i Tromsø fra 1996 til 2003 og ble professor i psykologi ved UiO i 2003. Han var medlem av instituttledelsen ved Psykologisk institutt (PSI) ved UiO som forskningsleder og visebestyrer ved instituttet fra 2008 til 2011. I 2016 ble han visedekan for forskning ved Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet, som PSI hører under, og dermed PSIs representant i dekanatet.[1] Han er styremedlem i UiO:Norden.[2]
Siqveland, Johan; Hauff, Edvard; Ruud, Torleif & Brennen, Timothy John (2018). Posttraumatic stress and autobiographical memory in chronic pain patients. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. doi:10.1515/sjpain-2018-0044
Skule, Anne Cecilie; Ulleberg, Pål; Lending, Hilde Dallavara; Berge, Torkil; Egeland, Jens; Brennen, Tim & Landrø, Nils Inge (2014). Depressive Symptoms in People with and without Alcohol Abuse: Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) Across Groups. PLOS ONE. 9(2). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088321
von Hofsten, Olov; von Hofsten, Claes; Sulutvedt, Unni; Laeng, Bruno; Brennen, Tim & Magnussen, Svein (2014). Simulating newborn face perception. Journal of Vision. 14:16(13). doi:10.1167/14.13.16
Thimm, Jens; Holte, Arne; Brennen, Tim & Wang, Catharina E. (2013). Hope and expectancies for future events in depression. Frontiers in Psychology.4. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00470
Blix, Ines & Brennen, Tim (2012). Retrieval-induced forgetting after trauma: A study with victims of sexual assault. Cognition & Emotion. 26(2), s. 321-331. doi:10.1080/02699931.2011.570312
Blix, Ines & Brennen, Tim (2011). Intentional forgetting of emotional words after trauma: A study with victims of sexual assault. Frontiers in Psychology. 2. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00235
Blix, Ines & Brennen, Tim (2011). Mental time travel after trauma: The specificity and temporal distribution of autobiographical memories and future-directed thoughts. Memory. 19(8), s. 956-967. doi:10.1080/09658211.2011.618500
Ihrke, Matthias & Brennen, Tim (2011). Sharing one biographical detail elicits priming between famous names: Empirical and computational approaches. Frontiers in Psychology. 2. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00075
Magnussen, Svein & Brennen, Tim (2011). Memory, I: Learning and cognition in education. Elsevier. ISBN 0123814383. s. 85–91
Brennen, Tim; Hasanovic, M; Zotovic, M; Blix, Ines; Skar, Ane-Marthe Solheim; Prelic, NK; Mehmedovic, I; Pajevic, I; Popovic, N & Gavrilov-Jerkovic, V (2010). Trauma Exposure in Childhood Impairs the Ability to Recall Specific Autobiographical Memories in Late Adolescence. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 23(2), s. 240–247 . doi:10.1002/jts.20513
Dehli, Lars & Brennen, Tim (2009). Does retrieval-induced forgetting occur for emotional stimuli?. Cognition & Emotion. 23, s. 1056–1068 . doi:10.1080/02699930802285221
Sæther, Line; Van Belle, Werner; Laeng, Bruno; Brennen, Tim & Øvervoll, Morten (2009). Anchoring gaze when categorizing faces' sex: Evidence from eye-tracking data. Vision Research. 49(23), s. 2870–2880 . doi:10.1016/j.visres.2009.09.001
Brennen, Tim; Dybdahl, Ragnhild & Kapidzic, Almasa (2007). Trauma-related and neutral false memories in war-induced Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Consciousness and Cognition. 16, s. 877–885. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2006.06.012
Brennen, Tim; Vikan, Anne & Dybdahl, Ragnhild (2007). Are tip-of-the-tongue states universal? Evidence from the speakers of an unwritten language. Memory. 15(2), s. 167–176. doi:10.1080/09658210601164743
Laeng, Bruno; Brennen, T; Elden, A; Elden, Åke; Paulsen, Helle; Banerjee, A & Lipton, R (2007). Latitude-of-birth and season-of-birth effects on human color vision in the Arctic. Vision Research. 47 . doi:10.1016/j/visres.2007.03.011
