Donders Centre for Neuroscience

The Donders Centre for Neuroscience (DCN) aims to understand the complex neural networks underlying perceptual, motor and cognitive brain functions. Researchers study these networks by employing experimental as well as computational approaches. DCN is a part of Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour and the Faculty of Science.

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Transcend: Improving animal welfare to boost translational neuroscience

04 June 2025 Research news item

How can we make animal research more humane—and more scientifically effective? That question is at the heart of a major new European project led by Klaus Eyer from Aarhus University in Denmark, and in part by Donders Institute researcher Lisa Genzel.

Big Tech in Academia

15 May 2025 News item

Tech solutions in science, not only store all kinds of data about scientists and students, they also influence them. The Young Academy wants to initiate a broad discussion about the values behind the use of big tech solutions.

Wat is trauma? | Lezing en gesprek met o.a. neurowetenschapper Sabrina van Heukelum

What is Trauma? | Lecture and conversation by neuroscientist Sabrina van Heukelum and psychiatrist Derek Strijbos

07 May 2025 Report

What is trauma? Where is the line between something unpleasant and something traumatic, and has that line shifted over time? What does this say about our thinking about resilience and mental health?