The latest news about Radboud University.
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Karin Roelofs receives Spinozapremie
Neuroscientist Karin Roelofs of the Behavioural Science Institute and Donders Institute at Radboud University is this year’s recipient of the Spinozapremie, the highest honour in Dutch academia.
It Just Won’t Stop, a short documentary by Martine Berendsen
What happens in the brain when young people stop using social media? In Martine Berendsen’s short documentary It Just Won’t Stop, four teenagers are followed as they go without social media for eleven days.
Why do we keep eating even when we’re no longer hungry?
Piling another plate full, even though we’ve long since had our fill. According to Esther Aarts, Professor of Nutritional Neuroscience at Radboud University, eating behaviour is the result of constant communication between the gut and the brain.
A healthy diet may help protect the brain against inflammation
A healthy diet may play a protective role in the relationship between inflammation in the body and inflammation in the brain.
Studying fairness 'in the wild' through the Donders Citylab
What happens when you move science out of the lab and into a public space? Researchers from the Donders Institute wanted to know how people make decisions about fairness, not in a controlled laboratory setting, but ‘in the wild’.
Roshan Cools appointed scientific director of the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
On 1 March, Roshan Cools was appointed scientific director of the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (DCCN), one of the six partners of the Donders Institute. She succeeds Alan Sanfey, who has led the centre in recent years.
José Marques: connecting technology and people in Natural Computing and Neurotechnology
José Marques has spent his career at the intersection of physics, engineering and neuroscience. Since this year he will also bringi scientists together as theme leader of Theme 4: Natural Computing and Neurotechnology at the Donders Institute.
Vici Grant for Esther Aarts to study how the gut shapes the brain in overeating
Our gut sends signals to the brain about hunger and fullness, but we still do not understand well how the gut–brain connection affects eating when people eat without being hungry.
Vici grants for research into obesity, gender-related violence, and digitisation
Three scientists from Radboud University have each received a Vici research grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This will allow Esther Aarts, Marieke van den Brink and Tamar Sharon further research in their fields.
VR game helps police officers manage stress better
Training police officers with a virtual‑reality game can significantly improve their ability to regulate stress, even in realistic situations. The VR game, developed at Radboud University, has been integrated into several police training programmes.
Everyone unconsciously adapts their communication for children – including autistic adults
When you talk to a child as an adult, you unconsciously change the way you speak. It is often thought that such adjustments are more difficult for autistic people, but new research shows that this group can initiatially keep up.
ERC Advanced Grant for research into how body and brain work together in stressful decisions
Karin Roelofs has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for her neurocognitive research into decisions under stress.
ERC Advanced Grant for Karin Roelofs
Roelofs will receive €2.5 million from the European Research Council for her project HEART2ADAPT, to investigate body-mind interactions during decisions under threat.
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From basic research to therapy: years of research translated into treatment anxiety disorders
Why is it so difficult for people with anxiety disorders to do what they fear, even if they know it is safe? That question was at the heart of the DARE2APPROACH project led by Karin Roelofs running from 2019 to 2024.
The Reflector - Why we always empty a bag of chips in one sitting. The link between what you eat, think and do | Podcast with neuroscientist Esther Aarts
Professor of nutritional neursocience Esther Aarts wrote the book Why We Always Eat a Bag of Chips in One Go to clarify two things: how our diet affects our thinking capacity and how your thinking capacity also shapes your food choices.
Why some are more susceptible to developing PTSD symptoms than others
People with a more active amygdala (an area in the brain involved in processing information relevant to threats) are more likely to develop PTSD symptoms after experiencing trauma than people with a calmer amygdala.
DI-NIN funding for five projects
The Donders Institute and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) have awarded €500,000 from the DI-NIN Fund to five research projects. There were 13 applications, and after a careful review, five projects were selected.
Structure vs statistics: DYNALANG studies how we process language
Andrea E. Martin, Lise Meitner research group leader, has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant worth €2 million. This funding will enable her team to explore how our brain combines structure and statistical knowledge to process language.
Why that bag of crisps should always be emptied in one go
Anyone who, like the rest of the Netherlands, will be working on the tummy bulge after the coming Christmas, would do well to read Radboud neuroscientist Esther Aarts' new book.
NWO grant for quantitative imaging that (white) matters
Quantitative Imaging that (white) Matters: Taking Biophysical Modelling to Clinical Application, aims to improve MRI technology to create faster and more accurate maps of white matter in the brain.