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Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour

The Donders Institute explores the human brain, cognition, and behaviour across various disciplines, including medicine, physics, biology, psychology, AI, and language studies. Our researchers collaborate to enhance knowledge of the brain, aiming to benefit health, education, and technology.

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    • Highlights

    Martin Dresler

    Martin Dresler receives Vici grant for research on sleep

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    Martin Dresler has received a Vici grant from NWO for his research on sleep. His project, Sleep 2.0, is one of 43 research projects who have received this prestigious grant. In this project, Martin Dresler investigates sleep in a new way.

    Edward de Haan

    This is the Donders Institute

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    The Donders Institute, based in Nijmegen, is a leading research institute in the field of brain, cognition and behaviour. In this short video, you will get a unique insight into the work of more than 1,000 scientists from this network.

    Het Trigon-gebouw

    Theme meetings for Donderians

    Thursday 17 April 2025, 10 am - 5 pm Meet-up

    Theme meetings will be organized every third Thursday, every two months, such that all Donderians have the opportunity to join multiple Theme meetings.

    News

    Typing in mid-air or pretending to drink: how using your hands to communicate can help you understand others

    Research news item

    Why some are more susceptible to developing PTSD symptoms than others

    Research news item

    Martin Dresler receives Vici grant for research on sleep

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    5 tips for International Science Film Festival InScience

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    News overview

    Agenda

    Temporal prediction as a sensory processing principle

    Tuesday 25 March 2025, 11 am - 12 pm Colloquium / Seminar

    MPI Colloquium by Prof. Jamie Ward

    Tuesday 25 March 2025, 3:45 pm - 5 pm Colloquium / Seminar

    Neural mechanisms underlying memory processing - a PhD symposium

    Wednesday 26 March 2025, 10:15 am - 12:15 pm Conference / symposium

    How is knowledge structured in the brain

    Wednesday 26 March 2025, 2:30 pm PhD defence
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    This is the Donders Institute

    The Donders Institute, based in Nijmegen, is a leading research institute in the field of brain, cognition and behaviour. In this short video, you will get a unique insight into the work of more than 1,000 scientists from this network, spread across six partners on the Nijmegen campus.

    Learn more about the Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour

    The Donders Institute and the Donders Citylab offer several opportunities to learn more about our science. We are always looking for research participants to do experiments and you are invited to visit the Brain Museum in the city centre of Nijmegen:

    Sensorimotor lab

    Become a research participant

    Help us by participating in one of our research projects

    Help us by participating in one of our research projects
    Opening Brain Museum

    Brain Museum

    Visit the Brain Museum in the city centre of Nijmegen.

    Visit the Brain Museum in the city centre of Nijmegen.