Motivational & Cognitive Control
Our overarching goal is to understand the neural and neurochemical mechanisms underlying flexible and adaptive behavior and decision making. Such adaptive behaviour requires motivational and cognitive control as well as reinforcement learning.
I aim to characterize: (i) the distinct contribution of subcortical structures, such as the the basal ganglia, from that of the prefrontal cortex; (ii) the role of neuromodulators, in particular dopamine and serotonin and (iii) individual differences at the level of personality traits, baseline neurotransmitter levels, structural connectivity and genotypic variation.
To this end, I combine cognitive psychology with psychopharmacology, functional neuroimaging, structural neuroimaging, neurochemical (PET) imaging and patient studies (e.g. Parkinson’s disease & ADHD).
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Name: | Roshan Cools |
Telephone: | 024-3610656 |
Email: | r.cools@donders.ru.nl |
Fax: | 024-3610989 |
Visiting address: | Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging Kapittelweg 29 6525 EN Nijmegen The Netherlands |
Postal address: | Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging P.O. Box 9101 6500 HB Nijmegen The Netherlands |
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Research Theme 2:
Perception, Action and Decision-making
Research Group
Motivational & Cognitive Control
Principal Investigator
Prof.dr. R. Cools
Group members
Associate PI's
Dr. Esther Aarts
Postdocs
Dr. Guusje Collin
Dr. Frank Hezemans
Dr. Rene Terporten
Dr. Andrew Westbrook
Dr. Xiaochen Zheng
Dr. J. Cook
Wouter Schellekens
PhD students
Ruben van den Bosch
Ping Chen
Iris Dalhuisen
Britt Lambregts
Elena Mainetto
Danai Papadopetraki
Jorryt Tichelaar
Natalie Nielsen
Maud Schepers
Research Assistants
Lisa Horstman
Helena Olraun
MSc and BSc Students
Iris Bevers
Suzanne op 't Hof
Karita Ojala
Anna Petukhova
Sjeng Muermans
Katarina Labancová