Research facilities

Research in labs

• Virtual Reality Lab
  In this lab, realistic, three-dimensional computer-generated environments can be created in which researchers can follow participants. Psychological research into anxiety disorders is carried out here, for example.
   
• Bar Lab
  Observational research into social behaviour in a natural setting can be done here, by means of discreet cameras and recording equipment.
   
• Sports Lab
  This lab is used for behavioural and psycho-physiological measurements during exertion. There is new, state-of-the-art apparatus available, such as a professional treadmill, widescreen television, digital video cameras, sleep managers and heart rate monitors.
   
• Robotics Lab
  With a wide range from Lego robots to humanoid robots, this lab makes it possible to research the interaction between human and robot.
   
• Music Cognition Lab
  Everything you need to gain insight into the cognitive mechanisms that form the basis of musicality.
   
• Observation Lab
  People's behaviour can be observed in this lab, by means of a one-way screen and multiple cameras.
   
• Computer Lab
  In this lab, 22 identical spaces are available for carrying out computerised experiments.
   
• Mobile Labs
  We also have mobile labs available, for carrying out experiments outside the university. They allow you to do tests and observations with, for example, EEG and computers, on location at schools, for example.
   
• Lab for physiological measurements
  Here, researchers can measure neurocognitive biomechanical mechanisms that influence behaviour, using EEG apparatus, for example.
   
• Baby and Child Research Center
  The Baby Research Centre has special facilities for behavioural and neuroscientific research with babies and young children, such as eye trackers and EEG apparatus.

Research equipment

• Eye trackers
  Researchers use eye trackers to measure eye movements and determine the visual attention.

• Stabilometric platforms
  These are for research into freeze-approach-avoidance behaviour.

• Vestibular sled
  This is used, in combination with EEG apparatus, motion measuring equipment and virtual reality stimuli for motor and sensorimotor research.
   
• Neuroimaging facilities (Donders Institute)
  Modern apparatus is essential to studying the brain in all its facets. The Donders Institute has all the advanced equipment available for researching the brain, cognition and behaviour and is at the forefront of developing and applying new techniques. 

Database

Access to data is vital for comparative and multidisciplinary research. The following databases are available in the faculty.

• Family Survey Dutch Population (FSDP)
• Netherlands Longitudinal Lifecourse Survey (NELLS)
• Social and Cultural Developments in the Netherlands (SOCON)
• European Social Survey (ESS)
• New Immigrant Survey Netherlands (NIS2NL)
• Nijmegen Longitudinal Study (NLS)