Geraerts, Elke & Brennen, Tim (2006). Investigating cognitive abnormalities in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, In Michael Roy (ed.), Novel Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. IOS Press. ISBN 1-58603-590-8. 4. s. 31 –40
Wang, Catharina E.; Brennen, Tim & Holte, Arne (2006). Decreased approach motivation in depression. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 47(6), s. 505–511
Wang, Catharina; Brennen, Tim & Holte, Arne (2006). Automatic and effortful processing of self-statements in depression. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 35(2), s. 117–124 . doi:10.1080/16506070500466865
Brennen, Tim; Hall, Catherine; Verplanken, Bas & Nunn, Julia (2005). Predictors of ideas about seasonal psychological fluctuations. Environment and Behavior. 37
Wang, Catharina E.; Brennen, Tim & Holte, Arne (2005). Mechanisms of recurrent depression: A cognitive battle model and some preliminary results. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. 12, s. 427–442
Brédart, Serge; Brennen, Tim; Delchambre, Marie; McNeill, Allan & Burton, Mike (2005). Naming very familiar people: When retrieving names is faster than retrieving semantic biographical information. British Journal of Psychology. 96
Laeng, Bruno; Låg, Torstein & Brennen, Tim (2005). Reduced Stroop interference for opponent colors may be due to input factors: Evidence from individual differences and a neural network simulation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 31(3), s. 438–452
Laeng, Bruno; Låg, Torstein & Brennen, Tim (2005). Reduced Stroop interference for opponent colors may be due to input factors: Evidence from individual differences and a neural network simulation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 31, s. 438–52
Laeng, Bruno & Brennen, Tim (2003). Of frames and mirrors: reflections on neglect. A reply to McCarthy (2002). Cortex. 39, s. 541–553
Laeng, Bruno; Brennen, Tim & Espeseth, Thomas. (2002). Fast responses to neglected targets in visual search reflect pre-attentive processes: An exploration of response times in visual neglect. Neuropsychologia. 40(1622)
Laeng, Bruno; Brennen, Tim; Johannessen, Kristin; Holmen, Kirsti & Elvestad, Rolf (2002). MULTIPLE REFERENCE FRAMES IN NEGLECT? AN INVESTIGATION OF THE OBJECT-CENTRED FRAME AND THE DISSOCIATION BETWEEN “NEAR” AND “FAR” FROM THE BODY BY USE OF A MIRROR. Cortex. 38, s. 511–528
Brennen, Tim (2000). On the meaning of personal names for identity: A view from cognitive psychology. Names. 48, s. 139–146
Brennen, Tim; Martinussen, Monica; Hjemdal, Odin & Hansen, Bernt O (1999). Arctic cognition: A study of cognitive performance in summer and winter at 69 degrees N. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 13, s. 561–580
Brennen, Tim (1999). Face naming in dementia: a reply to Hodges and Greene (1998). Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 52, s. 535–541
Brédart, Serge; Brennen, Tim & Valentine, Tim (1997). Dissociations between the Processing of Proper and Common Names. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 14, s. 209–217
Brennen, Tim; David, Danielle; Fluchaire, Isabelle & Pellat, Jacques. (1996). Naming Faces and Objects Without Comprehension - A Case Study. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 13, s. 93–110
Moreaud, Olivier; Pellat, Jacques; Charnallet, Annik; Carbonnel, Serge & Brennen, Tim (1995). Déficit de la production et de l'apprentissage des noms propres après lésion ischæmique tubérothalamique gauche. Revue neurologique (Paris). 151, s. 93–99
Brennen, Tim (1993). The difficulty with recalling people's names: The plausible phonology hypothesis. Memory. 1, s. 409–431
Brennen, Tim & Bruce, Vicki (1991). Context effects in the processing of familiar faces. Psychological Research. 53, s. 296–304
Brennen, Tim; Vicki, Bruce; Baguley, Thom & Bright, Jim (1990). Resolving Semantically-induced Tip-of-the-Tongue States for Proper Nouns. Memory & Cognition. 18, s. 339–347