Learning & decision-making
We make predictably bad decisions. We eat that extra slice of cake, buy the expensive phone, and fail to save our planet. It is a dream of psychiatry, and society at large, to understand how our motivations sway our actions in often seemingly irrational ways.
In our lab, we study the neural and computational mechanisms that drive our rational and irrational decisions. We study when our ‘auto-pilot’ takes over, and how we (fail to) regain control when it sends us awry. We dissect the role of neuromodulators such as dopamine and serotonin using psychopharmacological interventions, and stimulate and measure brain activity to find out which brain circuits are involved. Finally, we study how decision-making is altered in psychiatric disorders like OCD, autism and depression, with the ultimate aim of improving diagnosis and treatment.
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Name: | Hanneke den Ouden |
Telephone: | +31 (0)6 2111 7199 |
Email: | hanneke.denouden@donders.ru.nl |
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Donders Centre for Cognition |
Postal address: | Donders Centre for Cognition P.O. Box 9104 6500 HE Nijmegen The Netherlands |
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Research Theme 2:
Perception, Action and Decision-making
Research Group
Learning & decision-making
Principal Investigator
Group members
Postdocs
Renée Koolschijn
PhD's
Johannes Algermissen
Soha Farboud
Benjamin Kop
Elena Mainetto
Floortje Spronkers